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Bloomberg: 'We're Going To Have More Visibility And Less Privacy,' Drones And Surveillance Coming
Mar 23, 8:17PM
“We’re going to have more visibility and less privacy. I don’t see how you stop that,” admitted New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a surprisingly candid interview about the future of the surveillance state in the Big Apple. While admitting that increased surveillance was “scary” and that governments will have to be thoughtful with their laws, he seemed to side with prioritizing radical transparency, especially through the use of automated drones, “but what's the difference whether the drone is up in the air or on the building? I mean intellectually I have trouble making a distinction.” This puts Bloomberg squarely at odds with the growing number of states and congress members either enacting or proposing moratoriums on the use of drones. Indeed, he went on to imply that the fears against drones were somewhat unjustified, especially since security cameras already exist: “The argument against using automation, it’s this craziness– oh, it’s Big Brother. Get used to it. When there’s a murder, a shooting, a robbery of something the first thing the police do is go to every single building in the neighborhood and say let’s see your security camera.” The NY Daily news notes that the New York Civil Liberties union has identified roughly 2,4000 cameras already affixed on Manhattan buildings–a presence that is likely to increase if Bloomberg’s most recent interview is to be believed. Lest Bloomberg be labeled as a surveillience hawk, the interview took on a tone of inevitability, rather than advocacy: “Everybody wants their privacy, but I don’t know how you’re going to maintain it.” Listen to part of the interview with WOR-AM host John Gambling, below. We’ll have more analysis soon.(Web) Sandcastles Made Of Sand
Mar 23, 7:00PM
If there is one sliver lining in the Google Reader shutdown that has enraged the blogosphere (OK fine, the tech blogosphere), it's the fact that Google offers a way for Reader users to export their RSS subscriptions using its Google Takeout service. Actually, Google Takeout lets users of most major Google services remove their data from the Google ecosystem at any time. This is how it should be done.My Phone And I Are Never Getting Out Of Bed
Mar 23, 5:01PM
Our beds used to be finite. A limited range of activities took place there. We'd sleep, or try to, make love, eat, and maybe read a paperback. But we could only hide from the world for so long. The nagging puppet strings of our desire to learn and experience would pull taught. Eventually we had to rise. Then we found someone to cuddle with.The Windows Store Crosses 50,000 Available Apps For Windows 8 And Windows RT
Mar 23, 5:00PM
It's been said that there aren't many apps available for Windows 8. I've said that on occasion. But that's not entirely true. According to the MetroStoreScanner.com, there are now more than 50,000 apps available for Windows 8 and Windows RT, effectively making me a liar.Gillmor Gang: It's Alright, Bob
Mar 23, 5:00PM
The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Danny Sullivan, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — convened with Gillmor in Boston and the Gang in California. We took another cut at the Google Reader damage, with @dannysullivan hating on notifications and @scobleizer hating on Android's notifications. Did I say I told him so? Yes I did. But the mere fact we spent so much time on the stream's destruction of Windows and RSS proved the point all along (for me since 2009). Namely, that the new platform is the stream, and the resulting multiplexed meritocracy of the combined social and messaging networks is where the developers will go. As Dylan said, "even the president must stand naked."U.S. Senate Approves Proposed Internet Sales Tax
Mar 23, 4:47PM
An Internet Sales Tax is inching its way closer to being the law of the land: The U.S. Senate supported a non-binding vote of approval, 75-to-24, for a law that would allow cities in some circumstances to collect taxes from Internet retailers. If enacted as is, it would allow states to levy taxes on some online retail purchases from businesses with over $1 million in gross receipts.The TechCrunch Gadgets Podcast: Smartwatches, Apple On The Defensive, And The Nook HD+
Mar 23, 4:14PM
We're back! After a long hiatus, we've started up the TechCrunch Gadgets Podcast, our weekly review of everything hardware. We'll be talking about hardware startups, flagship gadgets, and the wild and wooly worlds of Apple, Samsung, HTC, and all the rest.Steve Wozniak, Speaking To The Denver Apple Pi Club In 1984, On College Pranks, Building The Apple I & II, And The Apple Pledge Of Allegiance
