"Google Emulates Apple in Restricting Apps for Glass"

The developers get the first shot at Glass. Then, maybe, other people with too much money. How big will the change be?

Here it comes, for $1500 - Google Emulates Apple in Restricting Apps for Glass | The New York Times nyti.ms/Z0YsGB
— Kenneth D. Pimple (@Ethical_PICT) April 17, 2013

"Mobile location data 'present anonymity risk'"

"Scientists say it is remarkably easy to identify a mobile phone user from just a few pieces of location information."

It's "possible to identify a user from only 4 data points" - Mobile location data 'present anonymity risk' | BBS News bbc.in/101ySix
— Kenneth D. Pimple (@Ethical_PICT) April 17, 2013

"Behind the Webcam's Watchful Eye"

There are some ingenious strategies out there for proctoring tests for MOOCs and other online courses.If you're willing to pay enough, and impose enough restrictions on the students, it looks like it can be very effective - possibly more effective than proctoring in-person tests. I wonder how anyone would determine how much less than foolproof would be good enough?

Monitoring online tests for online classes - Behind the Webcam's Watchful Eye |The Chronicle of Higher Education - bit.ly/15aNnX6
— Kenneth D. Pimple (@Ethical_PICT) April 15, 2013

"Bubble or No, This Virtual Currency Is a Lot of Coin in Any Realm"

High-tech gateway to mail-order narcotics - Bubble or No, This Virtual Currency Is a Lot of Coin in Any Realm nyti.ms/17lTGXo
— Kenneth D. Pimple (@Ethical_PICT) April 8, 2013

Automated essay grading and Twitter followers

Let's see: College professors are starting to depend on computers to grade essays, and Twitter users are spending millions of dollars to get fake followers. Is this the best that AI can offer?

Less attention to teaching and fewer jobs for scholars? - Essay-Grading Software Offers Professors a Break nyti.ms/ZaKIof
— Kenneth D. Pimple (@Ethical_PICT) April 6, 2013

Can someone explain this to me? Pure vanity? - Fake Twitter Followers Become Multimillion-Dollar Business nyti.ms/12rV9aW
— Kenneth D. Pimple (@Ethical_PICT) April 7, 2013