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  • One time pad + more news

    One time pad technique

    In surveillance era, clever trick enhances secrecy of iPhone text messages | Ars Technica – kind of like the one time pad technique, but created on the fly. The one time pad (OTP) is an encryption technique that cannot be cracked, but requires the use of a single-use pre-shared key that is no smaller than the message being sent. In this technique, a plaintext is paired with a random secret key (also called a one time pad).

    Culture

    Richard Goodall Gallery Contemporary Art – prints by Central Station Manchester

    Ireland

    10 things a cyclist notices about rural Ireland – The Irish Times – interesting comments on changing society

    Luxury

    Not to be Overlooked – Japanese Outbound Tourists to Europe – Analyst Insight from Euromonitor International

    Media

    Yahoo to close its blogging service, | Marketing-Interactive.com– an interesting move, I will talk about this in more depth

    BuzzFeed has a Medium problem | PandoDaily – media models challenged

    What’s Bad About TV? Just Ask Apple. | Light Reading

    Retailing

    Facebook Pulls Physical Gifts From Gifting Program: Guess Why

    The Kids Aren’t All Right, and Neither Is Abercrombie & Fitch – Businessweek – part-time jobs aren’t what they used to be

    Security

    Feds Back Away From Forced Decryption … For Now | Threat Level | Wired.com – courts are not buying into the government’s theory that encryption is evidence of criminal behavior – more security related content can be found here.

    Of Course Teens Think About Privacy, They Have Parents – The Atlantic

    Software

    G2 Crowd – interesting aggregated opinions

    Steve Ballmer and the Art of Managing a Monopoly : The New Yorker

    In historic vote, New Zealand bans software patents | Ars Technica – interesting how this will fit in with the Trans Pacific Partnership

    Android’s Hugo Barra Departs Google for China’s Xiaomi – AllThingsD

    Why Google brought its app store to Iran, and what it could mean for Syria – the Obama administration has followed a pattern of gradually relaxing export restrictions worldwide

    Communities Dominate Brands: Ballmer Aftermath Part 1 – Future of Microsoft, especially in mobile

    Ballmer Departure From Microsoft Was More Sudden Than Portrayed – Kara Swisher – News – AllThingsD

    Technology

    Chip daddy: Moore’s Law is about to be repealed, but don’t blame physics • The Register

    Wireless

    3UK scraps roaming charges – only four years after abolishing it. It was called 3 Like Home rather than Feel Like Home but the principle was the same

    Samsung Announces colorful Galaxy Tab 3 built for kids — GigaOM – I really like the design off this, looks road warrior proof

  • NSA + more news

    NSA

    China mulls probe into IBM, Oracle, EMC after NSA hack claims – report • The Register – they won’t be the only people looking carefully at US hardware and software after the NSA revelations

    Windows 8+TPM: Germany Warns of ‘Loss of Control’ – Open Enterprise – concerned about NSA back door

    People Are Changing Their Internet Habits Now That They Know The NSA Is Watching | Co.Exist | World changing ideas and innovation

    Groklaw – Forced Exposure ~pj – Groklaw has gone offline. It feels like the NSA is dismantling the whole of US geek culture. The bad news is these are the kinds of people who gave the US competitive advantage in cyberspace

    Business

    Do Your Employees Really Love You? | Fast Company – failure of internal communications and employee engagement or reputation is as reputation does

    Consumer behaviour

    Ethnic minority consumers keenest on gadgets, reveals Ofcom study – mirrors similar patterns in the US

    Design

    Stack « Mugi Yamamoto – I haven’t wanted a printer this badly since my old Apple StyleWriter II that I used at college and saved me fighting for IT resources in the college computer labs

    Economics

    James Surowiecki: Why Do So Many Jobs Pay So Little? : The New Yorker – or why can’t America have more higher value jobs?

