Either way, I hope I don’t have to Skype or FaceTime from this machine this week. Either I didn’t do the SMC reset correctly, or this Mac has a deeper ailment. The column recounts how resetting my MacBook Air’s System Management Controller cured it of an inability to see its own webcam… except that when I opened the laptop this morning, the problem had returned.
: Q&A: How can I re-install my laptop’s webcam?, USA Today WTTG’s Sarah Simmons quizzed me on what activity-tracking gadgets like the Jawbone Up and the FitBit can do to help you track your exercise–and how they’re at risk of being made obsolete by tools built into smartphones. I talked to D.C.’s news-radio station about Snapchat’s inexcusably lax approach to security and how it’s harder to change a compromised phone number than a password. : Snapchat experienced a security breach, WTOP We talked about how a balanced intellectual-property system helped make Reddit possible–and how the same system doesn’t always offer much help for small companies whose own IP has been infringed. My final contribution at DisCo was an interview with Reddit’s founder, who’s since become both an investor and activist on many tech-policy issues. : Reddit’s Alexis Ohanian: Current IP Laws Aren’t Much Of A Friend to Startups, Disruptive Competition Project
My laptop and phone have advanced a great deal since 1998, that’s for sure. As I type this, I’m on my way to my 17th CES in a row.
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