Apple Insider: When Nokia wanted to convince the world that it would bring consumers “stellar hardware and innovative software and great services” in its partnership with Microsoft, it turned to Apple’s Mac-only iMovie to get word out, potentially violating the non-commercial use clause in Apple’s licensing agreement. Sometimes, I think sites just post things like [...]
Damn it, I hate this country some days.
Steve Wozniak, via CNN: All of a sudden, we’ve lost a lot of control. We can’t turn off our internet; we can’t turn off our smartphones; we can’t turn off our computers. You used to ask a smart person a question. Now, who do you ask? It starts with g-o, and it’s not God.
Horrible.
The AP: In what one environmentalist described as “yet another public relations disaster” for embattled energy giant BP, CEO Tony Hayward took time off Saturday to attend a glitzy yacht race around England’s Isle of Wight. [...] Spokeswoman Sheila Williams said Hayward took a break from overseeing BP efforts to stem the undersea gusher in [...]
CNN: Lawmakers told BP Chief Operating Officer Tony Hayward on Thursday that they intend to grill him on what they believe to be cost-cutting measures adopted by the oil giant that compromised the safety of the Gulf of Mexico well. “After learning of risks, BP made a decision to ignore them,” said Rep. Henry Waxman, [...]
ProPublica investigative reporter Abrahm Lustgarten to NPR: The documents are strikingly consistent, which was the first thing that jumped out to us. You start to see a couple central themes. And those were: internal criticism for a lack of accountability in the company, lack of support for workers at BP and at BP’s contractors. … [...]
More backward madness from the The Grand Canyon State.
Andy Lintner has put together “If It Was My Home,” a neat little site that lets users put an overlay of the Gulf oil spill over their hometown via Google Maps. It’s a great way to visualize just how expansive the damage is.
