This story is less about Microsoft screwing up (but, to be clear, they absolutely did) and more about how it vindicates Apple’s stance regarding backdoors.

This is a well-known story but this article still has some very interesting details.

I know it’s a low bar, but this may be the most well-written article on air hockey you’ll ever read. It was always my favorite game in any arcade I visited. At one point, I was the Air Hockey World Champion (Among Students From Capilano College in North Vancouver Who Hung Around One Particular Arcade). I’m quite proud of that achievement.

The lack of funding and the time, energy and effort it takes to reach the Olympic level in most sports makes these 16 days of competitions even more remarkable.

This seems like using technology just for technology’s sake and not because it’s a better or more efficient way to do something. Plus, in the political climate we find ourselves in right now, I wouldn’t want to be the intern who has to read those messages.

It’s a question I’ve thought about often – what are we creating today that will last a thousand years?

When Apple and IBM announced their partnership, many pundits expressed surprise. But they forget that Apple does things for the long term. That partnership is now bearing significant fruit for both companies.

The Black Hat conference is a fascinating glimpse into an area of computing that should terrify many of us.

With its focus on customer security, there’s no chance Apple backs down on this stance and allows the Australian banks the control they are looking for.

I hope all you Apple shareholders spend your 57 cents wisely.

Anyone know where the guys at Gizmodo were this morning? If I read the news report correctly, the burglary didn’t happen at “Apple’s headquarters” at 1 Infinite Loop but at an ancillary building. Hopefully, the bad guys weren’t dumb enough to think they could steal the iPhone 7 prototypes.

This is a lot more fascinating than it has any right to be.

Another example of Twitter trying anything to get more users and more user engagement. Twitter Moments can be interesting especially when focused on a narrow target but, for the most part, users don’t seem to care very much about them.

One of my biggest schooling regrets is not sticking with French in junior and high school. So many of us in Canada and the United States don’t speak a second language. To this day, I wish I could speak French or Italian. I’m working on the rudiments of Portuguese in preparation for a trip I hope to take next April.

When I was in high school, we just called these hickeys.

I’m always on people to be organ donors. This story is one of the reasons why you would do it.

Along with their excellent piece on Apple today, Fast Company also had an interview with Apple Music’s head of global consumer marketing, Bozoma Saint John, who has got to have the coolest name in technology right now.

The Daily Telegraph: Extraordinary footage has emerged of the sophisticated sting that saw photographer Brett Costello robbed on the beach in Rio. The brazen thieves stole a carry-on luggage case full of expensive equipment on the busy cafe district on … Continued

These showers are always an incredible experience, especially if you can get away from city lights to see the maximum possible meteors.

This is an incredible visualization. Play around with the map and toggle the types of ships and shipping routes on and off.

This might be the funniest, most demented, yet sweetest PSA for organ donation you’ll ever watch.

This looks gorgeous but my patience for such things is very limited. I know I’d turn it into kindling before I got past the first page.

Wow. I’ve been doing a podcast for more than 22 years. I didn’t realize I had started so soon after the web went online.

I use ProCam in my beginner photography classes to show students in real time how making adjustments to shutter speed, exposure, white balance, ISO, etc., affects their images, whether they shoot with the iPhone or a DSLR. The app offers various in-app purchases and free tutorials on the web site.

Personally, this is sad news. Paul Griffin was responsible for me moving to Nashville many years ago and I know a lot of the people at Griffin. Hopefully, Incipio will leave Griffin Technology to its own devices but we all know that’s not very likely.

Interesting analysis but my concern would be that those folks who are “on schedule” to upgrade their old iPads will do no such thing. That, in fact, they’ve learned their other devices can easily replace their old iPads so there’s no need to upgrade.

Most of us find those auto “out-of-office” replies mildly annoying. This one might make you cry.

I’ve seen this camera in action. Picture quality isn’t great but that zoom ins mind bending.

Great news for Apple and developers. I find it mildly interesting Cook tweeted this out instead of issuing a press release.

Roundabouts or traffic circles are fairly uncommon in North American and can be very confusing to those unfamiliar with their operation. I generally have no problem with them but this “circus” looks like madness. I’m never going to Swindon.