What's so hyperlocal about having someone in a Philipine "sweat-shop"…

What's so hyperlocal about having someone in a Philipine "sweat-shop" cranking about stories about what's happening in some American town?

Reshared post from +Dan Gillmor The Chicago Tribune and its outsourced local news operation were using fake bylines. Trust-wrecking 101…

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Journatic is caught using fake bylines | Journatic is caught [...]

Excellent point here about search neutrality

Numerous companies have tried to sue Google over the years and governments have investigated the search giant over accusations of favoring some sites over others. Of course google favors some sites over others and some cases it happens to own those sites, most notably Youtube.

Google's whole premise since day one has been to organize [...]

To all the tea partiers upset but by the supreme court ruling on the Affordable Care…

To all the tea partiers upset but by the supreme court ruling on the Affordable Care Act that want a new home where being gay is punished not by conversion therapy but beheading, the state religion is strictly enforced and any abortion is absolutely illegal. Thankfully you won't find those conditions north of the 49th [...]

As long as Apple continues its policy of #patent abuse they will not get any more…

As long as Apple continues its policy of #patent abuse they will not get any more money from me.

Reshared post from +Joe Wilcox Perhaps Apple welcomes Judge Koh's ruling — her second against a Samsung device this week — as present to celebrate iPhone's fifth birthday. It's anything but. I'm ashamed of Apple patent [...]