The AP and the iPhone

In case you missed it, The Associated Press has launched an application for Apple's iPhone and other mobile devices that allow the user to receive news updates. The updates can be localized by either reading the built-in GPS location of the device or by having the user input a zip code.

The service was launched back in May but announced at the World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco this week.

Photo-terrorism?

"Since 9/11, there has been an increasing war on photography. Photographers have been harrassed, questioned, detained, arrested or worse, and declared to be unwelcome. We've been repeatedly told to watch out for photographers, especially suspicious ones. Clearly any terrorist is going to first photograph his target, so vigilance is required," writes Bruce Schneier, BT's chief security technology officer in this story in the Guardian newspaper.

"Except that it's nonsense. The 9/11 terrorists didn't photograph anything," he says. Schneier questions the growing concern: "Given that real terrorists, and even wannabe terrorists, don't seem to photograph anything, why is it such pervasive conventional wisdom that terrorists photograph their targets?"

Sustainability

Faircompanies.com is an information-packed website that serves as a place to meet and gather info on the sustainability of our planet. The site contains micro-docs on topics such as sustainable fish consumption, eco-fairs, cooking, etc. It is worth exploring.

Steve Ballmer on the future of media consumption

Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer tells the Washington Post that, "there will be no media consumption left in 10 years that is not delivered over an IP network. There will be no newspapers, no magazines that are delivered in paper form. Everything gets delivered in an electronic form."