“The spy agencies call these ‘leaky apps.’ The spies collect information from among others, Google Maps, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Yahoo’s Flickr, which in turn can transmit location, buddy lists, browsing history, and more.”
Category: issues
Hollywood Has Some Issues Around Sex And Middle-Aged Women
“Really? Why is she wearing that? Is that what astronauts wear under their spacesuits?”
Plans To Convert Abandoned Paris Metro Stations Into Nightclubs, Swimming Pools
“Most of the ghost stations have been closed since France entered World War II in 1939. And although they haven’t seen passengers in 75 years, many of them have still led a somewhat active life.”
The School Of Merce Cunningham And John Cage On A Downward Spiral
Seattle’s Cornish College “could revolutionize into a destination school, or it could keep on the way it’s been keeping on, responding to lower enrollment by continuing to make cuts, feeding a downward cycle. After 100 years, could Cornish shut down forever?”
The Critics’ “Best Year”? (Maybe It Wasn’t The Best Year For Critics!)
Rather than single out 2013 as an exceptional year for drama on stage and screen, I posit a different reason for its noteworthiness: It marked the period in which grade inflation by critics became a commonly deployed strategy for dealing with the cultural and economic insecurity that shows no signs of abating in post-recessionary America.
Meet the Billionaire Who Does ‘Patriotic Giving’ to D.C. Arts
David M. Rubenstein has donated $200 million to cultural institutions that belong to, and are usually funded by, the Federal government: the National Archives, the Kennedy Center, the National Zoo, and even the Washington Monument.
Music Awards Sponsor Tries To Muscle Journalists To Dictate Coverage
“Before providing two journalists from the Telegraph with accreditation to attend the event House PR has asked them to agree to a number of requests about the coverage they will give it. They have even gone as far as to draft Twitter messages which they would like the journalists to send out.”
A Global “Grand Partnership” For Arts And Culture?
“The RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) and the English Arts Council are establishing a ‘Grand Partnership’ for arts and culture, for the United Kingdom mind you. I say let’s make it a ‘Great Grand Partnership’ by making it a worldwide partnership.”
Here’s Why Big Prizes To Famous Artists Is A Bad Idea
“There’s no sense of discovery or risk with these prizes, no feeling that the juries have any of that courage we admire in the artists themselves. A safe and predictable dullness is the result. There aren’t that many geniuses around, so it’s the same old names, shuffled round from one prize to another.”
How a Spat Between Two Bloggers Became a Major Intellectual Property Battleground
Blogger A posted a photo of herself flipping off Blogger B; Blogger B complained to Blogger A’s Internet provider. Next thing we know, Hollywood studio lawyers are facing Electronic Frontier Foundation attorneys in Federal court. At issue: the takedown notice.