My favorite iPhone application has been Routesy (see http://www.routesy.com/ ).  The app figured out where I was, and would tell me arrival times for the MUNI routes I choose.  The information was presented in an incredibly useful and clear way.  The Routesy app was even featured in the iTunes store as a staff favorite.Suddenly, Routesy stopped working.   Apparently NextBus Information Systems claims that they are entitled to a prohibitively expensive fee of $1 per download for the MUNI data supplied it by our public transportation system. The app developer, Steven Peterson, says he is continuing to try to get [...]

A major regional power with proto-nuclear bomb capacity is in turmoil.  Huge numbers of Iranians are rioting in the capitol.  Police are repressing the demonstrations.  People have died. As I was going to bed last night I noticed that  #iranelection was the top topic on Twitter, and I started to read some posts.  Among the messages were on-scene reports from people in Tehran describing the chaos;  some Tweets gave links to amateur videos of crowds and police beatings. I wanted to consume the news more quickly than I could via iPhone, so I tuned into CNN about midnight.  This is a [...]