Linked List: April 24, 2014

Thursday, 24 April 2014

White House Petition on Net Neutrality ★

One more action we can take.

Save the Internet ★

If you’re upset with the FCC’s position on Net Neutrality, as I am, here’s a way to do something about it.

Great Moments in Vic Gundotra History ★

May 2010: Gundotra on stage at I/O.

Vic Gundotra Leaving Google ★

Kara Swisher, Recode:

Vic Gundotra, who aggressively led Google into the social world with the creation of Google+, is leaving the company.

A Google spokesperson confirmed the departure and CEO Larry Page also sent out an internal memo to staff about the move.

Interesting: the news first broke on Secret, a few days ago.

GeekTime: ‘Apple Smart Watch Is Not So Much a Watch as It Is a Smart Band’ ★

Roy Latke, GeekTime:

In recent weeks I spoke several times with two sources in Cupertino pertaining to future products to be released by Apple later this year for the holiday season in the U.S. and Europe. Judging on the basis of the information revealed in these conversations, Apple has been working for a long time on a project that appears to be in its final stages of touch-ups.

What became clear is that the much anticipated Apple smart watch is not so much a watch as it is a smart band. It would appear that just as Apple has done with the iPhone and iPad, here too the technology giant plans to create a focal point around which a new ecosystem will evolve. To be more specific, Apple is looking to launch a smart band towards the end of this year whose collection of sensors will be able to be used not only to monitor the activity of the wearer, but also to operate other devices as a gestural controller.

Filed for future claim chowder.