    How to

    A helpful image sizing guide for social media profiles | Econsultancy – so useful

    Ideas

    “People just don’t ask for better anymore. I think we’ve lost the knowledge of how to do that”: Jeff Mills versus the modern condition – FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music. – people just don’t ask for better anymore. I think we’ve lost the knowledge of how to do that. I assume that we’ve reached a point where that to expect more from entertainment is a request that often get over shadowed by the powerful marketing machines and the waves of popular persuasion

    Innovation

    3D printing technology deemed unprofitable in China｜WantChinaTimes.com – however they are smart and will learn fast

    TelecomTV | Gartner’s peddling its ‘Hype Cycle’ – yet more chance for them to get it wrong, I think that they have it a little bit off in terms of 3D printing

    Legal

    Screw you, Brits! Google says UK privacy law doesn’t apply to it • The Register – it is the underlying form that is interesting Google is trying to avoid a precedent that would allow governments to rein it in country-by-country

    Luxury

    Jing Daily: Gold iPhone debate on Weibo – To speak the truth, when I first saw the gold iPhone, my immediate reaction was, ‘This is too tacky for me.’ But after a few minutes, I calmed down a lot–every time Apple makes something, it always smashes people’s existing notions and broadens the world’s possibilities. –  I guess everyone in Apple’s brand marketing can now die happy after that remark

    Media

    What PR people need to know about online ad boycotts | The PRWeek Blog – really nice 101 on online advertising exchanges

    Musician calls for big bands to come clean on secret backing tracks – News – Music – The Independent

    The entertainment industry and online media: Pennies streaming from heaven | The Economist

    Pay-Per-Gaze Advertising: New Google Patent May Reveal Plans For Monetizing Google Glass – interruption advertising or contextual?

    Facebook Study: User Happiness Declines as Facebook Use Increases | BGR

    Daring Fireball Linked List: Microsoft on Google’s Blocking of Their YouTube App – for those of a technical bent over the age of 25 the irony of Microsoft complaining about access is rather ironic. The secret APIs in Windows that hampered Borland and Lotus or the campaign to crush Netscape spring to mind…

    BBC – Culture – Micro movies beat China’s censors – expect stricter government regulation of online video

    Yahoo, Foursquare In Talks Over Data Partnership – ok this could be an interesting contextual map: location versus mobile ads and behavioural targeting or even re-targeting

    Online

    Google goes dark for 2 minutes, kills 40% of world’s net traffic • The Register – sounds like the start of a Tom Clancy novel

    Embedded Posts Now Available to Everyone- Facebook Developers

    Yahoo #1 Web Property Again In US, First Time Since Early 2008 [Updated with comScore Statement]

    Retailing

    HBA Global Expo 2013 Recap – The Future of Beauty Retailing – Analyst Insight from Euromonitor International

    Security

    Gmail concerns highlight privacy disclosure challenges facing EU businesses using cloud services, says expert

    Millions stolen from US banks after ‘wire payment switch’ targeted – Networks – SC Magazine Australia

    Software

    Microsoft to bring Skype app to ‘front and centre’ of Windows 8.1- The Inquirer – interesting move that is going to make life difficult for efforts to shift units through wireless operators

    Jolla wraps up its first production batch, but remains fuzzy on numbers — Tech News and Analysis

    Technology

    Tech industry slips into a surprising slump – latimes.com – not that surprising

    Happy birthday MIDI 1.0: Getting pop stars wired for 30 years • The Register

    Big Data: the backlash begins | Econsultancy

    Mark Cerny: The Man Behind the PlayStation 4 | MIT Technology Review – I’ve had decades to get used to the increasing complexity of video games. But these days children learn how to play games on iPads and smartphones, which are buttonless. So we have a gulf between the beginner players and the blockbuster game players

    Web of no web

    Microsoft to kill Tag barcode program, licensing technology out | The Verge – can’t say I am terribly surprised given the difficulties in printing Tags rather than QRcodes. Interesting the level of sunset period Microsoft has given it though in contrast to Google, Yahoo! et al

    LG GD910 Mobile Phone – LG Electronics UK – I remember seeing Iain Tait with one of these before he went to W+K a number of years ago, that he got as a going away gift from a client. I guess that’s why the smart watch will have a bigger reaction from others than from me. Don’t also forget the Sony companion devices for Android phones, the Bluetooth enabled G-Shocks and Microsoft Spot. Looking forward to the contextual device future

    Wireless

    Apple sucking triple the phone switchers as Samsung – report • The Register – BMW versus Ford….

