Microsoft's Bold Move

June 19, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Microsoft Completely Walks Back Xbox One Restrictions After Gamer Backlash Call it the Xbox 180. Microsoft confirmed on Wednesday that it will be removing the requirement that the Xbox One, the computer maker's first gaming console in 8 years, must be connected to the Internet once per day after a tremendous uproar from gamers who claimed this and other restrictions on how used games would be shared and sold were unfair. Continue reading... Siri Is Taking A New Approach To Suicide Kim Dotcom: 'This Is The Largest Data Massacre In The History Of The Internet' LinkedIn Stalker Concerns Prompt Petition Last Telegram Ever Will Be Sent Next Month 5 Biggest Complaints About Working At Facebook Are Just Humblebrags Google Is Using The First Amendment To Push Back Against The NSA Last Telegram Ever Will Be Sent Next Month WATCH: 1,600 Instagram Photos, Animated Into One Sequence 5 Biggest Complaints About Working At Facebook Are Just Humblebrags The Great Tinder Con: 70 Guys Swarm Froyo Shop Searching Dream Girl Last Telegram Ever Will Be Sent Next Month RICHARD TSO How Eye-tracking Technologies Will Change the Advertising Game Be warned: When you put a pair of these glasses on your gaze may be revealing more about you than you may realize -- and advertisers will soon pay a hefty premium to gain access your eyes. Continue reading... JEFF COHEN Trust Me: Political Spying Computers = Big Brother If Bradley Manning can be charged with "aiding the enemy" for leaking evidence of war crimes to the public, is it a big jump for the spies to electronically monitor the 70,000 of us who've signed a petition saying that Manning is a hero? Continue reading... EDWARD J. BLACK Greater Transparency on NSA Surveillance a Good Start Whatever the actual specifics, the NSA controversy itself threatens to undermine netizens' confidence in the integrity of their online communications and trust in our government. Continue reading... TRACEY HARNISH Social Media and the Unknown Artist - Part 2 Oliver Wasow is an artist who directs our gaze. Using vernacular photographs or unique images he has fabricated in his studio, he creates a filter through which we look. By categorizing found photographs, he much like a movie editor, directs in a subtle way a narrative story for the observer. Continue reading... NIR EYAL The Curse of the Network Effect Ethan Stock lived the Silicon Valley dream. He had recently sold his company to eBay and emanated the tanned skin and relaxed composure you'd expect of someone who just cashed a big corporate check. But I was surprised by what he said next. "Mediocrity is worse than failure, you know?" Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003