Skyway Recommended August 19th to 25th
Each Monday we’ll pass on links to articles we thought were well worth reading from the previous week, for those who live where we do (British Columbia, Canada), work like we do (high speed business internet), and think about things we do (internet trends, internet privacy, internet censorship, cutting-edge technology, etc.). If you don’t want to wait ’til Monday, we usually tweet and link to these as we come across them…
Medium | When it comes to Apple, everyone’s a critic.
The New York Times published a blog post Sunday, authored by Paul Krugman, which apparently looks at the ‘symmetry between Microsoft and Apple’. What it instead shows is a gross misunderstanding of both companies, and the history of computing. Read More…
The Guardian | Microsoft Shares Surge as Ballmer announces Retirement Plans
Microsoft has stepped into a new and uncertain era with the announcement that CEO Steve Ballmer will retire within 12 months, triggering a search for a successor to take over the software behemoth. The announcement on Friday surprised analysts and investors and sent shares surging, reflecting belief that the company will benefit from new leadership as it tries to innovate and chase the market for smartphones and tablets. Read More…
Business in Vancouver | Telus and Bell continue PR battle against Verizon takeover in latest poll
The majority of Canadians would prefer that domestic companies be given an advantage in the marketplace over foreign-owned companies, according a Nanos poll commissioned by Telus Corp. (TSX:T) and Bell Canada Enterprises (TSX:BCE). The telephone survey found that 70% of respondents would favour Canadian companies getting a leg up over foreign companies if the government were to create an advantage in the marketplace in any industry. Read More…
Read Write | Want To Reach Me? Call My API
In a world where an outrageous number of people may be vying for your attention, automating your own personal interface could help. Read More…
The Atlantic | Technology Hopes to Save the Internet From Trolls
Rather than abandon online comments altogether, as one ABC affiliate did earlier this year, exhausted editors are putting their faith in the final frontier: Technology. Technology, they hope, will save them from trolls, those ubiquitous commenters who derail conversations in hateful directions. Trolls are a growing problem: In fact no less than three well-regarded editors and writers invoked the term to describe the current state of Internet discourse this month. “Comment Sections Are Wastelands Ruled by Trolls,” declared Wired‘s Mat Honan today. “Trolls are just getting more and more aggressive and uglier,” explained the Huffington Post’s Arianna Huffington on Wednesday as she announced a new policy banning anonymous commenters altogether. (Some find this move misguided.) And in a post for the site earlier this month, The Atlantic‘s own Bob Cohn described comment sections as “cesspools of vitriol, magnets for haters and trolls and spammers.” Read More…