Although this was not unexpected, it is nice to see the US supporting a free and open Internet. Several countries, mostly dictatorships and those who freely support censorship gave it their best shot, but freedom-loving countries prevailed. Hooray for us. Fortunately, Hollywood is not a country nor a member of the UN, so they could not vote.
In other news, Apple has re-approved Google Maps and it is available now for the iPhone. I assume it is coming very soon to the iPad. As you might recall, Apple created their own map which turned out to be a disaster. It was so bad that Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, wrote a letter of apology to Apple Fanboys everywhere. The new Google Maps is now even better than before.
And speaking of Apple, if you are an iTunes user, there is an update to the new iTunes 11 that restores the duplicate file finder and fixes some minor problems. While I mostly like Apple products, I do not like having to download the entire iTunes application just to get some minor upgrades. But, I live with it.
Sorry about being a day late with this edition, but my Internet service was down for most of yesterday. Upward and onward! - JRC
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