Category: Technology
The retards over at Apple
I am pretty sure that word gets all politically correct bells ringing so let me explain: it took Apple users almost a decade to figure out how useful wireless Bluetooth…
Huawei ban is a joke and so is the cheap Pixel
You just don’t get it, do you? The tech world also has cliches. And if you have been around long enough they stand out. Apple as an opponent is a…
The incredible power of not seeing what you don’t like anymore
Sometimes as I tidy the house or while looking for something else, I find something the kids have made. These days it is mainly my ever creative daughter. It is…
Google and the Golden State Warriors: similar approach
As I watched the champions get annihilated by the Raptors this morning over breakfast I had yesterday’s Senate hearings in mind. Steph Curry only got 3 out of 12 but…
Apple is not about tech so stop judging it as if it was
“So, seriously Alex, do you think Apple has a problem?” Financial analysts call me up some times for “insights”. It is usually when their job is on the line and/or…
Here is your first class action suite for GDPR (and why it is stupid)
As an experiment, I decided to ask Google to remove all my contributions to the Google Maps Local Guides scheme. For those of you not aware, Google Maps uses volunteers…
This is a coup! How does Europe get the right to tell the internet what to do?
As the world watches him flip flop over major topics like migrant families and trade war threats, I have to grant Donald Trump a point. Take all the nasty stuff…
Facebook killed 14 people in May
That is what the headlines ought to be. Not “A Facebook bug changed suggested sharing settings to ‘public’ for up to 14 million users“. Think about it. Assuming Facebook is telling…
Facebook made one little mistake in it’s GDPR response
I wrote about the fuss on GDPR but Facebook’s response made it even worse. Their UI department essentially made fun of both the EU and the entire planet by forcing…
The real problem with Facebook is its lack of a business model
“If Facebook disappeared tonight, it would take the planet maybe 2 days to get over it.” It’s not the first time I have heard this being said. And even though…