We've all heard about the NSA and intelligence community spying on US citizens and foreign diplomats. I'm not faulting the agencies for doing their jobs. Yet, the extent of the intelligence gathering is quite alarming. The trust is gone and can NEVER be restored.
As an IT Manager at a startup biotech company, I recently had an experience that is directly related to this entire FUBAR with the NSA. A partner company located in Europe specifically refused to use a cloud service located in the USA, and instead recommended a European based provider.
I had hear about this type of fallout of the spying allegations, and I expected to hear about lost revenue for the top tier cloud service providers in the USA. But, I never expected to have a partner company refuse the USA based cloud provider service. It is happening... this is not a joke.
Not only has the NSA lost the trust of its own citizens, it has also caused an economic loss to US companies. This is a fact.
I do not want to argue the fact that "we are safer" or "we've saved lives". I'll concede that... but certainly the NSA and intelligence community needs to re-examine their tactics.
Friday, December 20, 2013
CyanogenMod on my Google Galaxy Nexus (Verizon), so long Google...
Well, I can say that I was extremely frustrated with Google's decision to abandon me and other early adopters of their Nexus line of products. The Nexus line was promoted as "THE ANDROID" platform that would receive the latest updates. Staying ahead of the curve is imperative for IT industry employees, and that is exactly why I (and others) bought the Nexus phone.
So Google announced that they'd no longer be providing updates for the Nexus phone (notably the most recent update called Kit Kat Android 4.4), and they also somehow snuck in a new policy of only 18 months of updates for Google phones. This is absurd.
After wrestling with poor battery life in my Nexus phone in Android 4.2 and no upgrade in sight, I finally decided to go the way of a custom ROM... an alternative Android called CyanogenMod.
CyanogenMod is free, works flawlessly, and has a beta Android 4.4 version in the works. I highly recommend it to anyone who has been frustrated with Google.
So Google announced that they'd no longer be providing updates for the Nexus phone (notably the most recent update called Kit Kat Android 4.4), and they also somehow snuck in a new policy of only 18 months of updates for Google phones. This is absurd.
After wrestling with poor battery life in my Nexus phone in Android 4.2 and no upgrade in sight, I finally decided to go the way of a custom ROM... an alternative Android called CyanogenMod.
CyanogenMod is free, works flawlessly, and has a beta Android 4.4 version in the works. I highly recommend it to anyone who has been frustrated with Google.
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