Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Introducing Dash Replenishment Service Dash Replenishment Service (DRS) enables connected devices to order physical goods from Amazon when supplies are running low—like a coffee maker that orders more coffee beans. By using DRS, device makers are able to leverage Amazon’s authentication and payment systems, customer service, and fulfillment network—giving their customers access to Amazon’s low…
In San Francisco’s “culture war,” both sides espouse oddly similar-sounding values. Credit Illustration by Christian Gralingen In the spiritual geography of San Francisco, Davies Symphony Hall—a glass-and-concrete half rotunda much resembling R2-D2’s neckline—sits between hills steep with layered mansions and the urban basin where the city’s gritty elements now rest. John Adams’s “Harmonielehre” premièred here;…
Three women were arrested last week for selling churros in the station without a license, NYPD said. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Heather Holland, Shutterstock/Glen Price UNION SQUARE — Police arrested three women in the Union Square subway station last week for peddling churros without a license, the NYPD said. The women were all arrested on the L…
I have never been so happy to see a Twitter notification. (Twitter) Twitter has taken its biggest step yet against harassment. And here’s the incredible thing — cue parades, confetti, brass bands, etc. — this new step actually works. Twitter is calling it a “quality filter,” and it’s been rolling out to verified users running Twitter’s iOS…
When Hillary Clinton ditched government email in favor of a secret, personal address, it wasn’t just an affront to Obama’s vaunted transparency agenda—security experts consulted by Gawker have laid out a litany of potential threats that may have exposed her email conversations to potential interception by hackers and foreign intelligence agencies. “It is almost certain…
Hillary Clinton told the world that the reason she exclusively used her personal email as Secretary of State because she “wanted the simplicity of using one device.” But thanks to a FOIA request, we now know that Clinton used multiple devices for email, including an iPad and a BlackBerry. She also mixed her personal emails…
Patton Oswalt’s late-night Twitter essay: “Welcome to comedy in 2015, Trevor Noah” – Salon.com.
Ever since Jon Stewart announced that he would be leaving The Daily Show after 16 long years behind the desk, the question has been who, on earth, could take his place? Fans thought they had an answer earlier today when longtime Daily Show correspondent Samantha Bee tweeted this intriguing statement: The day is exciting, but…
Barney Frank (Credit: AP/J. Scott Applewhite) Barney Frank has a new autobiography out. He’s long been one of the nation’s most quotable politicians. And Washington lives in perpetual longing for intra-party conflict. So why has a critical revelation from Frank’s book, one that implicates the most powerful Democrat in the nation, been entirely expunged from…
Microsoft is going back to the basics for a joke at the expense of Windows Phone today. What do you do when your smartphone operating system has less than three percent market share worldwide? Reboot. While the software giant isn’t quite dramatically rebooting all over again, it has genuinely launched an MS-DOS mobile app for Windows Phone…