Google News buries news of Google's FTC investigation under Daniel Lyons fluff [updated with response]

Google News buries news of Google's FTC investigation under Daniel Lyons fluff [updated with response]: "..the FTC accidentally leaked the never-released details of its staff investigation to journalists as part of an unrelated freedom of information request, it has erupted into an embarrassing spectacle for Google."

Let us not forget that the entire American media apparatus is essentially a propaganda machine aimed at disseminating the (dis)information that is most beneficial to a financial elite. That those "news" outlets are owned by essentially one corporate voice that selectively reports that which is in the corporation's self-interest.

And that many bloggers are corporate sycophants who would do anything to drive traffic and readership to their blogs or suck a big dick for free review hardware or for a ticket to an Apple PR event. A bastion of journalistic integrity you are not!

The 147 Companies That Control Everything - Forbes: "Three systems theorists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have taken a database listing 37 million companies and investors worldwide and analyzed all 43,060 transnational corporations and share ownerships linking them."

It's not like one sees Samsung advertisements displayed on the Apple home page. I mean, really. If you don't like Google, simply use another URL for your search. Now try using an alternative source of water for your home.

I don't know what all the fuss is about, I search with altavista.com and infoseek.com

Google testing new Fiber TV ad-targeting method based on viewing history | 9to5Google

Google testing new Fiber TV ad-targeting method based on viewing history | 9to5Google: "Google has revealed that it is rolling out a new ad delivery process to its Fiber TV service in Kansas City. The company says the new ad-targeting process is similar to what it already does on mobile devices. Normally, television ads are sold based on entire markets, not the individual user. With this new ad-targeting method, however, local Kansas City advertisers will be able to target specific users with their advertisements."

'Scuse me while we reinvent traditional TV advertising. After all, you sat on your hands for 50 years expecting it never to evolve.

More information from FTC investigation reveals details of Google’s unfair search result tactics | 9to5Google

More information from FTC investigation reveals details of Google’s unfair search result tactics | 9to5Google: "The Wall Street Journal today published a report highlighting an investigation done by the Federal Trade Commission that began in early 2013. The investigation centered around how Google skewed search results in an effort to promote its own services over competitors. Google, according to the FTC report, was accused of boosting its services for shopping, travel, and local businesses."

This is kind of ridiculous because if you don't like Google's results, you can search on Yahoo! Bing or (let's travel back in time together), AltaVista.com, Infoseek.com, or HotBot.

Personally, I tend to filter out Google's own product offerings from my Google searches BECAUSE I ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THEM.

Can't wait for the cranky old white men that run Washington to reconvene with Saint Peter in Heaven (or with Beelzebub in purgatory).

Don't like Facebook? Join myspace.

YouTube’s new interactive “Cards” arrive for all on desktop & mobile to improve annotations | 9to5Google

YouTube’s new interactive “Cards” arrive for all on desktop & mobile to improve annotations | 9to5Google: "YouTube is today rolling out a new Cards feature today that allows creators to add interactive, Google Now-like pop ups on videos. YouTube first showed off the feature in preview mode back in June but is today opening it to all on both mobile and desktop. "

YouTube is the future of video and I'm so glad it's in the hands of Google and not any number of other evil ogliarchs that I can think of.

9to5Mac: Apple iPhone, Mac and iPad News Breaking All Day

9to5Mac: Apple iPhone, Mac and iPad News Breaking All Day
I am now experiencing this myself, and it makes browsing on the iPhone unusable. Browsing to websites such as Reddit and Reuters and others now automatically open the App Store. In many cases, there is no way for me to read the actual content on the pages. You can see this happen in the video above.

This behaviour is the genius brainchild of a web "programmer" aka social media marketer aka the best way to get you to buy something is to shove it in your face. SMELL MY FINGER!

New movie set photos show Michael Fassbender as NeXT-era Steve Jobs

New movie set photos show Michael Fassbender as NeXT-era Steve Jobs: "One image posted on Instagram shows a mock poster for the NeXT Computer, with actor Michael Fassbender posing as Jobs. NeXT was founded by Jobs after he was forced out of Apple in the mid-80s, suggesting that the Opera House shoot involves the computer's 1988 unveiling."

Life imitates art?

Gibney’s Steve Jobs documentary coming to theaters as Apple’s Eddy Cue calls it mean spirited and inaccurate | 9to5Mac

Gibney’s Steve Jobs documentary coming to theaters as Apple’s Eddy Cue calls it mean spirited and inaccurate | 9to5Mac: "The Man in the Machine includes interviews with a number of former Apple employees including Jon Rubinstein, Bob Belleville and Daniel Kottke, as well as Jobs’ ex-girlfriend Chrisann Brennan, and even video footage from a 2008 SEC deposition given by Jobs himself. Early reviews have described the documentary as ‘a riveting and important corrective to the myths Jobs helped to propagate,’ and ‘unsparing portrait of Steve Jobs [that] will prove extremely displeasing to devotees.’"

Hmmmm… but does it matter?

How Apple Watch setup and app downloads work | VentureBeat | Gadgets | by Mark Sullivan

How Apple Watch setup and app downloads work | VentureBeat | Gadgets | by Mark Sullivan
I perused the Apple developer pages, talked to Apple, talked to some WatchKit developers, and downloaded the Watch app in iOS 8.2. After doing that stuff, here’s the picture I have so far.

He perused them so you don't have to...

Google launches new online ‘Google Store’ marketplace to sell its devices | 9to5Google

Google launches new online ‘Google Store’ marketplace to sell its devices | 9to5Google: "Google has today launched the Google Store, a new marketplace separate from the Play Store that will let customers browse devices and products that were ‘made with Google.’ You’ll find the wide variety of products you’ve come to shop for in the Play Store, including Chromebooks, Nexus devices, Android Wear smartwatches, and Nest smart thermostats among many others…"

I think Google has become the nerdy science fair winner and Apple is now the varsity prom queen. I'm having a moment of illiteracy.