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Netflix, Closed-Captioning, and the Difficulty of Means
A couple of weeks ago, Chris Morran at The Consumerist reported on an unexpected, but reasonable, legal decision against Netflix. Netflix recently asked a court to dismiss the lawsuit brought by the...
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Fighting Poverty by Removing the Extortionist (I Mean Legitimate Businessman)
From David Talbot at Technology Review, a brief story about how something that seems so simple can make such a big difference. In India, hundreds of millions of people have essentially no access to...
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Netflix, Closed-Captioning, and a Legal Settlement
Back in July, I posted about Netflix’s lost bid to have the a lawsuit against it thrown out of court. A class action lawsuit filed by the National Association for the Deaf asserted that Netflix...
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The One World Futbol for Christmas
Looking for a last minute Christmas gift? Maybe something that others might enjoy, too. Check out the One World Futbol (or soccer ball, for those of us in the US) project. (via Ken Belson at the New...
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The Fairphone—A Good Start at Ethical Hardware
Casey Johnson at Ars Technica (“Fairphone” looks to give power back to customers): The “Fairphone,” a phone that purports to approach smartphone design in the most ethical way possible from every...
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