Week Links is a collection of some of my favourite links from around the web that I stumbled upon during the past week. You may already be familiar with some of them, but I think they’re worth checking out if you haven’t already.
Apple Is Hurting Its Customers
It occurred to me a couple days ago, while using Google Maps on my Android, that Apple’s change from using Google to an in-house map system meant that people would no longer be able to use Street View on their iDevices. Sure, there’s nothing stopping Apple from create their own Street View-like database, but it’s going to take considerable time, during which its customers are stuck without any alternative. I then stumbled upon this article, reiterating my thoughts as well as pointing out many other problems with this latest move from Apple, which seems, much like many of its ridiculous patent lawsuits, to be focused only on hurting those they see as competition, rather than creating better products for their loyal customers.
California Adventure Expansion
Over the last five years, Disney has been in the process of upgrading its California Adventure park, in an attempt to undo the damage caused by Eisner/Pressler attempting to build it on the cheap a decade ago. The results have been impressive, with the redo costing more than the entire construction budget when the park was initially built, and they are summarized nicely in this video.
Sleep well,
DTE
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