The Future According to Microsoft

A look at the future of intelligent systems and technology at large courtesy of Microsoft.

Nexus: Ice Cream Sandwiched

ICS, Android has a good chance of overtaking iOS in terms of UI, feature set, fluidity and Google's focus on speed. I love the camera features (the panoramic shot is dope!), new look and feel of the apps, additional homescreen capabilities, face recognition on unlock (despite the failed first attempt, allegedly because of too much make-up) and beaming capabilities which was very trekky btw. Good stuff!

Jeff Bezos and his weird Amazonian patents

Amazon is known for its astounding service and disruptive success but did you know that it’s founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is known for filing weird to borderline absurd patents for his site’s features? Here are some of them:

1-Click Ordering Patent

1-Click ordering—whose notorious patent was called by one law journal "probably the most memorable example of an unoriginal software patent." It forbids any other online retailer from using a one-click purchasing option without paying a royalty to Amazon.

Who will regulate the web?

Reading this article got me thinking. After the Arab spring, UK riots and worldwide massive corporate and government hacking and massive privacy violations, is it high time that there be a regulation of the entire internet infrastructure? If so then how? And who?

Given the publicized, fast changing character of the web, will it be government lead, with a top down hierarchical approach? Or a collaborative slant ala open source will be more appropriate, giving the people equal footing in internet regulatory resolutions.

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