• Portrait de Jack Dorsey, qui veut transformer le business du paiement
    http://www.wired.com/business/2012/06/ff_dorsey/all

    Dorsey explained that he was going to empower everyone to accept cashless payments.

    He took a piece of white plastic shaped roughly like an acorn, jammed it into the earphone jack of his iPhone, and asked me for my credit card. When I produced it, he swiped it through a slot on the acorn. Then he had me sign the screen with my finger and enter my email. When I checked my own iPhone, I had a message noting that I’d paid Jack Dorsey $1. A Google Maps image marked the location of the transaction. Dorsey was beaming like a proud parent.

    #néo_capitalisme sans doute et aussi #twitter

    • Donc je résume : tu fait passer ta carte via un dongle pas sécurisé qui fait dieu seul sait quoi, qui transmet à un OS propriétaire et fermé, qui en fait dieu seul sait quoi, qui transmet à une appli proprio, qui elle-même enregistre ta signature pour en faire dieu seul sait quoi, le tout par la même boîte qui en fait dieu seul sait quoi. Wow. Ça promet des moments épiques (usurpation d’identité etc.) le jour ou leur base de données va se retrouver dans la nature. Ça donne envie y’a pas à dire.

  • China’s Biggest Challenge Is Aerospace | Wired
    http://www.wired.com/business/2012/06/st_essay_china_aerospace

    China would very much like a piece of this—to have Boeings, NASAs, Cessnas, and fully fledged GPS systems of its own. The 12th Five-Year Plan lists aerospace as a symbol and target of China’s “high-value” ambition. Over the next few years, the country will attempt to re-create all of America’s 100-year aerospace history (...) [they are] trying to do it all, with 100 airports under construction, several airliner models being developed, and a business-jet culture taking hold.

    #avion #chine