I study and write a lot about disruption caused directly or indirectly by the Internet. It’s actually the key tenant that matured my wonder and…
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So-called “acq-hires” (when a company will buy a startup solely/mostly for the talent rather than the product itself) recently came up in a discussion amongst…
3 CommentsHacker News has been buzzing with the story of Canadian citizen Zak Homuth, who was refused entry earlier in the week by US Customs and…
3 CommentsI was sad to discover that photos belonging to both Violet and I are being reproduced without our permission at ‘photo encyclopedia’ Fotopedia. I’m a…
One CommentBitCoin I’ve spent the last few months researching BitCoin, which for those who don’t know is a p2p currency system that is (sort of) de-centralized…
2 CommentsMaggie Brown asks in the Guardian today ‘whether the BBC has become too affraid to take risks?‘. Her piece focuses around the dreaded “BBC Editorial…
One CommentGenetic testing startup 23andMe is running a ‘1-day sale’ that removes their normal up-front testing fee of $199. The catch- you have to agree to…
2 CommentsBill Schneier has highlighted two types of fraud currently occuring on the Amazon Kindle Marketplace due to lax copyright enforcement. The first type of fraud…
One CommentIt was interesting to read tonight that Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer, Craig Mundie, isn’t sure whether there is a long term future for…
2 CommentsWhen I logged into the ‘free‘ airport wifi at Calgary airport a few moths back I was in invited to either give “BOLDstreet Wireless” permission…
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