Bookmarks for 1 Sep 2009
- Feds break Apple's code of App Store silence • The Register
Damning commentary on Apple's run-in with the FCC, on its enquiry into its rather secretive and possibly anti-competitive practices: "Apple's fast-talking response is very to-the-letter, and it reminds me of stores that sell "body massagers" in places where vibrators are illegal." etc etc (apple app_store fcc competition ) - Industry Moves: Dopplr's Jones Joining Schulze & Webb | Media | guardian.co.uk
"Travel social network Dopplr's founding design director Matt Jones is stepping back from the company to join Jack Schulze and Matt Webb's design agency. Accordingly, the outfit is renaming from Schulze & Webb to Berg (standing loosely for British Experimental Rocket Group) – "Schulze, Webb & Jones" sounded a bit long." (schulze_and_webb moves design ) - The Baltimore Hoax: newspapers and bloggers fall for Wire comments spoof | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog
The Guardian, The Independent, The Baltimore Sun and others fell for a hoax story in which the mayor of Baltimore supposedly rebuked a Tory frontbencher. (newspapers hoaxes journalism the_wire ) - Linked Data – Design Issues
Tim Berners-Lee on the four rules of data linking. (information_architecture linking semantic_web urls ) - The joy of webscale identifiers « Jon Udell
Jon Udell on his interview with Ian Forrester of BBC Backstage. Lots of goodies here about links, references, and being useful on the web. (urls scalability linking information_architecture bbc_backstage ) - Creative Disruption » Blockbuster vs Netflix vs Redbox
"The truth is – new entrants and entrepreneurs shape markets – not just technology." Simon Waldman on how the DVD rental industry was disrupted, but not by high-tech. (business_models dvd_rentals netflix blockbuster )