    Samsung, Sony Said to Plan Device Debuts Ahead of IPhone – Bloomberg – battle royale, my money is on Sony and Apple blindsiding Samsung

    Headphone Compatibility with Smartphones – Lauri Cular | Headphone Reviews & News Blog from HiFi Headphones

    Samsung Japan smartphone sales analysis: Sony doubles GS4 sales | BGR – not surprising given the lukewarm reaction to the S4

    Samsung China smartphone revenues: lower than expected | BGR

  • Mercedes Benz G63 + more

    Mercedes Benz G63 AMG

    Mercedes Benz G63 AMG 6×6 « Gear Patrol – I can’t work out if the Mercedes Benz G63 AMG 6×6 is amazing or stupid. It is based on the G Wagen which is a proper off-road vehicle. The 6×6 platform used was developed for the military like Germany’s KSK special forces unit. The Mercedes Benz G63 AMG adds a ridiculously overturned engine. AMG then has to go over every inch of the Mercedes Benz G63 and change chassis and components to adequately handle the power.

    Business

    16th annual CEO survey – pwc – (PDF)

    Consumer behaviour

    Chinese women aspire to be housewives | Market-interactive.com

    Study: Twitter debates don’t represent opinions of general public (Wired UK)

    Share Everything: Why the Way We Consume Has Changed Forever – Emily Badger – The Atlantic Cities

    Design

    BMW announced it’s i3 Coupe concept this week. It was buzzword compliant with plug-in technology; but the most interesting thing for me about it was the way in which the car shows the current range that could be travelled as part of its in-car instrumentation.

    range

    It was a duh moment of genius simplicity in terms of user experience design for vehicles.

    Economics

    China: Beyond The Miracle | Zero Hedge – interesting piece of analysis

    Q&A with Jim ‘BRIC’ O’Neill: Grillo’s good, China’s fine, Europe’s fading – Quartz

    The fourth euro crisis cycle of panic has officially begun – Quartz

    Euro zone unemployment hits a record high of 11.9% – Quartz

    Finance

    Why delinquent student loans are the fuse on America’s next debt bomb – Quartz

    Rigging the I.P.O. Game – NYTimes.com – this reminds me of the first day ‘pop’ that my former client VA Lnux had when they IPO’d

    UK and US toe the edge of a “regulatory trade war” over banking – Quartz

    Hong Kong

    Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA Breaks Down His Kung Fu Samples by Film and Song

    How to

    How to RSVP in an Entrepreneurial Way | AlwaysOn

    Twitter Archiving Google Spreadsheet TAGS v3 Jisc CETIS MASHe

    Nintendo games on a Mac – Matt Gemmell

    Creation Pinpoint™ | Dashboard for Understanding What Doctors Talk About Online. – New SM listening/monitoring tool for pharma – allows you to monitor only what HCPs are saying

    Korea

    Microsoft Seeks Software License from South Korea Military – Korea Real Time – WSJ

    London

    Evening Standard – FIFTY BEST: Independent coffee shops – as a Foursquare list

    Catching Up with the City Boy Who Spilled the City’s Secrets | VICE United Kingdom – interview with Geraint Anderson formerly a columnist in thelondonpaper

    Luxury

    Collectables – British Airways Business Life. – modern items that are collectable

    Marketing

    The Agenda for the Global Marketer – ad people worldwide – interesting white paper (PDF)

    Outside looking in – EIU – challenges CMO faces in dealing with the board

    Media

    Tumblr to Introduce Mobile Advertising to Help Achieve Profit – Bloomberg

    #LFW: The ELLE UK Twitter report | ELLE UK – since when was fashion a democracy? Elle uses Twitter as an arbiter of taste. More related luxury content here.

