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Why London's Police Just Set a Horrifying Precedent on Mobile Privacy. London's Metropolitan Police recently started using machines that allow law enforcement to tap into any mobile device and download call registers, photographs, videos, SMS, email and even social networking data in under 20 minutes.
Even more shocking, the information they collect will remain in the police's possession long after the suspect is released, even if no charges are filed. Android Platform Growth Trends Downward for 4 Months, But Why? Google’s Android platform owns a huge portion of the smartphone market in the U.S., accounting for almost 59% of all types of smartphone users according to recent IDC estimates.
This compares well to Apple’s iOS market share, which is somewhere around 23% by those same estimates. But there are some interesting, if very early, signs that Android growth might be taking a bit of a hit in the U.S.. Asymco’s Horace Dediu has charted platform growth across the four majors — BlackBerry, Windows Phone, iPhone and Android — over the last two years, since January 2010. The chart shows that this is the first time that Android has displayed a consecutive drop in growth for 4 months in a row. The platform had never more shown a ‘net negative’ in user gains for more than two months consecutively. Now the growth of a platform is an interesting metric. Mr. Obama, Tear Down This Wall(ed Garden) Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Dave Chase, the CEO of Avado.com, a patient portal & relationship management company that was a TechCrunch Disrupt finalist.
Previously he was a management consultant for Accenture’s healthcare practice and founder of Microsoft’s Health platform business. He’s part of the White House Roundtable on Patient Access. You can follow him on Twitter @chasedave. Today, I participated in a meeting at the White House described as an “expert roundtable on patient access to health data” hosted by Todd Park (Chief Technology Officer of the United States), Farzad Mostashari (the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology), Leon Rodriguez (Office of Civil Rights) and Peter Levin (CTO Veterans Administration).
Being at the White House within a week of the 25th anniversary of President Reagan’s famous “Mr. The desired outcomes of the White House roundtable were: Apple attempts to quell BYOD fears with iOS guidelines. Apple has released an iOS security guide to help those IT professionals who may not be in Apple’s developer community but still need to wrangle in the iPhones and iPads that employees bring to work.
It’s widely known now that the “bring your own device” or BYOD trend gives IT professionals the heebie-geebies because protecting proprietary data in these devices is very difficult. Smart devices like Blackberries have been widely used throughout corporate networks, but Android and iOS smartphones allow employees to use their own devices, and sometimes more productively. Watching the activity on devices is touchy, given that the company doesn’t actually own the device, just the data on it. Apple’s guidelines are an attempt to give IT professionals some peace of mind when letting employees use iOS devices; they also put an emphasis on the fact that Apple has built-in security functions. via Macgasm; Stealing phone image via Shutterstock. The Best Disk Space Analyzer for OS X. The United Nations Could Seize the Internet, U.S. Officials Warn. Several emerging countries are rallying behind a campaign to have the International Telecommunications Union, the U.N.'s global standards body for telecommunications, declare the Internet a global telecommunications system, U.S. officials testified on Thursday before the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Led by China, Russia, India and now Egypt, which recently launched its own proposal, such a move would allow state-owned telephone networks to expand into VoIP. It would also give them the opportunity to charge fees for Internet service - and put the Internet at the mercy of international politics. These countries perceive the Internet as a profit center controlled by private interests, mostly in North America and Europe, according to officials from the U.S. State Department and Federal Communications Commission.
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Built In Chicago Launch--Where startups go to launch. Congrats Elevate Digital! Announcement of $2.7M in Series A Funding. Congratulations to George Burciaga and the team at Elevate Digital on their announcement of $2.7 million in series A funding and the launch of the Elevate Digital product line. [This post originally appeared in the Chicago Tribune.] Elevate Digital, a Chicago technology company whose interactive outdoor kiosks can be found throughout high-trafficked areas in the city, said Wednesday that it has raised $2.7 million in a round led by Advantage Capital Partners. Elevate Digital used to be branded as SmartDigital. It has more than 100 kiosks in Chicago in locations such as Navy Pier and Water Tower Place. The machines have touchscreens and allow consumers to interact with advertising, view tourist information, snap photos of themselves and make purchases.
Chicago’s new incubator Catapult stocks up on startups. The Windy City is famous for one big giant startup Groupon, but the folks at Chicago’s newest incubator, Catapult, believe there will be many more, and — for a short while at least — it hopes to play host to the next big Web sensations from the Midwest.
Catapult only opened its doors in March, but on Tuesday it welcomed a wave of seven new startups in residence. Catapult doesn’t bill itself as an incubator. Rather it calls itself a collaborative community, and it definitely gives off commune-type vibe. It’s a not-for-profit entity that rents 12,000 square feet of building space in Chicago’s downtown River North neighborhood. The incubator is investor agnostic, and new startup residents are selected democratically.
Chicago's Catapult. Author’s note: I recently took a journey, a last sojourn, through Chicago’s tech scene.
I’m leaving, and I wanted to give the place that has been my welcome host for four years a proper exit. Social Media Day Chicago 2012. Invalid quantity.
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One of the benefits to being an agency that builds a lot of the web and mobile applications, is getting a chance to take a step back on trends. We meet with 2-5 new entrepreneurs a week that come from places like LightBank, have their 1st or 2nd round of angel investing, or who are now bootstrapping their project. In these conversations, we are 1 of at least 3 firms that are bidding on their next digital initiative. The conversation goes like this: The idea and why.The scope of features.The sites/app/companies they turn to for inspiration. Chicago's Game Development Scene Is About To Explode. E3 started today out in LA and already 2 games made here in Chicago are making huge news. Every year Microsoft picks 5 games to be part of their massive Summer of Arcade event.
Just announced this morning is that 2 of the 5 titles are games that were made by Chicago game development houses. Robomodo with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD and Iron Galaxy' with The Wreckateer. The inclusion of these two games showcases the amazingly diverse community of game developers here in Chicago, a community that many in the tech sector do not even know exists. So we're going to do something about this. IGDA Chicago & Techweek Gaming Lounge Announcement. Get a .doc version of this press release Over fifty video game companies are located in and around Chicago making hits like Mortal Kombat, Tony Hawk, and (believe it) Big Buck Hunter, as well as acclaimed indie games like Delve Deeper, Octodad, and Organ Trail.
On top of that, the social/mobile games market is exploding in our city with hits like Word Off! And Polymer breaking into the top of the charts. This summer alone, Chicago will see the release of Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD, Wreckateer, Reign of Thunder, Organ Trail, Delve Deeper 2 , and many more games. Events for entrepreneurs. How 20 Entrepreneurs Got Ahead Early (and You Can Too) Startup CEOs. How to Bootstrap While Working Your 9 to 5. Enerspace Chicago. 17 Naturally Lit and Plant-Filled Office Interiors. For most people, there is just something magical about working in the outdoors, taking a hike, or just generally experiencing nature. But for some reason, office designers have decided that the outdoors = bad and have sectioned off employees from them entirely.
Why is that? Probably because they hate fun. But recently, I've come across a number of awesomely inspiring office interiors that bring some of the glory of outside, inside - and do it through a variety of means such as natural light, indoor plants, or even being open to the outside. 3 Cool New Working Spots in Chicago. Welcome to Topics. How To Execute That Technical Idea You Already Have. Pair programming. Pair programming. Sympatholytic. Android 5 Jelly Bean: I Say Innovation, You Say Fragmentation... Ah, June. Custom Namiki Falcon Resin Fountain Pen HD. Model–view–controller.
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