Rest of the Day: Amazon Launches Virtual Versions of Real Dash Buttons
In a kind of skeuomorphic moment of self-reference, Amazon created digital versions of its popular Dash buttons. What a world – a virtual button that you press to buy things. About this and much more in today’s news.
- You can soon see a virtual representation of the Dash buttons on Amazon.com that behave just like their real-life counterparts. Coincidentally, Amazon’s patent for an existing one-click payment system expires this year , although the emergence of new virtual one-click Dash buttons appears to be irrelevant. [Recode]
- In more important news, Amazon is creating an apprenticeship program for military veterans returning to work. According to the US Department of Labor, these internships will prepare them for high-tech jobs. More than 200 employers have signed such agreements to become ” leaders in apprenticeship in the United States .” [US Department of Labor]
- The non-profit Tor project will update its code soon. The reconstruction will strengthen the encryption of dark web sites and make them completely secret, that is, they can only be discovered by your invitation. [Wired]
- The Women’s March in Washington DC has an app that lets you get real-time updates, event schedules, the route of the march, and more. It is available on iOS and Android . [Women’s March]
- For Kotaku, Leo Wichtovski takes a look at the classic iBuffalo USB controller we recently recommended for retro gaming . Check out its version below: