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  • Apple Versus the FBI, Understanding iPhone Encryption, The Risks for Apple and Encryption

    Apple is in a face-off with the FBI; understanding what is at issue, and the long-term risks Apple faces.

  • Zenefits and Regulation

    Zenefits fired its CEO after violating a number of regulations, and many people are drawing a connection to Uber. In fact, I think the situations are quite different; understanding why gives a framework for thinking about regulation.

  • Twitter Earnings; Twitter Retrenches; Facebook, Andreessen and India

    Twitter’s earnings had good and bad parts, and one big red flag. More interesting was the company’s decision to retrench and own “live.” Then, how Facebook and Marc Andreessen managed to screw up so badly.

  • SideCar’s “Innovation”, Facebook Stadium and Twitter’s Conundrum, Tidbits

    SideCar feels that Uber was unfair, but the truth is the company didn’t understand that product matters more than technical expertise. Plus, why Twitter doesn’t have an natural acquirers, and several other tidbits from this week.

  • Cars and the Future

    A massive revolution in cars seems right around the corner. However, I think it will take longer then most technologists think, but when it comes it will come quickly.

  • A Politics For Technology

    Technology is changing the world, which means politics should change as well. There is a way forward that entails less regulation and a much bigger safety net.

  • Comcast’s Inevitable Data Caps; T-Mobile Offers Free Video; America Versus Europe on Net Neutrality

    Net neutrality regulation was inevitably the first domino when it came to changes in U.S. broadband: both data caps and zero-rate plans are inevitable responses. People who don’t like any of this should start focusing on the root problem — and solution.

  • Venture Capital Follow-up, Square Files for IPO, Concerns About Theranos

    A follow-up and some much needed specificity to yesterday’s Venture Capital article, then why Square’s IPO may be a better opportunity than it first appears. Plus, there’s concerning news about Theranos, a company with significant potential.

  • Twitter Suspends Accounts Over GIFs, SnapChat Shuts Down Snap Channel, More on Moments

    Twitter suspended a couple of accounts for tweeting sports highlights GIFs. First a bit about the issue at hand, and then a bigger picture look at what this says about Moments, if anything. Then, Snapchat is getting out of original programming, which is a great sign. Finally, what the future of Moments should look like.

  • Jack Dorsey Named Twitter CEO, The Problem With Daily Fantasy

    It took only a few hours for the first concerning response to the announcement of Jack Dorsey as CEO, and it came from his old adversary Ev Williams. Then, Daily Fantasy has a real scandal on its hands, but the implications of that scandal are the opposite of what most think about Daily Fantasy.