How HealthCare.gov Was Supposed to Work and Didn’t The Obama administration has announced that the federal health exchange Web site, which has been plagued by software problems from the start, would be fixed by the end of November. This is a well documented and visually pleasing piece by The New York Times. For America’s sake,…
Cheapest 150Mbps broadband in big US cities costs 100% more than overseas In the US, wireless providers are increasingly monetizing data caps by charging users for any data they use beyond their limit. American greed at its finest. Power equals knowledge. And the internet is fast access to a plethora of knowledge. Obviously, these Internet…
Carl Icahn’s Letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook Just a few days before Apple’s Q4 report, billionaire investor Icahn gave his input to Cook. We want to be very clear that we could not be more supportive of you, the existing management team, the culture at Apple and the innovative spirit it engenders. The criticism…
How Apple Makes the Mac Pro Apple has elevated a relatively low-precision/low-tolerance process (deep draw stamping) used to make my dog’s water bowl and toilet brush canister into the creation of an aerospace grade piece of desktop jewelry. So, there is a lot of talk about from yesterdays October Special Event by Apple. An unexpected…
Cohen says, “If we want to think of new kinds of arguments we need to think of new kinds of arguers. Think of all the roles that people play in arguments: there’s the proponent and the opponent in an adversarial, dialectical argument; there’s the audience in rhetorical arguments; there’s the reasoner in arguments as proofs….
Google’s iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary While Android is open, it’s more of a “look but don’t touch” kind of open. You’re allowed to contribute to Android and allowed to use it for little hobbies, but in nearly every area, the deck is stacked against anyone trying to use…
