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Don't Feed the Giants

First, up on Inside PR this week, Martin points to Farhad Manjou's final "State of the Art" column for the New York Times. Some smart advice for these digital times:

• Don't just look at the product. Look at the business model.
• Avoid Feeding the Giants
• Adopt Late. Slow Down

Don't Look Now, But Your Apps See You

Another blockbuster story from the New York Times (they seem to be making this routine.) This time, the Times stripped away any illusion that we may have had that those give us your location opt-ins are being used only for the purposes we think they are. Scary stuff.

Linkworthy

• How to Survive the Next Era of Tech (Slow Down and Be Mindful), Farhad Manjou
• Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They're Not Keeping It Secret, JENNIFER VALENTINO-DeVRIES, NATASHA SINGER, MICHAEL H. KELLER and AARON KROLIK