Phones turning into wallets...

A phone is no longer made just to merely send and receive phone calls.  I thought it couldn't get any better, but it can!  I just read an article explaining how our phones are going to be used as credit cards.  Instead of pulling out your card, the salesperson can just swipe your phone!  


At first I was thinking this might not be safe; however, Abbott, a former chief marketing officer at GE Capitol said it's "inherently" easier to secure private data on a phone than on a credit card. "It's locked down with a password and the number is encrypted inside the phone," he said. "It's not sitting out in raised numbers on a piece of plastic. Even beyond that, one call shuts [the Isis service] all down, and one call can restore it."


This technology has backing from AT&T, Verizon, and and T-Mobile. The next version of the Android will be equipped with this technology and Apple hired an expert last August.  


I'm looking forward to this! 


Mobile Providers Form New Digital Wallet Venture

E-Book Censorship

If you've been watching the news lately, you may have heard about the controversy surrounding a pedophilia book offered at Amazon.com.  The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure: A Child-Lover's Code of Conduct, has hit 65 out of 100 top selling e-books. (scary, I know) Amazon initially defended their decision to keep the book, but after the threats of protest removed the book from its site today.  


The question is whether or not pulling this book from Amazon's site is considered censorship.  This is such a tough question to answer.  While we all feel entitled to our right of freedom of speech, we don't want pedophiles buying "how-to" books!  However, once one book is censored where does it stop?  There are other books that may provoke a criminal activity (such as An Anarchist's Cookbook, a how-to-guide on making a homemade bomb) on Amazon - should these be banned as well?  Censorship is a slipper slope.


Is Amazon Violating Free Speech by Pulling Pedophile Guide?

India Outsourcers Feel Unloved in U.S.

Going along with our outsourcing discussions, I read the article India Outsourcers Feel Unloved in U.S. and learned how in August Congress passed a bill raising fees for work visas from $2,000 to $4,300.
So many Americans disagree with outsourcing, believing that outsourcing takes jobs away from American citizens.  I disagree.  Our country needs to focus on its core competency.  Each country should spend its resources on what it does best, and outsource the rest.  Focusing on core competencies leads to a more productive and efficient country.