How Better Technology Can Help Fix US Immigration


How Better Technology Can Help Fix US Immigration
A technology research team assembled by the White House just released a report on how to use technology to streamline the immigration process. Sounds like it could get technical right? Well, the US immigration process is almost all paper based, so the proposed fixes are pretty simple. Wired explains what some of the easy fixes are.

July 15, 2015 at 11:15PM
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Why The Death Of The Blog Is Threatening Democracy


Why The Death Of The Blog Is Threatening Democracy
Hossein Derakhshan spent six years in an Iranian jail for writing a revolutionary political blog. When he got out seven months ago, he was shocked to find that the vibrant blog community that he went to jail for was dying, and was being replaced by social media. Here’s why he believes this is a political death.

July 15, 2015 at 10:12PM
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Apple’s New iPod Touch Has Hidden Monthly Cost

Apple’s updated line of iPod media players launched today may not be a surprise to anyone who caught the leak inside iTunes 12.2, but the decision on what hardware to include in the devices and what hardware to leave out, especially the Sixth Generation iPod Touch, says volumes about Cupertino’s focus for the future. It’s all about Apple Music and getting users signed up to the subscription service.

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