It was a big week for product news in the tech world, a topic we typically reserve for your weekly round-ups. Here we go ...
ICYMI
SCOTUS And Facebook Threats: A case for our modern times. The Supreme Court has involving a death threat that appeared on Facebook. It opens up a lot of questions about speech on the site, which came up in last summer's criminal case involving , jailed for his perceived threat to shoot up schoolchildren, which also appeared on Facebook.
Instant Lids: Our most popular post of the week was our weekly innovation pick, SipSnaps. They are silicone lids that , so you can turn any restaurant glass or random mug into a sippy cup for your little ones. Simple idea, but hand it to the creators for actually making them.
The Big Conversation
Just Say Yo: The consternation this week caused by could fill canyons. , Yo simply sends a voice message that says "Yo," and backers gave the developers $1 million. this is proof that technology investments are meaningless, but venture capitalist it shouldn't be so quickly dismissed. I tried to find in its simplicity.
Fire Phone: its foray into hardware smartphones 鈥� the Fire Phone. "What Amazon's up to here is beyond devices," said NPR's Martin Kaste, after checking out the phone in Seattle. It's a handheld portal to get us to buy more stuff. Prices for the phone start at $200.
Curiosities
The New Yorker:
The tech intelligentsia (such as it is) broke out into a public debate about the meaning and use of the term "disrupt" this week, kicked off in part by this takedown. , who wrote the book on disruption, responded.
WSJ:
Technology observers have been waiting on this Apple wearable for years now, and it sounds like it might actually come out before 2014 is over. The Journal says it will come out in the fall and include more than 10 sensors, including those to track fitness.
Wired:
Last week, Steve Henn's investigation dove into the implications of , making this tool pretty counterintuitive. Read on.
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