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TSG on Google Maps as a Terror Tool
The Smoking Gun has an article on the use of Google Maps/Earth by prospective terrorists as a tool to scout out locations and vulnerabilities, found via TechMeme.
Should Google be censoring maps? Or reducing zoom levels over airports? Is Google responsible for the actions its tools may enable?
In a nutshell, IMHO, no. The people running airports… »
In an impoverished nation of 900 million people…
…someone is building a 27 storey personal residence. Obscene. Six floors of parking for his cars. 600 staff. As Gizmodo points out, Bill Gates and the Bill & Melinda foundation are real… »
What is the real story with Alexaholic/Statsaholic/Amazon?
The Alexa vs. Statsaholic story, in response to which I proposed a boycott of the Amazon eCommerce API, is getting complicated. Pete Cashmore has a petition on Mashable, calling on Amazon and Statsaholic to settle the dispute without litigation.
It emerged in comments however (see comments by James), that statsaholic was not using the Alexa API… »
Exodus from DodgeBall - Google’s Growth Working Against Innovation?
Om covers the departure of DodgeBall’s founder and first employee from the Googleplex. Of particular note is the comment in the departing team member’s announcement:
It’s no real secret that Google wasn’t supporting dodgeball the way we expected. The whole experience was incredibly frustrating for us - especially as we couldn’t convince them that dodgeball was… »
Utah Legislators Limit Keyword Advertising, Clog the Tubes with Dumbfounded Journos
AP is wiring out a story about how Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. and the Utah State Legislature have passed a into law a bill limiting keyword advertising. Google, the undisputed king of keyword advertising, is getting its legal machine going; the EFF is riled up; and law professors everywhere are shaking their heads - as… »
Thanks, priestofmemory: the “Civil Anyway” Badge
Blogger priestofmemory has a great post about the ongoing Blogger Code of Conduct flap. He’s of the same mind as yours truly on the issue, and was kind enough to create a badge to symbolize his adherence to a reasonable, un-regulated, self-applied code of conduct: no nanny badges, just a declaration that you’re an intelligent,… »
An Alternative to O’Reilly’s Politeness Manifesto: The Un-Code
As Mike A. lines out effectively on CrunchNotes, the stink around the Sierra blog attacks from a week or two ago is now being perpetuated by Tim O’Reilly, who has surfaced a fluff-ridden “Blogger’s Code of Conduct.”
Out of all of the huggable, do-gooder posturing in the Code, there’s only one line that really makes any… »