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The Circle Skewers Google, Facebook, Twitter 56

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 28, 2013 @08:01PM from the ripe-targets dept.

theodp writes "This week's NY Times Magazine cover story, We Like You So Much and Want to Know You Better, is an adaptation from The Circle, the soon-to-be-published novel by Dave Eggers which tells the tale of Mae Holland, a young woman who goes to work at an omnipotent technology company and gets sucked into a corporate culture that knows no distinction between work and life, public and private. The WSJ calls it a The Jungle for our own times. And while Eggers insists he wasn't thinking of any one particular company, the NYT excerpt evokes memories of Larry Page's you-will-be-social edict and suggests what the end-game for Google Glass might look like."

Getting Afghanistan Online 182

Posted by samzenpus on Monday September 16, 2013 @12:41PM from the like-this dept.

Velcroman1 writes "Imagine living in a country where only 3.5 percent of the population use the Internet. When you ask a neighbor about Facebook, they give you a confused look. Posting a status update on Twitter is a foreign concept, and most citizens still rely on printed newspapers and radio reports. That's life in Afghanistan today, where only 1.5 million people (out of 30M) have Internet access. A new National Social Media Summit intends to change that trend. To be held September 22 to 23 in Kabul, and featuring some 200 speakers, the event will promote the use of social media as a way to not only discuss current news, but to make news. The summit, called Paiwand (or Unity), aims to boost Net use further. It will break out into several themes including social media and government transparency, new media trends and emerging tech."

Mobile Virtual Networks Are Booming Again 79

Posted by timothy on Thursday August 29, 2013 @09:29AM from the save-it-for-the-mortgage-payment dept.

Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes "Sue Marek reports at Fierce Wireless that the mobile virtual network operator business is booming again, with new MVNOs launching nearly every week and operators like Sprint and T-Mobile hungry for MVNO partners because MVNOs offer a good economic return and can help them to grow their market share and reach into markets where they might not have visibility. 'It's a good strategic play for us,' says Matt Carter, president of Sprint wholesale and emerging solutions. 'It's another army to help us garner more subscribers on the network.' But unlike the MVNO craze of the 2005-2006 era--highlighted by high-profile failures like ESPN Mobile, Disney Mobile, Amp'd Mobile and Helio, today's high-profile MVNOs like FreedomPop, Republic Wireless, Solavei and Ting offer innovative service plans, marketing techniques and, in some cases, devices that they hope will draw consumers to their offerings. Today's MVNOs can be successful with a seemingly tiny number of customers. For example, Tucows' MVNO Ting, which sells mobile usage by minutes, text messages and megabytes, announced they currently have around 25,000 total customers, and that the business is on track to cross the break-even threshold in the fourth quarter of this year. Virtual carriers now also get the latest phones like the Moto X at launch and don't have to wait for new Android handsets to trickle down."

Comment Misleading title, everyone just calm down (Score 1) 1111

by Arnold Lee on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @09:44AM (#43336501) Attached to: Build a Secret Compartment, Go To Jail

The title *should* read, make a secret compartment *knowing it will be used for illegal activity* and go to jail. Read the article. He was repairing a compartment for a customer, and when it opened, found it filled with cash. The amount of cash was enough to actually jam the compartment. Then he continued to work on more compartments for the same customer, turning a blind eye to what any reasonable person would believe was illegal activity. Once caught, he chose to fight the charges rather than plea out, and rolled the dice with the jury. One could argue that the charges and jail time (in excess of 25 years I believe) are ridiculous in comparison to the crime committed - why should the drug dealers get less time than a guy who facilitated their crimes - but don't cry for his "innocence." He was guilty.

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