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Farhad Manjoo / Slate:
I thought Square would kill off the credit card.  Will Jack Dorsey's company save it instead?   —  The Square Stand in action Courtesy of Square Inc.  —  This morning Square announced a new product that took me by surprise: the Square Stand, an iPad holder and credit card reader that's meant …
May 14, 2013, 7:00 PMIn context
Farhad Manjoo / Slate:
Google has a single towering obsession: It wants to build the Star Trek computer   —  I first came across Google's interest in Star Trek back in the summer of 2010.  A company spokesman wanted to show me the firm's rapidly improving visual search and speech-recognition technology.
Apr 13, 2013, 11:50 PMIn context
Farhad Manjoo / Slate:
The Facebook phone is not as dumb as I thought it was going to be.   —  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during an event at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Thursday, April 4, 2013.  —  People have been waiting for the Facebook Phone for years.  Not real people, mind you, just technology reporters.
Apr 4, 2013, 10:40 PMIn context
Luke O'Neil / Slate:
Boston police catfishing indie rockers: Cops pose as punks on the Internet.   —  The Boston police go undercover on the Internet to stop the city's most dreaded scourge: DIY indie-rock shows.  —  As anyone who's watched a single crime story on TV or film knows, undercover detective work is dangerous business.
Mar 31, 2013, 5:25 AMIn context
Edward Felten / Slate:
DMCA chilling effects: How copyright law hurts security research   —  The outdated copyright law doesn't just hurt consumers—it cripples researchers.  — It was hard to believe, but the student insisted it was true.  He had discovered that compact discs from a major record company, Sony BMG …
Mar 30, 2013, 9:55 AMIn context
Ryan Gallagher / Slate:
FBI Pursuing Real-Time Gmail Spying Powers as “Top Priority” for 2013   —  For now, law enforcement has trouble monitoring Gmail communications in real time  —  Despite the pervasiveness of law enforcement surveillance of digital communication, the FBI still has a difficult time monitoring Gmail, Google Voice, and Dropbox in real time.
Mar 27, 2013, 1:00 PMIn context
Slate:
The Google Graveyard   —  It's hard to lose a loved one, especially if that loved one is a Google service.  That's why we're opening the gates of the Google Graveyard, a virtual space for grieving.  Buried in these hallowed grounds are some of Google's ill-fated services.
Mar 16, 2013, 1:55 AMIn context
Farhad Manjoo / Slate:
Why Did Google Reader Die?   —  And what free Web service will be next?  —  Google Reader  —  Screenshot via Google  —  I've made it pretty clear that I don't like RSS readers.  When you subscribe to your favorite sites and read all their articles in a single, text-heavy interface …
Mar 15, 2013, 1:15 AMIn context
Ryan Gallagher / Slate:
Wiretapping Firm Says Telecom Providers Could Be Handing Over More Data Than Authorized   —  Do telecom companies sometimes give law enforcement too much information on users' communications?  —  Wiretapping emails and phone calls has always been a contentious law enforcement tactic.
Mar 14, 2013, 8:00 PMIn context
Marvin Ammori / Slate:
Uber, Lyft, Sidecar: Can the FTC fight local taxi commissions?   —  Taxi commissions are crushing disruptive transportation apps.  —  In 1984, the Federal Trade Commission released a report that explained why taxis could charge customers exorbitant prices for dismal service.
Mar 13, 2013, 8:25 AMIn context

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