I had slacked off reading some of the latest news, so I missed some of the events going on. I particularly missed that a major protest had been going on near Wall Street, and more particularly has received a lack of coverage by the news media. If anyone needs evidence of the perils of corporate-owned [...]
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The Houston Chronicle recently reported on a Houston restaurant being the recipient of legal bullying by none other than McDonald’s. Yes, the “billions and billions served” gargantuan international hamburger joint, whose food in some circles is synonymous with “#$%&”, has accused the one-location Jus’ Mac of trademark infringement. I’m sorry if my bias is showing. [...] Racism takes many forms. I had honestly hoped that we’d see an end to the rather stupid and juvenile throwing of bananas onto the field as a racist statement against (primarily) athletes of African descent and/or with darker skin. If you haven’t heard much about it, it’s because mainly it happens in soccer games outside [...] It’s been a while since I’ve noticed Apple doing something really dumb. But this was almost shoved in my face, so it was difficult to just pass it by without writing a brief commentary on it. Jacob Gorban recently wrote and published a short piece about Apple’s new in-app purchases feature that left users annoyed, [...] If this one seems a bit rushed, it is. I just now came across a mention of these two articles in an IRC channel I’m in, and noticed that this is was scheduled to start happening today. Spread the word if you are in Austin. According to both EFF Austin and KVUE, the Austin Police [...] In the past I’ve written about some pretty evil things done by large corporations: Google, Apple, Microsoft, AT&T, and a few others. What I read today, though, sets a new low, and from a most unlikely source. Jonathan Zdziarski recently wrote a piece on GM’s OnStar service and a recent update to its terms and [...] |
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