That’s Interesting. Does anyone know if we can stream the music from anywhere? If I remember, spotify was supported only in UK and some other countries in Europe.
Iam not sure if NSA is serious about the money. However, iam sure NSA can force skype to provide them with the encryption algorithm for wiretapping. So instead of spending billions of money on third-party vendor, they might as well can work with skype. My 2 cents
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Iam not sure what was that you were looking for in the article. (Lawful intercept requirement is a vast subject to explain in few paragraphs).
Couple of points:
1) Lawful intercept requirements have been supported by wireless and wireline switches for years now. So the ability to wiretap your conversation is already available to law enforcement agencies. Having said that, to wiretap any user, law enforcement agency should get a prior approval from the court. So just because a product supports wiretapping doesn’t mean that anyone can listen to your conversation.
So below points mentioned by you doesn’t make sense
"Maybe you don't want a casual eavesdropper to listen in on your conversation and take something the wrong way"
2) Skype has issues with supporting wiretapping because of its architecture. If it’s used for illegal activities then I don’t see any reason why law enforcement can force them to support the same. These are the guys who are working hard to nail these assholes.
3) I don’t see a point in comparing reading offline data like wikipedia and real-time voice communication.
This is not something new. Law enforcement official have the ability to wiretap voice calls over landline and mobile. The issue is with the Voice calls that take place over the internet. I agree privacy is an issue here. However, we are missing the bigger cause here. These backdoors, if used genuinely can save lot of lives and stop crime and terrorism.
Iam not sure if skype has a backdoor solution. rumors are that some folks have reverse engineered the client. So far, i have not heard anyone claiming to have succesfully reverse engineered the client
I guess they are using the standard features knowing the loopholes in the client. They know for sure that these calls cannot be wiretapped. This, I guess is one of the reasons why they are using skype instead of other gazillion clients
I have been working for more than a decade in startups, and when folks as me why im still continuing doing so, simple answer is- the passion and the drive to work on something innovate, that, someday will change the world.
I don’t think age is a factor for starting a company. I think age is a state of mind. . Anyway, if you have the passion for the idea, nothing can stop you from achieving what u want. It is this passion that has been driving some of the great folks in the industry
statistics have shown that most of the facebook apps are either useless or fad. From a startup standpoint, you want to build apps that has acceptance and at the sametime monetized the service. I dont see that happening in facebook platform. Iam very positive users would be willing to pay for good apps on iPhone
i understand the amount might be a big deal for u at this time. However, if you guys think long term. Its not a big deal. Since the amount is not big, i would rather raise the money from friends and family than going to VC Or ask for more money instead of $25,000.
I don’t agree with Robert on this one. Google has billion of pages and data to crawl and index. Facebook data might still be worth; nevertheless it’s not that big of deal for Google to worry about. Microsoft already has an ad deal on facebook; I don’t see a rationale behind buying facebook for search
I guess ur english is just fine for writing blog. Blog is an expression not somekind of grammer test. Its your opinion,thoughts,ideas etc. People dont care about the grammer, they care about the content. So just go and write that first blog, rest will taken care.
That’s a hard spot to be in. I can hear your pain on how you want you idea to be launched. Honestly, learning django is no brainer. Django guys have done an amazing job building the framework. On a side note, why is your prototype taking that long? In today’s world, you can build complex apps faster than you can think off.
Here is some links that can be handy for your django learning. All the best!
No. Techcrunch is a good source of technology and startup news. I agree sometime there is too much of fabricated stories and rumor stuff. Nevertheless, techcrunch does an amazing job of introducing new startups. I guess it acts like an advertisement platform for many of the YC startups. As long as we can control the submission on YC through voting, it’s good to submit techcrunch article
Iam not a flash fan. But off late it has amazed me with the functionality and features that can built so fast. If u have flash IDE, man building web sites are lot faster and easier. Iam sure it has is own drawbacks. I don’t agree with folks that say flash is not available in all browsers. Flash penetration is around 80-90 % of global market. Wake up guys.
I think the company should be honest with you about the outstanding stock options. I had a similar tale, but when I asked the management about the outstanding stock option, they did reveal the numbers. That kind of says a lot. I have worked for many startups, so based on my experience; you need to be careful dealing with the startup founders/management. Its no big deal, if they really want u, then they should address Ur concern. Don’t fall into trap; let them be honest with the employees. Regardless of the idea or product, if the founders/management are crooks, mark my words, those startups don’t make it.
Its an interesting observation. Not many folks even in the tech industry have any idea about twitter. I guess twitter has become a marketing tool for scobleizers and jasons
Congrats, pretty cool. Just tried pink floyd and was pretty cool. Hope ur server can handle tones of traffic from techcrunch. Is it not illegal to play songs retreived from other sources?
I just loved this article. Its so rare to see such leaders in this industry. I have worked for so many startups and so far, i have rarely seen such leaders. Wish to see someone in future who can help me acheive my vision