“For example, conversations which take place over iMessage and FaceTime are protected by end-to-end encryption so no one but the sender and receiver can see or read them. Apple cannot decrypt that data. Similarly, we do not store data related to customers’ location, Map searches or Siri requests in any identifiable form.”
—Apple - Apple’s Commitment to Customer Privacy
June 2013
10 posts
“Man has lost the ability to foresee and forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.”
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Rachel Carson
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May 2013
6 posts
Human stem cells cloned for the first time →
theverge.com
An international team of scientists announced today that for the first time ever, they were able to create new human stem cells by cloning older, fully mature human cells. The process cannot be used to create full human clones, as the scientists involved were quick to point out, but it does allow for cells to be grown to fit specific functions within an individual’s body — resulting in new, patient-specific liver cells or heart cells that actually pulse on their own, for example
Google to Sell Its Own Version of Samsung's Galaxy S4 →
bits.blogs.nytimes.com
I really don’t get Google’s strategy here.
Google has Motorola but yet they will sell a Google version of a Samsung phone. Why? Why not have a Motorola Nexus phone? What was the point of buying Motorola then?
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April 2013
12 posts
Helium CSS →
github.com
Helium is a tool for discovering unused CSS across many pages on a web site.
Usability checklist →
userium.com
Catch common usability problems before user testing.
