Tag: technology
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How death broke my family and Whatsapp put it back together
Death broke my family once. It all started when my grandfather had a stroke. He was the pillar holding up my dad’s side of the family. My dad has three brothers and four sisters. One of his sisters has five children. We’re a big family and it was only suitable that grandma and grandpa’s house…
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What do you think about homeless people working for advertising agencies as wifi hotspots during SXSW?
This might sound like a joke at first but when you think about it, it’s a pretty good idea. I saw this photo while browsing Instagram the other day and I had to take a second look. It reads: I’m Dusty, a 4G hotspot SMS HH Dusty to 25827 for access www.homelesshotspots.org What a concept!…
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Would you work 60 hours a week for $2 an hour? Foxconn employees speak
A week ago, Apple announced that the Fair Labor Association would conduct special voluntary audits of Foxconn’s Chinese assembly factories at Apple’s request, according to Apple Insider. This week ABC aired part of a video where a reporter was granted unrestricted access to Foxconn. There has been focus on the number of employee suicides and…
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Twitter and telepathy
This morning I had a nice Twitter conversation with one of our readers. He thought we could have compared boot fest to a different festival instead of Austin City Limits in a recent editorial. He had great ideas, but if you don’t use Twitter, how would we know? Telepathy was the only thing I could…
Jessica Puente 