by Jeff Yablon | Feb 14, 2014 | Business Process, Influency
Psst. Hey Kid … looking for Flappy Bird? I’ve got a copy for you right here. If you missed it and are looking to get your hands on Flappy Bird, that link really works. Want to try the hottest game maybe of all time? You can, as long as a) you’re an...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 30, 2012 | Business Process
When Google released it few months ago, I wrote a piece on the Nexus 7 that focused on how it had been crippled. I love my Nexus 7. I use it all the time, and eventually I even figured out how to circumvent Google’s attempts to keep the Nexus 7 from acting as a...
by Jeff Yablon | Dec 14, 2010 | Business Process
It sucks to be Paul Allen. Bill Gates’ co-founder of Microsoft just had his huge software patent lawsuit against almost everybody in the whole world thrown out of court. OK, it actually rocks to be Paul Allen; despite having had one failure after another since...
by Jeff Yablon | Aug 25, 2010 | Business Process
Remember when the Library of Congress issued policy that effectively created law surrounding (and making explicitly legal) “jailbreaking” your smartphone? Of course you do; it was only about a month ago. It took Apple just a few weeks to respond. Their...
by Jeff Yablon | Mar 2, 2010 | Business Process
Last week I made some noise about how ridiculous Facebook’s US Patent 7,669,123 is, and asked you to make noise too. Now, Our friends at Apple are showing us a real-world here-and-now example of why software shouldn’t be patentable under most...