Category: Tech Software

Much has changed since the beginning of the free software movement: Most people in advanced countries now own computers — sometimes called “phones” — and use the internet with them. Non-free software still makes the users surrender control over their computing to someone else, but now there is another way to lose it: Service as a Software Substitute, or SaaSS, which means letting someone else’s server do your own computing activities.

via Why Free Software Is More Important Now Than Ever Before | Wired Opinion | Wired.com.

Several of the concepts introduced to iPhone users in iOS 7 were modeled after features developed by competitors scrambling to catch up to Apple’s original iPhone breakthrough. Here’s a look the inspiration for those features.

via The design origins of iOS 7 — Tech News and Analysis.

Both New York City and San Francisco are cosmopolitan cities rife with dining, shopping and cultural amenities. But if you were to walk into any given shop or cafe in either city looking for Wi-Fi, you’re twice as much more likely to get connected in downtown San Francisco than you are in Manhattan.

via East Coast vs. West: SF beats NYC hands down in open Wi-Fi availability — Tech News and Analysis.

Nope, Apple didn’t show off new Apple TV hardware yesterday.

And Apple didn’t talk about new software for its Web video box, either. But it’s still coming.

People familiar with the company’s plans said that Apple TV is scheduled for an internal overhaul on Sept. 18, the same day Apple releases its iOS 7 mobile operating software.

via Apple TV Software Refresh Coming September 18 – Peter Kafka – Media – AllThingsD.