Apple just sent this email to developers: Two-factor authentication is an additional layer of security designed to ensure that you’re the only person who can access your account, even if someone knows your password. This significantly improves the security of your Apple ID and helps protect the photos, documents, and other data you store with …
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Greg KoganM You’ve probably seen them used to describe software products. Maybe you use them to describe your own product. They seem like great descriptors, because you know they’re truthful, and what’s true must be convincing, right? ∞Permalink
Sometimes I’m really out of the office, though, crawling around in the backcountry wilderness or on an island somewhere. I’ll do it if I have to, but even then I don’t like setting an automatic response. There’s no way to do it that doesn’t leak information to a would-be attacker. ∞Permalink
Seth Godin: As we enter a new year, one in which technology promises to move faster than ever, it’s worth considering what our 23 problems might be. Good starting point for what we need to work on as a species. ∞Permalink
Jason Fried from Basecamp on advice they got from Jeff Bezos: People who were right a lot of the time were people who often changed their minds. He doesn’t think consistency of thought is a particularly positive trait. It’s perfectly healthy — encouraged, even — to have an idea tomorrow that contradicted your idea today. ∞Permalink
It might surprise some to learn that the world’s second-oldest airline is actually Colombia’s Avianca. It was founded as SCADTA, or Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transporte Aéreo and its first flight was from Barranquilla to Puerto Berrio in September 1920. The airline changed its name to Avianca – an acronym of Aerovías Nacionales de Colombia …
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Bloomberg: The third-largest U.S. wireless carrier unveiled what it claims is a patented customer-service program on Wednesday called Team of Experts. Subscribers who call or message for assistance will be assigned a group of employees to fix the issue. This might sound like a corporate joke, but the few times I’ve had to interact with …
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WSJ reporting: The social media giant has asked large U.S. banks to share detailed financial information about their customers, including card transactions and checking account balances, as part of an effort to offer new services to users. This sounds like an all around bad idea. Glad to hear some banks are walking away from these …
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Good article from Mike Wuerthele writing for AppleInsider. For those that worry too much: If you’re still worried about it, don’t sit on your router, and use your speaker function on your iPhone. You can always buy tons of tin foil. ∞Permalink
Kate Conger reporting for Gizmodo: Google’s unofficial motto has long been the simple phrase “don’t be evil.” But that’s over, according to the code of conduct that Google distributes to its employees. The phrase was removed sometime in late April or early May, archives hosted by the Wayback Machine show. Being evil is now encouraged at …
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