It appears the negative press and government scrutiny may have gotten to OnStar. Today, they announced that they would reverse changes to their Privacy Policy:
OnStar announced today it is reversing its proposed Terms and Conditions policy changes and will not keep a data connection to customers’ vehicles after the OnStar service is canceled.
I wonder if this change will suffice, or if legislation will still be drafted to head off future attempts.
You may have heard about the fire at a Foxconn plant today. What I was happy to see is how the report over on Reuters addressed the issue:
No casualties or impact on operations from fire - spokesman
My first concern was the impact to those individuals on site, not if production was negatively impacted. As you can see from the quote, Reuters’ first sentence answered that question, and then continued on with the business details. It makes me happy that this was the first question they answered, not how production was impacted.
Just two days ago, I posted an article highlighting how Facebook tracks you regardless of login status. Following this discovery, Facebook has come out publicly and denied that it tracks users after they logged out. Apparently the PR move was not enough to quell the concerns of the interweb users, so Facebook has now updated their logout logic to also delete the cookie containing the user’s unique ID.
As before, Nik Cubrilovic does an excellent job documenting the changes, as well as what the existing Facebook cookies are used for. If you feel the need to dig deeper (not a bad idea), give his newest article “Facebook Fixes Logout Issue, Explains Cookies” a read.
Apple on Tuesday officially announced its iPhone 5 launch event. According to the invitation received by The Loop, the event will be held on October 4 at Apple’s Cupertino, Calif. campus. The event will begin at 10:00 am PT.
I wonder if the notification badge containing the number “1” over the phone icon symbolizes that only one iPhone will be announced.
I just read the following quote by The Angry Drunk via a link from Daring Fireball:
While the Netflix changes are certainly annoying, and the messaging was less than stellar, we need to make sure to remember where the blame ultimately lies — with the content providers. Until they decide to get with the program content distributors like Netflix and Apple will always be at their mercy and customers will continue to suffer.
Let me just fix that last sentence real-quick:
Until they decide to get with the program content distributors like Netflix and Apple will always be at their mercy and honest, paying customers will continue to suffer.
Everytime I see a Disney commercial advertising how a movie will only be available for a limited time before going into the vault, I have to wonder how much longer that trick will work. I doubt even honest customers will continue to wait for the next timed vault release instead of simply finding a torrent and downloading it.
Note: I do not condone piracy, but in situations like this, I understand why some choose to do so.