Month: July 2015
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Seabasing
In a tale of fact imitating fiction the US Navy is looking at ways to support the military in future conflicts by creating bases which allow ships to act as a combined space, which they call sea basing (or seabasing). The reason for this is in battles with the likes of China they may not…
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Index funds + more things
Index funds may be conspiring against the very same investors who fund them | Quartz – interesting analysis on index funds, surely this would also be the issue with ‘shareholder value’ in general? Oracle’s cloud sales – Business Insider – short term numbers for long term losses Shanghai Street View: Wealth Explosion – high street wealth management products,…
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Hacknet + more things
Hacknet Some Australian developers have made an immersive game about hacking that will be distributed on Steam when released. It’s called Hacknet and here’s the trailer. Hacknet tells the tale of Bit, a hacker responsible for creating the most invasive security system on the planet. When he is murdered, his failsafe kicks in, sending instructions…
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Apple Pay in the UK
Even if I wasn’t interested in technology I would have known about the launch of Apple Pay in the UK some eight days ago. My inbox was bombarded with emails from credit card providers explaining how I use their card on the service. Logos for the payment service appeared in retail partners and on billboards…
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Burberry turnaround + more things
Jing Daily: Burberry’s plan to turn it around in Hong Kong – go local – it makes sense that Burberry comes up with designs that better suit the humid subtropical climate of Hong Kong and southern China. Burberry has China as its biggest market Getting Hong Kong right is mission-critical for Burberry. More related posts here.…
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Jason Matthews on trade craft and social engineering
Jason Matthews is a former CIA spy who used to run agents. He retired and became a novelist with books that have made the New York Times bestseller list. The most famous of his books is Red Sparrow, which has since been made into a film as well. In his Talk at Google he talks…
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John Markoff & more things
John Markoff John Markoff and Steven Levy are better known to non-US audiences for their non-fiction books about the technology sector, but are actually veteran journalists who have covered the technology sector for the business press over the past three decades. I would recommend Steven Levy’s Insanely Great and What the Doormouse said by John…
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Media diary of a gen X man
Stephen Waddington’s daughter Ellie posted a media diary with a guest post on his blog, go and have a read of it. This snowballed into what is likely to be a series of media diary posts by different people. My contribution was published on his blog this morning. I penned the original version of my…
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Hypeddit + more news
Hypeddit Welcome To Hypeddit – brilliant selection of free tracks. Hypeddit from a content perspective is rather like an old school DJ pool, but online. I wonder how long Hypeddit can last in the face of the music labels copyright enforcement industrial complex Business Communities Dominate Brands: Matchmaker Matchmaker Make Me a Match – What if…