Black boxes’ to monitor all internet and phone data – Channel 4 News- so if this encryption can be broken and clever enough people know a box exists, what is to stop it being used for violating credit card details, industrial espionage and behavioural advertising. What is the betting that the BPI will be lobbying for all that data?
The Radical Optimism of Eric Schmidt – The Atlantic – a utopian view of technology
Japan finds major rare earth deposits ‹ Japan Today
Mobile-review.com Spillikins №176. Nokia Tragedy: Elop’s Treason
Twitter’s Mobile Ads Begin to Click – WSJ.com – Twitter good for time-sensitive advertising campaigns on mobile rather than ‘awareness building
Providence suspends drilling at Singleton well
Facebook Showing Solid Growth in Japan and Korea
PPTV Tops Video Streaming in China With 34 Million Unique Daily Users?
Sell to China: ignore what shoppers say
China’s So-Called ‘Commercial’ Banks Are Anything But
Gmail finally blows past Hotmail to become the world’s largest email service
How Samsung is eating western Europe’s mobile phone market | guardian.co.uk
What Happened to Silicon Values? – The Atlantic – really interesting article, because these values then affect concepts like quality and design decisions. However companies like Oracle also feel customer exploitative to me
Pinterest has overtaken Tumblr in the United States – proles versus hipsters
Yo Dog, Foursquare Heard You Like Apps, So It Put Apps in Your Apps – like Tencent has been doing for a while with Weixin (Wei chat)
Scientists develop spray-on battery | Reuters
Is your new MacBook Air crashing frequently? Blame Google Chrome | 9to5Mac | Apple Intelligence
Does Google Have Any Social Skills at All? – interesting reading
Exclusive: Microsoft tie-up, network sale among RIM options: sources | Reuters
AT&T asked RIM for iPhone competitor while it was Apple’s exclusive carrier
BlackBerry 10 may be death knell for RIM – Rethink Wireless – what will happen to the embedded OS business?
What is the future for British parent blogging? | Econsultancy – a different direction to the US
Telecom Firms Are Most Responsive on Facebook | ClickZ
Urban world | McKinsey & Company – cities bringing forward a consuming class
Wellcome Trust hardens open access stance
Moving Geometric Facade Blocks Out Sunlight To Keep Buildings Cool [Pics]
Growth in health spending ‘grinds to a halt’ | InPharm – add this to the patent cliff and it may be time to short some pharma stocks
LOUIS VUITTON and Yayoi Kusama – An inspired creation from the new Louis Vuitton iPhone app, – LV Kusama Studio
Website blocking provisions to be removed from Digital Economy Act, says Government
Panasonic chief says no to low-cost OLED TVs
news.gov.hk – Carrie Lam to uphold core values
ChengDu – Chinese city promotional campaign
Baby Centre – 21st century social media Mum
The real strategy behind tiered data plans – all about video
Maritime Band Facing False Takedown Notices From Universal Music