Hi, I'm Weiran Zhang. I'm passionate about technology and building thriving software teams. This blog is where I write about things I find interesting. You can follow me on Mastodon.
Devices using iOS 6.1 and later with VPN On Demand configured to "Always" will behave as if they were configured with the "Establish if needed" option. The device will establish a VPN On Demand connection only if it is unable to resolve the DNS name of the host it is trying to reach. This change will be distributed in an update later this month.
What's the one thing iOS lacks? No it's not real multitasking, inter-app communication, or reliable data syncing. It's never had an animated assistant based on office stationary.
40 years since the first mobile phone call was made, the phones themselves have come a long way since. I'm not sure the Motorola Rokr and HTC Dream deserve a place on the list though.
Just when you though Yahoo might be getting back on their game by appointing Marissa Meyer as their CEO and rejuvenating Flickr, they spend a rumoured £20 million on a startup with very little in the way of innovative technology or traction.
I think the manager-free model only works for a business that has high margins and depends more on creating hits than cutting costs. The videogame business fits that model, as do many Internet businesses. And in both cases entrepreneurs can hire from anywhere in the world. So here's my summary: Management only exists to compensate for its own poor hiring decisions.
From the people that made Snapseed, a collection of Photoshop, Lightroom, and Aperture plugins designed for photo editing.
In June, 2010, I posted an essay on Core77 entitled "Design Thinking: A Useful Myth." Since my essay was posted, I keep encountering people who jump to solutions and who fail to question assumptions—engineers, business people, and yes, designers (and design students). These encounters made me reconsider. I observed design students who were acting mindlessly, simply doing their assignments as presented. No creativity, no imagination, no questioning. That's not what design thinking is about. As a result, I have changed my mind: Design Thinking really is special.
All of the vulnerabilities can be exploited without privilege and according to Paleari, stem from “Samsung-specific software and customizations.” Paleari said two of the vulnerabilities can be used to silently install highly privileged applications without user interaction while another allows attackers to send SMS messages without permission \[...\] Paleari said he informed Samsung in mid-January shortly after he found the bugs and still hasn’t heard from the South Korean company about a fix. Instead, Paleari writes that Samsung did contact him on Feb. 20 and requested he delay public disclosure, insisting that “any patches \[Samsung\] develops must first be approved by the network carriers.”