    Digital Media in China – Digital Media Asia

    Social media policy | immediate future. – library of social media policies

    Pottermore Reaches Out To Harry Potter Fan Sites – affiliate marketing doesn’t pay that well

    Online

    TelecomTV | Reality bites: Fed-up with Facebook, the kids are are going somewhere “cooler”. – can’t say that I am surprised beyond the fact that network effects had been such a break on the retreat

    5 things that may change on your Facebook timeline – CTV

    Facebook algorithm stopping you see the content you subscribe to, unless brands pay | The Wall Blog

    The age of the brag is over: why Facebook might be losing teens | The Verge

    The Decline and Fall of Social Networks

    Andrew Mason on being fired by the Groupon board

    Security

    Penn Schoen Berland – Execs say cyber-attacks a top priority – PSB is a sister agency

    Google services should not require real names: Vint Cerf | Reuters

    First SOPA, Now Your Privacy: Facebook, Google Flex Lobbying Muscle in Europe | Mother Jones

    Software

    Google controls too much of China’s smartphone sector: ministry | Reuters – 90 per cent market share

    How Are You Feeling Today? A New Mood-Measuring App Can Tell You | Co.Create: Creativity Culture Commerce

    Jolla Wants To Build A Foursquare Phone, A Facebook Phone | TechCrunch

    Microsoft Might Owe Denmark More Than $1 Billion in Unpaid Tax

    Keeping the Wolfram from the Data

    Fontastic – A Processing library to create font files

    Who’ll win the consumer video codec battles?

    Resurgence in Neural Networks – tjake.blog

    Journo & Literate CoffeeScript

    Learning How to Code Is A Waste of Time – Forbes

    Technology

    PC market to decline for a second consecutive year in 2013, says IDC

    Library Camp London – Audio Recordings & Writeup | Terence Eden has a Blog

    Intel will make 14nm FPGAs for Altera

    Logitech reorganises to focus on mobile products

    Why Nobody Can Copy Apple | cek.log

    Telecoms

    Exclusive-Skype’s Jonathan Rosenberg, Father of SIP, Bolts Back To Cisco – VoIP Watch

    Wireless

    Why the Galaxy S4 won’t be shedding its plastic roots | CNET News

  • Siberian meteor burst + more

    Siberian meteor burst

    I know that there have been 500 people with minor injuries, but  the Siberian meteor burst felt like I was living in a Jerry Bruckheimer film. The best observation I saw about it was in Vice magazine’s email newsletter which asked why so many drivers in Russia had managed to film the asteroid rather than keeping both hands on the wheel? The reason for the multiple recordings of the Siberian meteor burst is driver cams used to help with car accident disputes. The Siberian meteor burst brought back memories of the Tunguska event in 1908 which levelled large swathes of Siberian forest.

    Business

    “Physically Together”: Here’s the Internal YHOO No-Work-From-Home Memo | AllThingsD – I could see a post coming on from Becky McMichael about the benefits of remote working and flexible hours etc etc

    PrivCo | LIVINGSOCIAL $110M Debt Infusion From Existing Investors With Oppressive Terms – I wonder what implications this will have for GroupOn

    Consumer behaviour

    HBO: The Weight of the Nation interesting site on obesity in the US

    Culture

    So there has been extensive character redesigns and different actors will be voicing some of the main protagonists, but I am super-excited that Production I.G are returning with another installment in the Ghost In the Shell series of anime. Arise looks amazing judging by the trailer footage now available on YouTube. More Japan related content can be found here.