Molly Rants

Here's why Bitcoin is the future of money

Molly Wood — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:01:34 PDT

commentary Bitcoin may not last, but crypto-currency is here to stay -- it's only a matter of time before a government replaces paper with more traceable, secure digital money. But is that a good thing?

Twitter needs to deal with the Twitter Accuracy Problem

Molly Wood — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:59:11 PDT

Businesses, investors, and users look to Twitter for information in real time. It needs to step up and improve password security before it starts facing legal and regulatory scrutiny -- or worse, user defection.

Social media as breaking-news feed: Worse information, faster

Molly Wood — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:55:36 PDT

commentary The unfolding of breaking news on social media can create a dangerous well of misinformation, witch-hunting, and egomaniacal info-spewing. Time for some ground rules for the Internet.

Samsung GS4 launch: Tone-deaf and shockingly sexist

Molly Wood — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:26:49 PDT

I don't get offended very often. But Samsung's long parade of '50s-era female stereotypes, in the midst of an entirely other long parade of bad stereotypes, just put me over the edge. Oh, they announced a phone? You'd barely know it.

Want to unlock your phone? Fix the DMCA

Molly Wood — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:05:50 PST

commentary The anti-circumvention provision of the DMCA has been stifling research, slowing innovation, and annoying consumers for more than a decade. So why does it still exist?

The new 'new iPad': Lightning strikes again

Molly Wood — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:10:55 PDT

commentary Apple's unexpected new iPad is all about one thing: Lightning. Now, not only is your 6-month-old iPad "last year's model," it's also incompatible with a flood of new iPad accessories. Injury, meet insult.

Apple's dock connector change is awful, don't kid yourselves

Molly Wood — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:18:41 PDT

Apple's decision to use a smaller dock connector instead of Micro-USB is consumer-unfriendly, bad for the environment, and offers few, if any, obvious tech benefits.

Live Always On viewing party, Tuesday June 19: Join us!

Molly Wood — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:26:15 PDT

Always On launches Tuesday, and every new episode will feature a live chat party with Molly Wood and whoever else shows up. Join us for the first one this week, and every week thereafter!

Originally posted at Always On

Is Apple fragmenting the iPhone?

Molly Wood — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:35:05 PDT

iPhone 4 won't get the new turn-by-turn features in iOS 6, just like it didn't get Siri. But it's still for sale, and so is the iPhone 3GS. Is Apple committing the Android sin of fragmentation, and will users rebel?

Video game violence at E3: Too much, yet still not enough

Molly Wood — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:24:13 PDT

Microsoft and Sony packed their E3 press conferences with fountains of blood and shotgun blasts to the head. Maybe that's what it takes to sell games -- but sales figures say it's not working.