Apple’s garden wall is cracking
At next week’s iPhone 5 launch, we’ll marvel at Apple’s leadership of the mobile Web. But early adoption of HTML5 and the lesson of history tells us iOS will soon be in decline.
New York Times Initiates Digital Subscriptions
by recursion_see_recursion The New York Times began its digital subscription service about a week ago. While occasional readers will be able to continue reading a limited number of articles per month (20), the paper is phasing out its free for all approach to on line publishing, about time too. Home delivery subscribers will get digital [...]
Towards a Permission-based Web. Wherefore Net Neutrality? Or: Maybe Open Source Wins After All
As we rush to purchase Apple products and services on Cupertino’s monochrome treadmill of shiny shiny I can’t help thinking the open web community is losing something vital - a commitment to net neutrality and platform openness.
If a single company can decide what plays on the network and what does not, in arbitrary fashion, how can that be [...]
