If you want to see what guitar playing is all about, watch this. Holy shit, I love this guy.

Thanks to Pixelmator for sponsoring The Loop this week. I’ve used this app since the first version and still use it everyday.

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Philip Elmer-DeWitt compiled a list, with links to the supporting documents, of those in favor of Apple or the FBI in the iPhone encryption case. It’s pretty one-sided.

I’m kind of ambivalent about this, to be honest. I’d rather see Apple do something else for Apple TV than to stream NFL games that are already available to watch elsewhere.

Carruthers isn’t messing around when he says he’s done a lot of concert movies—the director, who spoke with us from his home in the United Kingdom, has more than 60 credits to his name and has worked with acts as varied as Led Zeppelin and Usher. It’s fair to assume he knows a well-done live performance when he sees one.

The folks at Dolby interviewed Carruthers about the new film and posted it, and a 30 second trailer, to their site.

I find these things fascinating and a bit scary.

These are cool, although I’m not sure if I would use them or not. Merlin Mann and I have talked about these products quite a bit on The Dalrymple Report Podcast, and he loves them.

Apple posted these to its Web site.

Kaye — who is responsible for monitoring free speech issues around the world, including the speech rights of individuals, vulnerable communities, journalists, and political dissidents — highlighted the benefits of encryption from a human rights perspective.

The support for Apple keeps coming.

I have this camera and love it. Click on the “What’s New” link on the page to see the newest features.

The American Civil Liberties Union, Access Now and the Wickr Foundation laid out arguments in amicus briefs released on Wednesday ahead of a March 22 hearing in which Judge Sheri Pym will review Apple’s appeal of a court order demanding it help unlock a phone used by Rizwan Farook.

Certainly not a surprise considering what’s at stake, but it’s important that these groups stand up and be heard.

The Pentagon is turning to Silicon Valley. On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced plans to create a new “innovation advisory board” for the bellicose department and appointed Alphabet chairman and Google CEO emeritus Eric Schmidt to lead it.

So now the screens on the M1 Abrams tank will have ads on them?

I just love Zakk.

Google said in a statement on Monday that “we clearly bear some responsibility, because if our car hadn’t moved, there wouldn’t have been a collision. That said, our test driver believed the bus was going to slow or stop to allow us to merge into the traffic, and that there would be sufficient space to do that.”

Certainly not a major issue and a reasonable explanation from Google.

Jim and Merlin talk about how automated technology can benefit or harm daily life, the Apple v. FBI case, and a slew of great #HeyTDR. .

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This is very cool.

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I’m a fan of Positive Grid’s guitar products. I haven’t used this, but it’s intriguing.

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Sources in position to know tell BuzzFeed News Apple has settled on March 21st as the day it will show off a handful of new products…

This sounds right to me.

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Today’s “world music” isn’t Peruvian pan flutes or African talking drums. It’s loud guitars, growling vocals and ultrafast “blast” beats. Heavy metal has become the unlikely soundtrack of globalization.

YEAH!

Federico Viticci updates us on how he is making out with his iPad. I truly don’t know anyone that uses one as much as he does.

The credit card company noted 92 percent of the their test subjects liked the new system over passwords, as Selfie ID authenticates customers with biometrics when selfies are taken with a front facing camera, or via fingerprint authentication via Apple’s Touch ID, for example.

I always wondered about the reliability of using photos or pictures. Touch ID seems better to me.

Tina Roth Eisenberg:

The Smart Rope counts your jumps and shows them in real-time with a futuristic LED display that appears right before your eyes. Pretty cool idea!

This is indeed a cool idea.

Court records released on Tuesday show the U.S. Justice Department has in the last four months sought court orders to force Apple Inc to help investigators extract data from 15 iPhones in cases across the country.

As you can see in the story, Apple has complied with court orders to help law enforcement when it could do so.

I thought these were great. They even have the poop emoji.

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I’ve never met her, but she sounds like an amazing woman.

For your enjoyment, a new episode of my podcast, with special guest Jim Dalrymple. Topics include the Apple/FBI legal showdown, the debate over Apple software quality, and more.

I had a great time chatting with John.

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