Sorry, but Apple doesn't care about privacy or fighting for their rights except for where it gains them positive PR which makes them money. Resisting the Chinese government is well within their rights as an American company and other companies have, but it translates to bad PR in China and therefore hurts sales so therefore they don't do it. In the US it translates to positive PR and is therefore in their best interest. That is the only reason they are doing it.

My biggest gripe with Google + is the same gripe I have with most Google services; you get stuck with all of their services once you sign up for one. I had to remove my Google+ account three times because every so often Google would recreate it. I only use a gmail account as a junk mail account, but people keep finding me on youtube and drive even though i do not use them. Now that I have an android phone I can'tell seem to get rid of the extra accounts.

The kid should be rewarded for exposing their dumb ass security and the teacher should be fired for being too stupid to be teaching anyone.

While you are one of the rare twitter enthusiasts that can actually give examples of how twitter has been useful (most say it is useful, but can never think of an example), I think you are leaving out the endless hours you spent sorting through all the garbage to find something worth talking about. . What the creators of Twitter are trying to resolve is a problem that is inherent to the service, it is a huge time investment for very little return. The issue isn't learning how to use the service; the twitter clients already hide this from the user. The effort required to sift through all the garbage, misinformation and useless rhetoric does not pay off in the end for the majority of users.

Also, I have yet to see anything on Twitter that cannot be obtained from other sources. As a matter of fact, the move away from IRC to Twitter to cover live events has resulted in an extremely poor experience and reduced functionality.

The IPO is the worst thing that could have happened to Twitter. Now they have to find a way to monetize the service to keep their shareholders happy, and like those who invested in Facebook, Twitter's shareholders are in for a huge disappointment.