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Google Wants To Be a Wireless Carrier 151

Posted by samzenpus from the google-calling dept.
zacharye writes "Google has already conquered the software side of smartphones and now the technology giant is reportedly in talks to take over the air waves. A report on Thursday claims that Google has held talks with satellite television provider Dish Network regarding the possibility of a venture that would see Google launch its own cellular network and compete directly with the likes of Verizon and AT&T."
Education

Texas Schools Using Electronic Chips To Track Students; Parents In Uproar 540

Posted by timothy from the does-your-body-belong-to-the-state? dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Two Schools in San Antonio are using electronic chips to help administrators count and track students' whereabouts. Students at Anson Jones Middle School and John Jay High School are now required to wear ID cards using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology embedded with electronic chips in an effort to daily attendance records. The article said the Northside Independent School District receives about $30 per day in state funding for each student reporting."

Comment Re:as a European. (Score 1) 1040

by Tenek (#37022958) Attached to: S&P's $2 Trillion Math Mistake

Everybody knows the explosion of the deficit has nothing to do with Obama

No. No they don't. There are a lot of people trying very hard to prevent everybody from understanding the actual problems, and they're doing a pretty good job of it.

Comment Re:Maximize profit (Score 1) 591

by Tenek (#35716016) Attached to: Piracy Is a Market Failure — Not a Legal One
Joel Spolsky pointed out the problem with this a few years back: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/CamelsandRubberDuckies.html When your unit production cost is small, you're better off (as much as possible) to adjust the price based on the ability of the consumers to pay and get something out of the poorer ones instead of nothing.

Comment Re:Not only the carriers, also the NGO's (Score 1) 235

by Tenek (#35602468) Attached to: Carriers Delay Paying Japan's Texting Donations

My grandfather always used to tell me that he would die before he ever gave to the Red Cross. When he was in Korea, the Red Cross used to show up and sell soldiers coffee and donuts (at a profit, no less). No money meant no coffee and donuts for you, G.I.

I'm not disparaging their work (I don't know enough to comment on that). I'm just saying that they need to be much more upfront with people about where their money is actually going.

Ten seconds on Snopes; http://www.snopes.com/medical/emergent/redcross.asp

There is truth to one of the rumors, however. During WWII the American Red Cross did indeed charge American servicemen for coffee, doughnuts, and lodging. However, it did so because the U.S. Army asked it to, not because it was determined to make a profit off homesick dogfaces.

Comment Re:Cracked! (Score 4, Insightful) 306

by Tenek (#34944478) Attached to: Facebook Images To Get Expiration Date
That's not the point. You were already allowed to see the image. What it tries to reduce is the ability of someone unrelated to find it n years later. You had to remember to save a copy at the time. Unfortunately, you're probably more likely to do so if it's an interesting picture.

It's not useless, and it's not perfect. Not a terrible idea though.

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