tough questions
The Value of Making Reading Hard
www.theatlantic.com
Maybe cognitive friction in our reading experiences -- be it in typeface choice or annotation mechanism -- is a good thing. One of the really tough questions to answer in relation to any technology is: When do you make something easy and when do you make it hard? This problem...
Jury in Oracle vs. Google Set to Answer Tough Questions
www.wired.com
The jury will deliberate into Wednesday on the decision whether Google infringed Oracle's patents. (Photo: walknboston/Flickr) The jury in Google and Oracle’s legal fight over Java failed to reach a verdict Tuesday. They’ll be back to the San Francisco Federal courthouse at 8 AM Wednesday morning to continue deliberations over...
Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast with special guest Chris Davies, live at 5PM ET!
www.engadget.com
After a weeklong hiatus, we've been aching to get back on the mics and speak our minds about all the crazy stuff going on in the world of mobile. And Myriam and Brad aren't going it alone: they're bringing Chris Davies of Slashgear fame (or is it infame?) to...
Top 4 take-aways from (yet another) startup competition
www.geekwire.com
Judges for the Lean Startup Machine competition Between Startup Weekend, AngelHack and StudentRND you could spend every weekend hacking in this town. And that’s just this month. So I’ll admit I was curious if not skeptical when Lean Startup Machine entered the scene, and wondered what more this New York-based...
8 Brain-Busting Interview Questions Apple Asks Potential Employees—Answered! (AAPL)
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Apple asks its future employees to solve Khan Academy brain teasers, we learned while digging around for information about the questions Apple recruiters asks. You may not have heard of the Khan Academy, but it's a serious brainiac-creating effort, a nonprofit backed by money from Google and the Bill and...
Microsoft goes on the attack against Google Apps (video)
venturebeat.com
Microsoft has gone after Google before in ads attacking its search and Gmail products, but today the big M has launched a new off-kilter advertisement showing off Google Apps’ biggest weaknesses. The video, titled “Googlighting,” portrays the Google Apps productivity suite in human form as “Googen Apperson,” a slimy...
James Murdoch Grilled Over Political Influence
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James Murdoch faced tough questions about News Corp.’s political influence in Britain — especially with a key government minister — and his handling of a scandal over illicit reporting tactics at the company’s British tabloids, during a public grilling before a judge-led inquiry into U.K. media practices. The News Corp....
The 404 1,009: Where we'd rather have a Bloomin' Onion (podcast)
www.cnet.com
Ty Pendlebury answers the tough questions this morning, starting with this toughy: are Australians offended by the existence of Outback Steakhouse? [Read more]...
VB webinar at 1pm PT to explore Singapore as Asian launch pad
venturebeat.com
VentureBeat and IDA Singapore are hosting a free video webinar today at 1pm PT. There are unprecedented innovation and growth opportunities taking place in Asia, and Singapore is the epicenter of it. VB Executive Editor Dylan Tweney will moderate a lively discussion with a group of Silicon Valley CEOs about...
In Case You Needed Another Reminder That The "Level Playing Field" For All Investors Is Ridiculous...
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The pretense that there's a "level playing field" for all investors--from the biggest hedge funds to the little guy who checks his or her stock quotes once in a while--is, of course, ridiculous. Even if the playing field actually WERE level--if the information flow were equivalent--the game would still be...
In Case You Needed Another Reminder That The "Level Playing Field" For All Investors Is Ridiculous...
Jury Ponders Deadlock in Google-Oracle Trial
www.wired.com
Is the jury in the Google-Oracle trial facing deadlock? Schill/Flickr In the ongoing court battle between Google and Oracle, the jury has indicated that it may not be able to reach a unanimous decision on claims that Google infringed on Oracle copyrights in building the Android mobile operating system. “What...
Congress demands answers from Apple on address book privacy
venturebeat.com
The questionable practices of a little-known iPhone application led to the unearthing of evidence that many iPhone apps take consumers’ address book data. The ensuing public outcry has prompted U.S. government officials to question the one company that might actually be to blame. “This incident raises questions about whether...
We’re All Friends Here, Just Not on Google+
pandodaily.com
Even after identifying himself as a Google+ fanboy and having literally written the book on the social network, Guy Kawasaki had no choice but to ask the tough questions in his SXSW keynote interview with Google’s Vic Gundotra. The not-at-all-packed room was about as populated as Google+ is, but that’s...
Q&A: Twitter Execs Answer The Tough Questions At Chirp
techcrunch.com
To close out Chirp today, five key Twitter employee/execs have taken the stage to answer audience questions. This will likely be one of the most interesting portions of the entire event, as many developers have been feeling angst over Twitter’s recent moves with Official BlackBerry/iPhone applications. And there are also...
The Non-Programming Programmer
www.codinghorror.com
I find it difficult to believe, but the reports keep pouring in via Twitter and email: many candidates who show up for programming job interviews can't program. At all. Consider this recent email from Mike Lin: The article Why Can't Programmers... Program? changed the way I did interviews. I...
Bartz Curses Arrington at TechCrunch Disrupt
chris.pirillo.com
Bartz Curses Arrington at TechCrunch Disrupt is a post from Chris PirilloYahoo! CEO Carol Bartz participated in a cozy little chat with TechCrunch CEO Michael Arrington earlier today during TechCrunch Disrupt. True to himself, Michael opened the chat by asking Carol “So how the fuck are you?” Niceties aside, Arrington...
Does President Obama's Google Hangout Represent A Milestone?
www.techdirt.com
Yesterday, President Obama used Google Hangout to do a kind of online virtual town hall meeting, which was both live streamed and is now up on Youtube: Being a "first" such use of a relatively new technology is bound to get some attention, and I thought the coverage from Anthony...
What Goes Into Redrawing
www.chrisbrogan.com
I’m redrawing the ways I do business, the ways I connect with people, the ways I spend my day. It’s a process that requires a lot of thought, a lot of reconsidering, a lot of paper. It requires asking myself tough questions, and deciding whether or not I can...
Watch Obama’s Complete Google+ Hangout with America [Video]
socialtimes.com
President Obama completed his first live Google Hangout on Monday, and the results were pretty good. Google has put up the video, and you can see that whether you agree with the answers or not, the overall effect of having Americans from all over the country asking live questions to...
Watch Obama’s Complete Google+ Hangout with America [Video]
socialtimes.com
President Obama completed his first live Google Hangout on Monday, and the results were pretty good. Google has put up the video, and you can see that whether you agree with the answers or not, the overall effect of having Americans from all over the country asking live questions to...
What I Learned at Twitter’s First Chirp Conference
gigaom.com
Twitter’s Chirp conference this week was ultimately an overdue kickoff of the company’s developer community. With more than 100,000 applications created on its platform to date, it’s frankly amazing that Twitter hadn’t formalized its road map and addressed competition with developers before. Here are the excuses: Twitter is small and...
Twitter CEO Says “No” to Acquisition in Next Two Years
mashable.com
A few hours ago, Twitter CEO Evan Williams keynoted SXSW in an on-stage interview with Umair Haque of Havs Media Lab. During it, Mr. Williams announced the @Anywhere platform and answered Umair’s questions.While Umair did ask a lot of questions, some thought that he did not ask enough tough...
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