47: The Face-Off Scenario

Marco Arment has some thoughts on web ads: http://www.marco.org/2015/08/11/ad-blocking-ethics James Thompson has some thoughts on web ads: http://www.imore.com/in-a-world-the-network Google has some thoughts on its reorganization: https://investor.google.com/releases/2015/0810.html HTC has no thoughts on how to secure fingerprints: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33847307 The movie Face/Off has some great thoughts on how to bypass biometric security: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119094/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Graham Spencer has some thoughts on what kinds of iPhones Apple will announce next month: http://www.macstories.net/stories/visualizing-apples-historical-iphone-lineups-guessing-the-next-one/ Verizon is thoughtlessly dropping subsidies on phones: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/verizon-drop-phone-contracts-end-discounted-phones-32953478 Our thought about CurrentC being delayed yet again is that it's pretty funny: http://www.macworld.com/article/2970225/business/apple-pay-rival-currentc-could-be-delayed-again-as-retailers-jump-ship.html Our thanks this week go to Skillshare (http://skillshare.com). Skillshare lets you explore thousands of online classes in design, photography, business and more. Join a learning community of over 1 million creators. Go to skillshare.com and get three free months with the coupon code "REBOUND"! Our thanks also to Softlayer (http://softlayer.com), the cloud built to compete. You deserve cloud resources that meet your unique needs. Softlayer is one of the only cloud providers that provisions bare metal servers and virtual servers from a single, seamless platform. Go to http://softlayer.com/podcast and get your first $500 free.