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The world economy is increasingly dependent on these kinds of chokepoints. Heaven help us if/when they fail. It will make Y2K look like a walk in the park.

This has the potential to kill sites like Touch Arcade that use the revenue from App Store affiliate links to stay afloat. I think Apple’s stated reasoning for this action is utterly ridiculous and complete bullshit. But it also shows the danger for any site or business to rely too much on one source of revenue.

Many people will say Apple is ignoring the Mac and using the 13 percent drop compared to a year ago as evidence but here is the argument that the Mac is integral to Apple’s Services numbers.

Social media network Reddit said on Wednesday a hacker broke into a few of its systems and accessed some user data, including current email addresses and a 2007 database backup containing old encrypted passwords.

Reddit said they were notifying affected users. Christopher Slowe, Reddit’s founding engineer said the company recently hired its first head of security and noted that “So far he hasn’t quit.”

Oomph.

My wife works in the education system and she echoes a lot of this frustration.

Wenders isn’t just some “cranky old man” we can easily ignore. I don’t necessarily agree with his overall premise but he does make some interesting points. Personally, I rarely take any photo that I don’t want to share with others in any number of ways.

I find this aspect of Apple’s future business to be fascinating. They have the luxury of being able to take their time and “do it right” or, at least, do it their own way. I wouldn’t bet against them accomplishing whatever their goals are.

I had a train set when I was a kid. This is not that “set”. This is an incredible achievement.

“…of the century” makes this a bit of a silly list but it’s still a fun read.

It could be argued that Apple is no longer the company that Segall used to work for in the sense they are not the “scrappy underdog” any more. They are a fully mature, consumer electronics company that no longer needs to be “edgy”.

That being said, I prefer Apple edgy.

Blue makes many podcasters’ favorite microphones. Logitech seems like they’ll leave them alone to continue to do just that.

This might just be the wildest story you read all weekend.

I’d never heard of her until this video. It’s shame she doesn’t get more recognition.

Not only did I not know about the Jell-O family curse, I didn’t even know there was a family involved in Jell-O.

Like many people, I’m fascinated by sharks and when Shark Week first started, I watched it all of it. But now, not only has it become ridiculous, it’s actually often fake and bad science.

I think many of them are silly and childish. A couple make a good point or two but you really have to stretch to see them. Overall, pointless ads in my opinion.

Good news for Apple’s customers in Japan affected by the floods and landslides.

The differences/comparisons between the iPad and the Mac fascinate me. I get a lot of people asking for advice about “what should I buy?” and, for a lot of them, I can often recommend “just” the iPad.

Not your typical documentary. Very little about the actual development and design of this iconic tool but more about the people and some of their amazing stories.

I knew the act of painting a car was difficult but I’d given no thought to how hard colour matching was.

If you’re lucky enough to live within the viewing path of this eclipse, you should really get outside and enjoy it.

I’m glad Cook is doing this but I’m officially old. Except for Cook and Imagine Dragons, I don’t recognize a single other speaker or band.

Interesting that Apple is actually mentioning the chip inside the phone. The average consumer certainly doesn’t care.

I’m a confirmed omnivore and I’d love to try one of these burgers.

Not many people thought Best Buy could have pulled themselves out of the mess they were in ten years ago. They are not completely out of the woods but their success up to this point is remarkable.

I’ve used Tunity for years with varying levels of success. When it works, it’s really cool.

Great. Now I have to go buy a Moments lens.

It’s hard to explain today what kind of an amazing revelation the original Myst was. I never finished the game but I loved playing it.

A classic song that receives a very dense music theory dissection in this video. I don’t understand 75% of what he’s saying but it’s still interesting.

[VIDEO] This is Woz, back in the day (video embedded in main Loop post). The Macintosh has just been announced, and Woz is counting his losses from the US Festivals. No real mention of Steve Jobs. Fascinating.