The Obamacare exchanges that cost hundreds of millions of dollars and didn’t work are recent examples of an apparently universal principle: government bureaucracies are ridiculously slow, costly, and inept.  MacRumors reports on a similar phenomenon across the pond: Following the unveiling of the new Apple TV back in September, United Kingdom-based public service broadcaster BBC told fans on Twitter that there were "no plans currently" to develop an iPlayer app for the new platform. While the broadcaster has backtracked slightly since that time, more recently stating it doesn't "have any info to give" on the topic, with the launch of the Apple TV right around the corner, a couple of Dorset-based developers have taken the task into their own hands to prove that the app can be made with relative ease. (snip) screenshot from proof of concept iPlayer app Now, a pair of developers from Bournemouth, Dorset in the United Kingdom -- Matt...(Read Full Post)