Mike Daisey's latest excuse: I was quoted out of context
On his blog, Daisey today wrote: "Four hours of grilling edited down to fifteen minutes. I thought the dead air was a nice touch, and finishing the episode with audio pulled out of context from my performance was masterful."A spokeswoman for This American Life declined to comment. On Friday, the Chicago-based show said it could no longer vouch for a January episode in which it used excerpts from Daisey's show to report on working conditions in Chinese factories where iPads and iPhones are assembled. Host Ira Glass said that Daisey was asked multiple times whether everything in his monologue about his visit to the factories was factual and Daisey said they were. An investigation turned up numerous inaccuracies. When confronted, Daisey admitted some of the events he claimed were factual were made up or embellished. These included his assertion that he met underage workers, people poisoned by industrial chemicals, and workers crippled by unsafe equipment. What Daisey doesn't do in his blog today is say that This American Life is wrong for issuing a retraction. Daisey wrote "I apologized in this week's episode to anyone who felt betrayed. I stand by that apology."
Monday, March 23, 2015
Microsoft upgrades Windows Phone sync app for Mac users
Microsoft upgrades Windows Phone sync app for Mac users
Mac owners who use a Windows Phone device now have a new and improved app for syncing their information.Released yesterday in the Mac App store, the Windows Phone 3.0 app lets users sync movies, videos, documents, and other files between their Macs and Windows Phone handsets. The latest version now supports Windows Phone 8.Users can drag and drop files between their Windows Phone 8 devices and the Mac desktop or the Finder file manager. They can see the state of the phone's battery charge and take advantage of better support for ringtones. The new app also supports Retina Display Macs as well as iPhoto 9.3.2 and Aperture 3.3.2.Related storiesMicrosoft app syncs Windows 8, Windows Phone 8Microsoft dishes more Windows Phone 8 goodsWindows Phone 8 trio hitting Verizon for the holidaysWindows Phone 8 users can access 46 of top 50 appsIn its former life, Windows Phone 3.0 was known as Windows Phone 7 Connector.But with Microsoft's focus now on Windows Phone 8, a new name and new features seemed in order.Last week, Microsoft unveiled a new app to let Windows 8 and Windows RT users sync data between their PCs or tablets and their Windows Phone devices. The company officially kicked off Windows Phone 8 with a launch event on Monday.
Mac owners who use a Windows Phone device now have a new and improved app for syncing their information.Released yesterday in the Mac App store, the Windows Phone 3.0 app lets users sync movies, videos, documents, and other files between their Macs and Windows Phone handsets. The latest version now supports Windows Phone 8.Users can drag and drop files between their Windows Phone 8 devices and the Mac desktop or the Finder file manager. They can see the state of the phone's battery charge and take advantage of better support for ringtones. The new app also supports Retina Display Macs as well as iPhoto 9.3.2 and Aperture 3.3.2.Related storiesMicrosoft app syncs Windows 8, Windows Phone 8Microsoft dishes more Windows Phone 8 goodsWindows Phone 8 trio hitting Verizon for the holidaysWindows Phone 8 users can access 46 of top 50 appsIn its former life, Windows Phone 3.0 was known as Windows Phone 7 Connector.But with Microsoft's focus now on Windows Phone 8, a new name and new features seemed in order.Last week, Microsoft unveiled a new app to let Windows 8 and Windows RT users sync data between their PCs or tablets and their Windows Phone devices. The company officially kicked off Windows Phone 8 with a launch event on Monday.
Microsoft reportedly readying Office for the iPad
Microsoft reportedly readying Office for the iPad
Microsoft didn't comment directly on the report."We already deliver Office on multiple platforms and devices and are committed to expanding in the future, but have nothing further to share today," the company said in a statement.Microsoft already offers a handful of apps for both the iPad and the iPhone, including Bing and Windows Live Messenger, among others. Creating Office for the iPad could help the device's prospects in work environments, a market where it's already making inroads at the expense of Windows PCs.Microsoft is also busily working on Windows 8, the next version of its flagship operating system, for tablet computers. It has yet to disclose details about a touch-version of Office that will run on those devices.Apple introduced its own office software, iWork, as individual apps for the iPad in March of last year. That suite consists of Pages, Keynote and Numbers, the same lineup Apple offers Mac OS X users. All three of those apps can open and export Microsoft Office files that match up with Microsoft's Word, PowerPoint and Excel software, with Apple providing ways to natively view those files in its own built-in e-mail application.The Daily reported that the Office for iPad app would likely cost $10, the same amount Apple charges for each of its individual iWork for iPad apps.Staff writer Josh Lowensohn contributed to this report.
Microsoft didn't comment directly on the report."We already deliver Office on multiple platforms and devices and are committed to expanding in the future, but have nothing further to share today," the company said in a statement.Microsoft already offers a handful of apps for both the iPad and the iPhone, including Bing and Windows Live Messenger, among others. Creating Office for the iPad could help the device's prospects in work environments, a market where it's already making inroads at the expense of Windows PCs.Microsoft is also busily working on Windows 8, the next version of its flagship operating system, for tablet computers. It has yet to disclose details about a touch-version of Office that will run on those devices.Apple introduced its own office software, iWork, as individual apps for the iPad in March of last year. That suite consists of Pages, Keynote and Numbers, the same lineup Apple offers Mac OS X users. All three of those apps can open and export Microsoft Office files that match up with Microsoft's Word, PowerPoint and Excel software, with Apple providing ways to natively view those files in its own built-in e-mail application.The Daily reported that the Office for iPad app would likely cost $10, the same amount Apple charges for each of its individual iWork for iPad apps.Staff writer Josh Lowensohn contributed to this report.
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