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The Open Source Economics That Caused Heartbleed and How to Prevent it From Happening Again

The Heartbleed bug has seemingly shone a light on the dark side of our open source architecture. The benefits of open source have long been known: it's free and you have a large community of users that will continuously improve the software. It's a naturally occurring collaborative arrangement that seems to beat the other corporate options out there.  The downsides have previously been less publicized, but have always...
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Uber Wants to Replace Your Local Department of Transportation

If you were unsure about what Uber's long term goals are, their April Fool's joke makes things crystal clear. Along with surge pricing, Uber is testing long held consumer assumptions about transportation. It's not acknowledged as such, but there are truly limited choices when it comes to transportation. You have your selection among...
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