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Sep 27
2013

Why I Hacked Apple’s TouchID, And Still Think It Is Awesome. | The Official Lookout Blog

Why I Hacked Apple’s TouchID, And Still Think It Is Awesome. | The Official Lookout Blog Excellent overview of TouchID and an demonstration of what it takes to bypass it. TouchID is not a “strong” security control. It is a “convenient” security control. Today just over 50 percent of users have a PIN on their […]

May 23
2013

Le ministère de l’intégration: Apple Is Using Sass, And They’re Doing It Wrong

Le ministère de l’intégration: Apple Is Using Sass, And They’re Doing It Wrong kaelig: Sass gets new signs of recognition in the industry as more startups and major companies add the most famous CSS preprocessor to their toolbelt every day. Today, it is unlocking a gold achievement: “used by Apple”! I discovered Apple rolled out […]

May 20
2013

Apple, open and learning from history — Benedict Evans

Apple, open and learning from history — Benedict Evans In other words, Apple has product/market fit in the phone market in a way that it never had in the personal computer market. ALL of the key dynamics that doomed it in the computer market are fundamentally different in the phone market – this time, they […]

strat?chery by Ben Thompson | Apple and the Innovator’s Dilemma

strat?chery by Ben Thompson | Apple and the Innovator’s Dilemma Design at its essence, is not just about form, and not just about function. Instead, it?s both, and more. It is ultimately about the user and delivering exactly what they need, not just what they say they want. That is the exact reason Apple is […]

May 6
2008

Why DRM Is Evil

Mark Pilgrim explains what is going to happen on August 31, 2008. In the process he skewers Digital Rights Management:

Microsoft named this developer platform “PlaysForSure”, and they (and their partners) ran many, many ads decrying the fact that music purchased from Apple’s iTunes Music Store would “only” play in iTunes and on iPods. This was, technically speaking, true — and indeed it is still true, and it is why I have cautioned Dora and you and anyone else who would listen that you should never “purchase” anything from the iTunes Music Store that you might want to “own” longer than Apple was willing to allow. Nor should you “purchase” anything from a “PlaysForSure”-compatible music store, and for the same reasons, only with the word “Apple” crossed out and “Microsoft” written in in crayon.

To their credit, if that’s the right word, you can now purchase some music from the iTunes store that is unencrypted and plays anywhere. Apple calls these songs “iTunes Plus”, because it sounds so much better than calling everything else “iTunes Minus.” Apple has also promoted podcasts and other non-traditional sources of “things you might want to download onto our handheld devices where we make all of our money.” Steve is many things, but he is not an idiot.

To demonstrate the awesomeness of their developer platform, Microsoft opened their own online store, MSN Music, so they could compete directly with their business partners who also offered “PlaysForSure”-compatible music downloads. Because there’s nothing end users love more than fake choices.

—Mark Pilgrim: The day the music died [dive into mark]