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“Apple’s location brouhaha wasn’t even about GPS data — it was only a cache of cell tower locations. The problem isn’t that the news media aren’t sensationalizing this Carrier IQ story. The problem is that they would if it involved Apple.”
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My first thought when my alarm clock goes off:
Every.
Fucking.
Morning.
Same here.
The voice behind Siri breaks his silence - Telegraph →
telegraph.co.uk
Jon Briggs, the voice of Siri in the United Kingdom. Also known as “Daniel”, from the Male British English voice available from Nuance (and in OS X Lion).
70 Companies FIle Amicus Brief in DOMA Lawsuit →
advocate.com
Top U.S. companies including Google, Microsoft, and Starbucks took the unusual step on Thursday of legally documenting their opposition to the Defense of Marriage Act.
A brief filed in court comes from 70 businesses and organizations that want their voice heard on the constitutionality of DOMA, which bans same-sex marriage from being recognized federally and stops couples married in states such as Massachusetts from having their weddings recognized in less accepting places such as Alabama.
The companies paint the law as an overburdening government regulation that should be repealed.
Their brief points out that the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives is defending DOMA in court on the notion that it imposes “a uniform rule” on whose marriage is recognized. “The perspective of the American employer who must implement DOMA is very different,” the companies state. “Employers are obliged to treat one employee spouse differently from another, when each is married, and each marriage is equally lawful.”
