February 16, 2022

TechCrunch: How to ruin the metaverse? Build it around profit and centralization

TechCrunch: How to ruin the metaverse? Build it around profit and centralization. “Reading back through a transcript from Facebook’s investor-disappointing fourth-quarter earnings call has solidified my perspective that we need a third-party, benevolent central entity for the metaverse. A sort of central digital clearinghouse that can transport me from place to place, inclusive of the platform-locked areas that will inevitably come to constitute a portion of our online selves.”

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January 11, 2022

The Verge: Google launches Ripple, an open standard that could bring tiny radars to Ford cars and more

The Verge: Google launches Ripple, an open standard that could bring tiny radars to Ford cars and more. “Google has been publicly building tiny radar chips since 2015. They can tell you how well you sleep, control a smartwatch, count sheets of paper, and let you play the world’s tiniest violin. But the company’s Soli radar hasn’t necessarily had commercial success, most prominently featuring in an ill-fated Pixel phone. Now, Google has launched an open-source API standard called Ripple that could theoretically bring the tech to additional devices outside Google — perhaps even a car, as Ford is one of the participants in the new standard.”

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December 12, 2019

CNET: Twitter wants to create a ‘decentralized standard’ for social media

CNET: Twitter wants to create a ‘decentralized standard’ for social media. “Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey said Wednesday that the company wants to create ‘an open and decentralized standard for social media,’ a development that he said could help the site do a better job of combating abusive and misleading information.” Twitter has such an awful track record of working with third-party developers I’m not sure how this will work.

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January 7, 2018

The Verge: Chrome is turning into the new Internet Explorer 6

The Verge: Chrome is turning into the new Internet Explorer 6. “Chrome is now the most popular browser across all devices, thanks to Android’s popularity and the rise of Chrome on Windows PCs and Mac computers. As Google continues to dominate our access to the web, information through its search engine, and services like Gmail or YouTube, Chrome is a powerful entry point in the company’s vast toolbox. While Google championed web standards that worked across many different browsers back in the early days of Chrome, more recently its own services often ignore standards and force people to use Chrome.” The last time I ran into this was with YouTube TV, which instructed me I had to use Chrome.

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