Friday, February 24, 2017
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Amazon argues Constitution protects your chats with Alexa - CNET
"Amazon says the First Amendment protects your conversations with Alexa.
"Such interactions may constitute expressive content that implicates privacy concerns and First Amendment protections," the company's lawyers wrote in a court filing Friday.
The legal filing addresses a warrant obtained by Benton County, Arkansas, investigators for any recordings gathered by an Alexa-powered Echo device that was in the home of a homicide suspect in 2015. Investigators say the recordings could provide clues to help them investigate the death of Victor Collins, who was found dead in the hot tub of James Bates in Bentonville. Bates has been charged with first-degree murder and released on bail."
Amazon argues Constitution protects your chats with Alexa - CNET
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Monday, February 20, 2017
Uber to investigate 'abhorrent' harassment claims - CNET
"Uber will launch an internal investigation on sexual harassment after a former engineer wrote about her year working at the company.
In a Sunday blog post, former Uber engineer Susan Fowler alleged many women in the company were sexually harassed by other employees and complaints were dismissed by HR.
Her chief claim was that one manager had inappropriately sexually propositioned many women, but Uber management repeatedly "refused" to punish him as he was a "high performer."
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick tweeted a response, saying an investigation would be launched."
Uber to investigate 'abhorrent' harassment claims - CNET
In a Sunday blog post, former Uber engineer Susan Fowler alleged many women in the company were sexually harassed by other employees and complaints were dismissed by HR.
Her chief claim was that one manager had inappropriately sexually propositioned many women, but Uber management repeatedly "refused" to punish him as he was a "high performer."
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick tweeted a response, saying an investigation would be launched."
Uber to investigate 'abhorrent' harassment claims - CNET
Waze-Android Auto: Is Google Restricting The Move? – NSEAVoice
"It is good to know that Waze is coming to Android Auto somewhere in Q1 this year but we are still unease over the fact that Waze wasn’t integrated on Android Auto since the system’s release.
Waze is a map and navigation provider that is now owned by Google so why is the application not integrated on Android Auto instantaneously? Google didn’t offer an explanation for it but all the signs are suggesting that the tech giant is hindering an immediate insertion for Waze on Android Auto.
The word is that Google is silently giving Google Maps a head start so that they can gain more users. ON the other hand, it could be because Waze is still managed by its own team of developers hence it needs some time before the app can join Google Maps on Android Auto.
We personally believe that the latter is true. Google Maps is directly managed under Google and this makes it easy to get Android Auto integration.
But then again, integrating an app on Android Auto never sounded like rocket science to begin with hence the allegations made above may be the sole reason for Waze’s delay on Android Auto. What do you think?"
Waze-Android Auto: Is Google Restricting The Move? – NSEAVoice
MacBook Air Eliminated, iPad Pro To Blame? – NSEAVoice
"If you are hoping to see a brand new MacBook Air coming out this year, you are out of luck because Apple has decided to axe the ultra-light laptop. The decision was made at the start of 2017 and it was influenced by sales of the MacBook Air last year.
The laptop has failed to achieve its sales target hence Apple has decided to pull the plug on it. Even so, we don’t think that Apple has gone into detail in explaining why they have decided to kill the MacBook Air.
We raised this point because we noticed that the MacBook Air started its sharp decline right after Apple launched the iPad Pro. The latest tablet turned into an immediate hit in the market as it is tailored for greater productivity – the first of its kind in the iPad series.
We also know that the iPad Pro is capable of functioning as good as the MacBook Air and the fact that it has greater mobility make it more attractive than the laptop.
So is it right to blame the iPad Pro for the MacBook Air’s downfall? Perhaps yes but we prefer not to play the blame game because this particular outcome has been anticipated for so long now.
The iPads will keep on growing in performance and it won’t be long before they start to look like reasonable replacements for laptops."
MacBook Air Eliminated, iPad Pro To Blame? – NSEAVoice
Sunday, February 19, 2017
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