Throughout the ongoing fight between Apple and the FBI over custom access to an iPhone used by one of the two terrorists who killed 14 people in San Bernardino, the government has framed the argument
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[fortune-brightcove videoid=4728445302001 height=”484″] Apple’s mentality has been that everything important from the perspective of intellectual property happens in Cupertino. Is that changing? The v
A Closer Look Jameis Winston's Historic Rookie Season Article by Eric Holland J ameis Winston had a great first season in the NFL that culminated with a Pro Bowl selection and fans voting him as NFL Rookie of the Year. Some may have overlooked the Buccaneers rookie in a year that featured 11…
How Tim Cook, in iPhone Battle, Became a Bulwark for Digital Privacy Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief, testifying before Congress in 2013. “We feel we must speak up in the face of what we see as an over
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Perhaps the tensest moment in Saturday's Republican presidential debate came when Donald Trump finally said something so outrageous that the other candidates onstage and even the debate audience close
If you’re a white man like me, you’ve been hearing the same question a lot lately: “How may I help you, sir?” It’s a great question, and yes, you do have my permission to help me. I’ll take those shoe
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On Monday, Donald Trump held a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, where he merrily repeated a woman in the crowd who called Ted Cruz a pussy. Twenty-four hours later, Donald Trump won the New Hampshi
Day One, the well-known journaling app by Bloom Built , was an unmistakable success. On both iOS and Mac, it amassed multiple awards for both its design and quality of the experience. Through positive
Chris Cox wants to mess with Facebook’s secret sauce. The most drastic change to Facebook in years was born a year ago during an off-site at the Four Seasons Silicon Valley, a 10-minute drive from hea
People may endure miserable commutes out of an inability to weigh their general well-being against quantifiable material gains. KEVIN H. Last year, Midas, the muffler company, in honor of its fiftieth
I have one living grandparent—my father’s mother, who’s 89. Nana. I visited Nana recently and went through the usual activities—talking about myself in a loud voice, fixing her “broken machine” by unm
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This article originally appeared in our August 2012 issue. Like ghosts rising out of a Confederate cemetery, Atlanta’s past lapses in judgment haunt the region today, leaving a smoky trail of suburban
Published in Hillary for America · 5 min read · Jan 20, 2016 -- The stakes couldn’t be higher. On January 20, 2017, America will begin our next chapter. A new president will stand on the steps of the
4 minutes Earlier this year I experimented with several task management systems (TMS) for iOS to help me get better organized for both home and work. After a lot of trial and deliberation, I finally f
Idle Words > Talks > Website Obesity This is the text version of a talk I gave on October 29, 2015, at the Web Directions conference in Sydney. [ 53 minute video ]. Let me start by saying that beautif
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Email’s dead, they said. Ruthlessly murdered at the hands of Slack, HipChat, Basecamp, and Trello. But the reality is that email isn’t going anywhere. We sent 183 billion emails in 2013, and that numb
The Intercept recently reported that Apple CEO Tim Cook, in a private meeting with White House officials and other technology leaders, criticized the federal government’s stance on encryption and tech
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SR’s Fab 5 is a collection of inside scoop, analysis and insight from yours truly, PewterReport.com publisher and Bucs beat writer Scott Reynolds. Here are a few things that caught my attention this w
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It’s been just over a year since the masses “discovered” podcasting in the wake of Serial ’s blockbuster success. The wildly popular show was said to have reawakened a neglected art form—a breakthroug
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Op-Ed Contributor The New Atomic Age We Need Credit... Script & Seal THIS past summer, the Group of 7 nations promised “urgent and concrete action” to limit climate change. What actions exactly? Activ
Zainab Chaudry knows more about Islamophobia than most. As the spokesperson for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Chaudry advocates for mutual understanding between Muslim-Americans and the r
Who is Rey? Like much of the world last weekend, I had the sincere pleasure of seeing a brand new Star Wars movie. For an entire weekend (and two viewings) my younger brother and I regressed back to o
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(DeviantArt/luuqus) We are living through the most astonishing period of human progress in history. And nobody’s telling us about it. Published in Future Crunch · 13 min read · Dec 14, 2015 -- As 2015
In the Miami area, the daily high-water mark has been rising almost an inch a year. Illustration by Jacob Escobedo The city of Miami Beach floods on such a predictable basis that if, out of curiosity
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