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I agree with Tim Cook on this, hard not too. It's an individuals choice whether to use a free service, based on how they feel their data will be used/abused.
However, Apple's trading practices are worse - instead of making money by advertising, they do all they can to ensure their customers are locked into the Apple ecosystem. Ensuring Apple devices require more Apple devices to interoperate. This should be illegal.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Zuckerberg should try to avoid talking about the "people are product" issue if he can. If cornered by journalists, the politically best move is to repeat a memorized list of positve things about Facebook and avoid mentioning anything negative or anything on Apple's business or Cook's remarks. The more he talks about negative things, the more the issue stays in the news, which is exactly what he doesn't want.
In any case, journalists haven't pulled any statement from Google yet; Google seems to have its press-control system down.
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jesarg wrote: The more he talks about negative things, the more the issue stays in the news, which is exactly what he doesn't want
"I don't care what they say about me, just make sure they spell my name right!" ~P. T. Barnum
Did you mean, "exactly what he does want!" ? 
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One of the weaknesses in online advertising is whether ads are seen by actual, you know, humans. Google has now acknowledged that more than half of its ads are not on the screen for even one second. Watch them try to buy AdBlock (to shut it down)
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Thats good. 
I really hate useless ads taking my bandwidth much more than my actual webpage.
Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.
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I can live with static ads...it's when they play video on my screen without my permission that bothers me.
Also, when you're trying to read something and it keeps moving because the layout keeps changing to accommodate more crap they're loading into boxes...I usually close the window if it does that to me even once.
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DaveX86 wrote: it's when they play video on my screen without my permission that bothers me
Couldn't agree more.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Watch them try to buy AdBlock (to shut it down)
*cough*[^]
Quote: Allowing acceptable ads in Adblock Plus
What is this about?
Starting with Adblock Plus 2.0 you can allow some of the advertising not considered annoying to be viewed. By doing this you support websites that rely on advertising but choose to do it in a non-intrusive way.
Why is this feature enabled by default?
Unfortunately, this is the only way to accomplish the goals described above. But if the majority of Adblock Plus users have this function activated, advertisers will have the incentive to produce better ads.
This happened a few years ago after Google started sponsoring the project....
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Over the past few months, we have been working on improvements to many open source middleware components, and following our announcements from the last few months, we’re excited to share the latest open source projects that we’ve enabled for your Windows and Windows Phone games. "Here I am, stuck in the middle with you"
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What value can be placed on the letter 'S'? If it's the 'S' in HTTPS, it could equate to a loss of productivity due to increased latency, greater battery drain for certain connected devices, and the loss of in-network value-added services, according to new research. Does this network traffic make my 'S' look big?
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 for the PUN
No it's your 'S' that makes your 'S' look big 
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The article uses
Kent Sharkey wrote: loss of in-network value-added services
as an omnious looming "you could miss out on something!" without ever mentioning samples. The PDF has:
No Caching, No Compression, No Content Opt., No Filtering
All in all, mostly a complaint about losing the exciting possibilities of Deep Packet Inspection.
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Running 12-year-old processors, next-gen spaceship’s tech is built for reliability, not to be state-of-the-art. But can you play "Angry Birds" on the Orion spacecraft? I think not!
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It may be old but can fly space! Smart phones fly only once - and crash upon landing...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Not on.
But with, given enough Orions!
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Android's new, largely undocumented compilers are still works in progress, but aim to speed up the compilation process. Crowns will be broken
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Computer science is a booming industry in the US — and it pays extremely well. There's always demand for sharp, talented engineers, which is why learning how to code can seem like an attractive option. Oh, you're going to love this one, "Before you learn a language, start with 'drag and drop' programming."
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Turtle [^]- a language so good you don't even need a computer....
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Business Insider wrote: Computer science is a booming industry in the US — and it attracts a lot of sub-par novices who are just after a quick buck with the least effort who really make a mess that their betters have to clean up.
FTFT
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Agreed. I still remember the first few classes of Intro Comp Sci at University. Full of people who figured it was an easy path to huge salaries. They cleared out pretty fast.
TTFN - Kent
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Microsoft said at the Windows 10 launch event that the company would be releasing the updated operating system in the summer of 2015. Thanks to a note by Kevin Turner at the Credit Suisse Technology Conference, we have a slightly more specific timeline. Just in time for harvest
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Huh. I thought it was supposed to be spring 2015.
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To .NET or not to .NET, That is the Question Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the LINQs and XAMLs of outrageous fortune
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Too long, didn't read...
At any rate I don't understand this fashion of being disabused with .NET..
Just configuring a Linux machine right now, can't wait to get back to .NET programming instead!
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