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Written by chailimsydneyAugust 30, 2016August 30, 2016

So this just happened. EU orders the recovery of €13BILLION of Apple taxes

This is about to be the most overused meme on the Interweb After a big ole investigation, in which the European Union threatened to claim back from Apple their ‘owed’ taxes to the tune of billions, they went ahead and did it. Well, technically Ireland has been charged with recovering the bill as they allowed Apple the […]

Written by chailimsydneyAugust 22, 2016August 22, 2016

I see you, I know you: maps as a window into our lives.

On 10 August, Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi from Apple talked to Fast Company in a very interesting interview. I discuss some of the strategic timing of the interview here, but this article is a focus on the Maps part of the discussion, where the two talk about the underestimation, and cost, of doing Maps well. It’s a […]

Written by chailimsydneyAugust 17, 2016August 17, 2016

The humanity of Apple, as told in two interviews.

The Apple bigwigs have been on a bit of an interview tear in the past week, building up the hype in the lead up to the iPhone launch on September 7. The interviews (Tim Cook with the Washington Post, and Eddy Cue/Craig Federighi with Fast Company) have taken an interesting approach, pushing the humanity of their leaders […]

Written by chailimsydneyAugust 9, 2016August 10, 2016

Australia is going through a major conversation about privacy, thanks to the Census (updated August 10)

UPDATE. Day 2 and the Census is showing no signs of coming back up. This morning the ABS declared that they’d been hit by four Denial of Service attacks, and after the most serious one decided to take the Census offline. This is not remarkable, but a day later they still have not come back online, […]

Written by chailimsydneyJune 20, 2016June 20, 2016

How noise can make privacy more…private…the differential way

There’s a lot being made out of Apple’s decision to use differential privacy in iOS10. WIRED as usual have a solid write up. In Craig Federighi‘s part of the WWDC Keynote address, he mentioned that Apple was shifting to use differential privacy as a means to collect even more data but protect user privacy at the […]

Written by chailimsydneyJune 17, 2016June 17, 2016

Snapchat’s Real Life magazine, and the danger of telling stories

Snapchat is launching an online magazine called Real Life at the end of June. Real Life aims to focus on our lives with technology, rather than focus on the technology with reviews, comparisons and all the usual hallmarks of tech publishing. I will definitely be watching this closely, both personal interest, and as someone who’s […]

Written by chailimsydneyJune 14, 2016June 15, 2016

Microsoft assimilating LinkedIn in a USD26.2billion PR stunt!

No, it wasn’t a PR stunt. But damned if the timing wasn’t perfect to steal away some of Apple’s WWDC thunder. And I had to use the old 90s Microsoft=Borg joke… Enough about Micro$oft! (OH GOD THE 90s JOKES) The LinkedIn deal! US$26.2 billion, at about US$196 per share. This valuation is down from the high in early 2015 […]

Written by chailimsydneyJune 5, 2016June 5, 2016

Do you have a moment to talk about news feeds?

Over the past few days I’ve been playing a bit with Facebook’s news sections. Facebook, always famous for doing UX testing, seems to have stepped up their testing of late. Every time I go in there’s something new to test/look at. I wonder if they are making decisions on testing too quickly – just because […]

Written by chailimsydneyJune 3, 2016June 3, 2016

VR and AR step aside…here comes MR thanks to Microsoft

Microsoft launches Holographic platform

Written by chailimsydneyMay 13, 2016May 13, 2016

As if we didn’t need more evidence that tech corps are as human as the rest…

The Techcrunch Disrupt NY 2016 gathering was this week, a time that’s marked some pretty interesting times in privacy and security. At the start of the week I came across this survey – the CIGI-Ipsos Global Survey on Internet Security and Trust 2016. Everyone loves an unwieldy title, and this report had some fascinating results. 57% […]

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