Interesting Links for 09-04-2013
Apr. 9th, 2013 05:00 pm- Margaret Thatcher and misapplied death etiquette
'When a political leader dies, it is irresponsible in the extreme to demand that only praise be permitted but not criticisms.'
- Wearable Video Cameras, for Police Officers - NYTimes.com
- Alt Text: Magical Fruit Trees and the Sale of Digital Music — A Parable | Underwire | Wired.com
How much money does the anti-piracy efforts of the music industry make for *musicians* as opposed to the businessmen, lawyers, etc?
- Shodan: The scariest search engine on the Internet
"When people don't see stuff on Google, they think no one can find it. That's not true."
- Budge: Facing up to Facebook scams
'A Facebook page is created, with an appeal for readers to like, comment or share …the people who started it, having quickly acquired tens of thousands of followers, sell the page. Now an advertiser has all those names and Facebook addresses'
- The 17-Year-Old Yahoo Paid $30 Million Did Not Build His Startup's App (Or Invent Its Technology) - Business Insider
- Google accused of anti-competitive Android rules - Telegraph
Interesting Links for 24-03-2013
Mar. 24th, 2013 04:00 pm- BBC News - America's forgotten black cowboys
- LibreOffice for Android “frustratingly close” to release | Ars Technica
Which is frustrating for me too, as I'd like to use it. Ah well, there appear to be a few other options.
- Leopards are the new urban foxes in India - Telegraph