Mar 23, 3:44PM
"I pledge allegiance to the logo of corporate marketing in Cupertino. And to the computers for which it stands: One notion, under Jobs, indispensable, for hardware and software for all." Steve Wozniak, to the Denver Apple Pi Computer Club in 1984. And that video above is just a funny anecdotes. TUAW reader Vince Patton pointed the Apple fan site to 14 insightful videos he uploaded to YouTube of Steve Wozniak talking to the Denver Apple Pi Club in 1984. As TUAW notes, they're a treasure trove of first hand accounts into the formation of Apple, the creation of the Apple I and II, and Woz's college antics."The Business Of Literature Is Blowing Shit Up"
Mar 23, 1:00PM
If you love books--heck, if you even like 'em--run, don't walk, and read this magnificent, magisterial essay by Richard Nash on their past, present and future. It's long. Don't be frightened. But even if the Internet has shredded your attention span, at least scroll down to its epic final paragraph. Go on. I'll wait. It's been a rotten decade for book publishers, newspapers, and anyone else clinging to that 15th century technology called the printing press. Marc Andreessen has advised the mighty New York Times to "burn the boats" and shut down their presses. His partner Ben Horowitz claimed last year that "babies born today will probably never read anything in print."Is The Vertical Approach To Enterprise Software Enough To Help You Win The Market?
Mar 23, 9:00AM
Editor's note: Boris Wertz is the founder of version one ventures. We already know that the most profitable companies from the first wave of cloud software were players in the horizontal space. Companies like Salesforce and Workday replaced on-premise solutions and won huge markets. This is old news. What's new is the fact that there's a second wave of disruption in enterprise cloud computing coming, and it's going to be in the form of vertical SaaS solutions.The Exciting Uncertainty At The Intersection Of Content And Commerce
Mar 23, 4:00AM
Editor's note: Mike Jones is CEO of Science, Inc., a Los Angeles-based technology studio. Content and commerce have always had a symbiotic relationship that many traditional content providers tried to separate. The slow adoption of all that the digital revolution has to offer – curation, aggregation, social, and automation – has also hobbled many traditional content providers.Want To See Pictures Of Twitter's Office Visitors? Meet @Twisitor
Mar 23, 2:23AM
There are Twitter accounts for almost everything these days. Some people I know have accounts set up for their pets, then there are toasters, beds, drones and so on. The company itself has a fun account called @Twisitor, which was a project built during one of Twitter’s quarterly hackweeks. There’s a camera in the lobby of Twitter’s new San Francisco office and it will snap a photo of anyone who stands in front of it. Once it does that, guess what’s next? You guessed it, a tweet goes out from the Twisitor account. It’s a great representation of the culture at Twitter, where its employees eat its own dogfood, or in this case…birdfood. Its first tweet was from January 11th, so it’s still relatively new. I’ve been to quite a few tech startup offices and each has its own bit of style and flair. When you go to Facebook, there’s always a video of someone on the team talking about the company, at Google there’s usually some comfy couches to sit on with free WiFi to use but Twitter takes the cake with Twisitor. Here are a few sample tweets from those who have visited the flock: There’s even an account that follows Twisitor, called TwisitorCameo, which points out all of the people that were unnamed in the background of photos. It’s interesting to see internal culture showcased publicly on the service that these employees work really hard on building. The hacked project was built by Mo Kudeki, an International Engineer at Twitter, along with @nick, @wyz, @marcelduran and a few other folks. The neat part about hackweek, I’m told, is that teams are comprised of employees all over the company. I’ve been hot on Twisitor’s tracks for some time, but this tweet from her filled in some color as to where the camera is in the lobby, nestled inside of a birdhouse, where people stand to get their picture taken: If you’d like to see tweets from other parts of Twitter’s office, you can follow Twoffice and Lawrence T. Bird.The TechCrunch 'Lean In' Roundtable, Part 4: Are We Our Own Worst Enemies?
