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When DRM Goes Bad

By Daniel Appelquist Posted on July 18, 2009 Posted in Media, Technology 3 Comments

I read with some interest about the debacle of Amazon’s “total recall” of 1984 (and other books) yesterday. Kindle owners found some e-books they had downloaded and paid for had mysteriously disappeared from their readers (and that they had been …

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Tagged with: amazon, Apple, appletv, DRM, kindle, time

Beyond Point and Click

By Daniel Appelquist Posted on April 12, 2008 Posted in mobile 2.0 7 Comments

Once upon a time, a company called Apple came out with a great concept: a breakthrough consumer device with a new user interface that left the competitors in the dust. It brought UI to a whole new level by introducing …

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Tagged with: Apple, gestures, iPhone, ipr, patents, touch, userexperience

Jobs Denounces DRM while BBC Embraces it?

By Daniel Appelquist Posted on February 6, 2007 Posted in Technology 1 Comment

Well … we are living in interesting times. Apple’s Steve Jobs has released an Open Letter (published on apple.com) effectively championing the idea of a DRM-free world. Why? Because DRM systems “haven’t worked.” I completely agree. In fact, DRM is …

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Tagged with: Apple, BBC, DRM, iPlayer

Is Apple’s iPhone the Ultimate Mobile 2.0 Device?

By Daniel Appelquist Posted on January 9, 2007 Posted in mobile 2.0, Technology 3 Comments

It sure looks like it. High-res screen. Built-in cellular and WIFI radios. Built on top of MacOS (open operating system). Touch-screen. Safari browser. Video. Music. It’s got it all! Analysis: Apple has done it again. Just watching the coverage on …

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Tagged with: Apple, mobile2.0

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I'm an immigrant and US/UK dual national who has been living in London since 1999. I work at Samsung where I head up the developer advocacy group for Samsung Internet. I'm an advocate for emerging web technologies, the open web, open source and open data. I am co-chair of the W3C Technical Architecture Group. I was a founder and co-organizer of the Over the Air hack day series and of Mobile Monday London. I'm a former .com CTO. I am a parent dealing with the increasing complexities of raising teens in a hyper-connected world.

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