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    Apple Inc. and Higher Standards

    May 22nd, 2014

    So new OS X updates arrived last week, including OS 10.9.3 and iTunes 11.2. While the revisions, with minor changes, got high marks, they weren’t free of trouble. The most significant issue was the mysterious disappearance of the /Users folder on some Macs. It also made it writable to everyone, thus creating a potential security problem. A little […]


    Newsletter Issue #516: Apple and the Press: Stop the Manipulation

    October 18th, 2009

    There’s one sure thing private industry and governments have in common: Both want to control the medium and the message when it comes to press coverage. This is understandable, and certainly the practice invites both friendly and sometimes contentious interactions between the fourth estate and the object of their coverage. Apple’s way of manipulating media […]