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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Google Says Gmail Users Shouldn't Expect To Have Any Privacy | Cult of Android


Just as a sender of a letter to a business colleague cannot be surprised that the recipient’s assistant opens the letter, people who use Web-based email today cannot be surprised if their emails are processed by the recipient’s [email provider] in the course of delivery. Indeed, ‘a person has no legitimate expectation of privacy in information he voluntarily turns over to third parties.


Google Says Gmail Users Shouldn't Expect To Have Any Privacy | Cult of Android

Prizefight: Sony Vaio Pro 13 vs. Apple's 13-inch MacBook Air | Prizefight - CNET

Prizefight: Sony Vaio Pro 13 vs. Apple's 13-inch MacBook Air | Prizefight - CNET

Monday, August 05, 2013

Google brings touch features to Chrome Canary | Internet & Media - CNET News


Google's Chrome Canary -- a browser version that's available, but still under development -- is adding touch-friendly features to the software,according to The Verge.
The browser now includes a slide-to-navigate option that will allow users to swipe across the display to either go forward or back. Like mobile operating systems, swiping to the left in Chrome Canary takes users to the next page, while swiping to the right will take them to a previous page.
In addition, the browser comes with an "enable pinch scale" option that lets users pinch their fingers together on the screen to zoom in and out.


Google brings touch features to Chrome Canary | Internet & Media - CNET News

Remembering the Apple Newton's Prophetic Failure and Lasting Impact | Wired Design | Wired.com

In product lore, high profile gadgets that get killed are often more interesting than the ones that succeed. The Kin, the HP TouchPad, and the Edsel are all case studies in failure–albeit for different reasons. Yet in the history of those killings, nothing compared to the Apple Newton MessagePad. The Newton wasn’t just killed, it was violently murdered, dragged into a closet by its hair and kicked to death in its youth by one of technology’s great men. And yet it was a remarkable device, one whose influence is still with us today. The Ur tablet. The first computer designed to free us utterly from the desktop.

Remembering the Apple Newton's Prophetic Failure and Lasting Impact | Wired Design | Wired.com