11/21/19 DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials Returns to Safari – The Mac Observer F*ck Google. Search with privacy. DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials is a Safari extension that blocks trackers and provides a privacy dashboard for each website you visit. Due to changes in Safari 12 the company had to remove and retool the extension, but now it’s back with Safari 13. Read the full article at www.macobserver.com.
10/27/19 Congress Looking Into Anticompetitive Behavior in the Digital Library Market House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler, at a hearing on competition in digital markets last week. The American Library Association (ALA) has delivered a written report to the House Judiciary Committee telling lawmakers that “unfair behavior by digital market actors,” including Amazon and some major publishers, is “doing concrete harm to libraries.” Read the full article at Publishers Weekly. It’s...
07/02/18 This Cassette Tape-Based Navigation System From 1971 Is Kind Of Brilliant Following on my earlier post about Apple Maps, here’s some perspective on how far we’ve come. This clip from a 1971 episode of the BBC television show Tomorrow’s World has so many appealing details to me, most notably the featuring of a lovely UK-spec 1962 Volkswagen Beetle, but the true star of it is the remarkably forward-thinking navigation system the...
07/01/18 Apple is rebuilding Maps from the ground up I’ve actually been using Apple Maps without issue for quite a while, but this would certainly be a welcome improvement. ’m not sure if you’re aware, but the launch of Apple Maps went poorly. After a rough first impression, an apology from the CEO, several years of patching holes with data partnerships and some glimmers of light with long-awaited transit...
07/01/18 Crow vending machine skills ‘redefine intelligence’ I think these crows are smarter than some humans. A small South Pacific island is home to a crow with remarkable abilities that have scientists hooked. New Caledonian crows make and use tools – including a kind of fishing hook. They can solve complex problems and have even been recorded capturing grubs by repeatedly poking them with a stick until...
06/01/18 Jolly Roger Telephone Company, saving the world from bad telemarketing This seems like it might be worth the money for the entertainment value alone. Read about it at www.jollyrogertelco.com.
