Apps Everywhere, but No Unifying Link

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Apps Everywhere, but No Unifying Link
Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 2015/01/09

'Apps' - as introduced to the world by Apple and emulated by prettey much every other mobile platform - represent a huge step backward for the internet. We used to have this whole network of linked sites. Now apps stand alone, isolated from each other, each one in its own data universe. More...