av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 14, 2020 | Lästips
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Schweiziska Crypto skickade data från 120 länder vidare till amerikanska CIA i över 50 år. Hemlig underrättelseinformation skickades vidare från företaget som har svenska kopplingar.
Den svenska uppfinnare och entreprenören Boris Hagelin flydde via Norge till USA under andra världskriget ich gjorde då affärer med den amerikanska militären då Hagelin sålde krypteringsutrustning. Boris Hagelin drog vidare till Schweiz där han startade Crypto AG. Schweiz var en förutsättning för att Hagelin skulle kunna sälja sina krypteringslösningar mera fritt. de svenska neutralitetslagarna satte hinder i vägen annars men i Schweiz gick det att starta upp ett bolag i branschen.
Hela historien nystades upp redan 2016 i Sixten Svenssons bok. Då fick uppgifterna ingen större uppmärksamhet, förrän nu då Washington Post publicerat uppgifterna.
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av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 8, 2020 | Lästips
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Blackberry var en av de mest använda mobiltelefonerna – innan Apple lanserade iPhone. Idag kommer användare knappt ihåg Blackbery och minns inte hur telefonen såg ut. Det här är historien om hur Apple och iPhone dödade en av de mest använda telefonerna.
Apple found unprecedented mainstream success with the iPod. 1000 songs in our pockets was just the beginning. But Steve Jobs never made the mistake of confusing Apple’s products for its business. And he knew the iPod was just a product.
The iPod was the smash hit of its time, to be sure, but time is relentless. Something was coming for it. Something that was more than just a product. A convergence. The phone combined with the mobile internet and, yes, with the MP3 player. An existential threat.
So, Jobs turned Apple towards the iPhone. And, at that moment, that very moment, BlackBerry was ended. We just didn’t know it yet.
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av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 3, 2020 | Lästips
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Jonah goldberg, the conservative author and longtime fixture at National Review, used to have a go-to metaphor he’d deploy whenever he found himself defending one of his noisier compatriots in the right-wing media.
“I had this whole spiel about how the conservative movement is like a symphony,” he told me in a recent interview. “You need the fine woodwinds like Yuval Levin or Irving Kristol, but you also need that guy with the big gong who just smashes out the notes.” Sure, the talk-radio ranters were shouty and crass, he would reason, but they had their part to play.
These days, Goldberg has abandoned such rationalizations. “We’re holding a lot of symphonies where it’s basically all gong,” he said. “I didn’t think the gong would swamp the woodwinds quite the way it did.” Looking back, he admits even he was part of the problem: “I could be quite loud.”
Källa: The Conservatives Trying to Ditch Fake News
av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 19, 2020 | Lästips
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Amid its ongoing encryption battle with the FBI, Apple has published its latest biannual transparency report. This report reveals how many requests were made for user data by governments around the world, and how many with which Apple could comply.
This data covers January 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019. Apple is required by Justice Department rules to delay the release of these figures by six months, as noted by TechCrunch’s Zack Whittaker.
During this period, Apple says that governments made 31,778 requests for devices, which up by around 500 compared to the first half of 2018. Those requests covered a total of over 195,000 devices, and Apple says it was able to provide data in 82% of those instances. On a per-country basis, Germany made the most device requests at just over 13,500. The United States made 4,796 requests.
Källa: Apple publishes new transparency report detailing govt data requests and App Store removals – 9to5Mac
av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 16, 2020 | Lästips
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PCWorlds Ryan Whitwam har gjort resan från Android till iPhone ich iOS. Läs hans text om vad Apple gör bra och vad Apple gör mindre bra, enligt hans sätt att se det.
I hopped on the Android bandwagon early: I sold my iPhone 3G in 2009, bought an HTC Hero, and never looked back. I’ve been using Android every day since then, writing about Google’s platform as a tech journalist. Nonetheless, I’ve tried to keep pace with iPhone developments, and recently set aside a week of my life to get reacquainted with Apple’s smartphone.
I put all my Android phones in a drawer and settled into life with the iPhone 11 Pro. Admittedly, the iPhone does some things extremely well, even for a long-time Android user like myself. However, there are also plenty of things I hate with a fiery passion.
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av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 9, 2020 | Lästips, Tipset: TV och Film
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Året som nyss passerats var ett rekordår för Apples tjänstedel. En rad nya tjänster lanserades parallellt med att tidigare tjänster hittade fler kunder och abonnenter än någonsin.
Apple inledde övergången från hårdvara (iPhone) till tjänster för flera år sedan och tjänstedelen har en mycket snabb tillväxt.
“2019 was the biggest year for Services in Apple’s history. We introduced several exciting new experiences for our customers, all while setting the standard for user privacy and security,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. “We begin the new decade with incredible momentum and gratitude to our customers who have shown such enthusiasm for all of our Services, and we continue to celebrate the work of the world’s best creators, storytellers, journalists and developers.”
Rullar ut dem
Apple Arcade, Apple TV+, Apple News+ och Apple Card är nya tjänster som lanserades 2019 och Apple rullar just nu ut dem över världen vilket betyder att Apple bör kunna se fram mot fortsatt tillväxt.
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