Mar 22, 10:30PM
Welcome back for the last segment of our roundtable discussion of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's new best-selling book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. We concluded the series with a discussion about how women can be our own worst enemies when supporting each other in the workplace. Sandberg writes in the last chapter of the book, "It is the painful truth that one of the obstacles to more women gaining power has sometimes been women already in power."T-Shirt Crowdfunding Site TeePublic Funds 22 Designs In Its First Week
Mar 22, 10:12PM
Apparently, starting one popular T-shirt website wasn't enough for Josh Abramson. Last week Abramson, who previously co-founded the jokey T-shirt retailer BustedTees, launched TeePublic, which is basically a Kickstarter for T-shirts. Users can pledge to buy designs that they like, and if a shirt gets at least 30 people to fund it, then TeePublic will print it, and will continue selling the shirt indefinitely. Shirts cost $20, of which $5 goes to the designer.Ask A VC: Comcast Ventures' Michael Yang On What's Next In Digital Healthcare And More
Mar 22, 9:30PM
In this week's Ask A VC, Comcast Ventures' Managing Director Michael Yang sat in the hot seat to talk about his passion for digital healthcare, and much more.Thanks To Poor Holiday Sales, B&N Will Give Away A Free Nook Simple Touch With Every Purchase Of A Nook HD+
Mar 22, 9:06PM
There's been nothing but bad news coming from Barnes & Noble lately, and it seems as though the company has decided to resort to the desperate measure of giving away Nooks for free. Reuters is reporting that customers who purchase the $269 Nook HD+ will receive a $79 Simple Touch free of charge as a limited offer. It's a great deal if you've been looking for both a tablet and an ebook reader, but I can't help but feel a little sad that this is what it's come down to. Nooks have always been solidly designed products, it's just that they were never able to catch on with consumers after being doubly sucker punched by the iPad and the Kindle. In January, Barnes & Noble revealed its plans to close nearly 20 of its retail locations over the next decade, which was followed by news last month that Nook revenue had dropped 26 percent YOY.Backed By Kickstarter And Full Of Tech Cameos, 'The Startup Kids' Movie Debuts On iTunes
Mar 22, 8:57PM
From an economic perspective, the fall of 2008 brought dark days all over the world. But one of the hardest-hit places was Iceland, the Nordic European country whose entire financial system went into a deep freeze after a rapid and systemic collapse of its banking system. But two young Icelandic entrepreneurs Vala Halldorsdottir and Sesselja Vilhjalmsdottir found a silver lining in the situation. With an absence of traditional job prospects, the two young women decided shortly after the 2008 economy crash to start their own boardgames company -- and it turned out to be a big success. After that, they were motivated to spread the word about entrepreneurship to more people by making a documentary film about startup life.Google Reader Who? Feedly Became Top News App On iPhone, iPad & Android This Week; New App Now Awaiting Approval
Mar 22, 8:41PM
Where are the users headed following news of Google Reader's shutdown? To Feedly, it seems. We already heard the company announce it had passed half a million new users, but more importantly, Feedly is now winning on mobile, too. According to new U.S. App Store and Google Play data, Feedly is leaving competitors like NewsBlur and Reeder far behind. Even though Google Reader will remain for a few months more, Feedly became the number one news app across all three top mobile platforms (iPhone, iPad and Android) this week. It even climbed into the "Top Overall" section within all three stores.One Notion Under Jobs: Newly Unearthed Videos Show 1984 Steve Wozniak Speaking On Pranks, Probation, And Apple's Early Days
Mar 22, 8:25PM
Damn it, Internet. I had things I needed to do this afternoon. So much for that. A VHS recording of a 1984 Apple enthusiast meetup was recently rediscovered, and it had at least one very special gem tucked inside: footage of a 34-year old Steve Wozniak giving a speech on just about everything you'd want to see 34-year old Steve Wozniak talking about. Pranks. The decision to quit everything and start Apple. Changing the friggin' world.Gillmor Gang Live 03.22.13 (TCTV)
Mar 22, 8:19PM
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