Tsikbal: from my perspective

As an Ubuntu fan, to hear that two  Ubuntu Touch phones  are coming out this year is really good news. For me, the only downside is that neither of them is coming out in Mexico. On the other hand, the wait for a release in Mexico is even closer and even more possible. With the added plus that by the time a device running Ubuntu Touch reaches Mexico, the app ecosystem for it should have matured enough so that there should be a healthy selection to choose from. I really hope that Ubuntu Touch arrives to Mexico, and running on several devices on at least two of our mobile phone carriers. Not only because I'm a fan of Ubuntu, but because it will bring a wider selection for costumers and giving them another open source option to run on their devices. When, and if, a phone comes out in Mexico running Ubuntu Touch it will be my number one option.

After what it seems like an eternity,  Nokia finally released an Android device.  To be honest, it was something that I really wanted to happen for a long time, but the timing seems to be against it. With Microsoft's deal to acquire Nokia, there isn't much chance that it will continue to have an Android device for long. Nokia was my favorite mobile phone manufacturer until it made the deal to make Window's phone exclusively. As many said at the time, it was an ill fated alliance that saw the downfall of one of my favorite brands. One can just wonder what if Nokia had produced Android devices along Windows, though it's hard to imagine that it could have had the same result as we have now. I'd say that Nokia could have made some of the best Android smartphones if it had worked on them, since they showed  with it's N9 smartphone.  It was the last Nokia device that I really coveted, since then there hasn't been one that I really wanted to have. For ...

This Edward Snowden interview  puts the spaying carried on not only by the US, but other governments it quite new perspective. It comes to show how no government has clean hands on this matter, and the importance of securing data has to give people at least a minimal amount of privacy. It's not that surprising to me, that the laws on the books at the moment aren't follow in spirit. There are many loopholes that allow governments to virtually spy on their own citizens while technically braking the law. The worse part is, that such spying doesn't have to be justified to the courts of law that are supposed to see that our rights aren't wrongfully violated by the government that has the obligation to protect them. Edward Snowden is right to point out that moving our data behind closed gardens isn't the best solution. Even if our data is protected that way, without it being properly secured it doesn't matter where we put out data in. The key is to secure our...