Friday, 18 December 2015

New ten-part series on surveillance & corruption from creator of Aaron Swartz doc

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Brian Knappenberger, the documentarian who created The Internet's Own Boy, a beautiful documentary about Aaron Swartz, has announced a new ten-part documentary series called "Truth and Power," which will show on Pivot. (more…)

Sunday, 6 December 2015

Outdoor Advertising Is The New Black

billboardpark Big cities like San Francisco and New York are digital meccas, home to many of the world’s largest technology startups — and to hordes of smartphone-toting, app-using consumers. But when it comes to making a name for themselves, many of the companies hoping to influence these techie urbanites are going decidedly analog. In these cities, and others, it’s hard to miss the… Read More

Tuesday, 1 December 2015

Hillary Clinton's logo accidentally puts Rosa Parks in the back of a bus

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke Tuesday on the anniversary of Rosa Parks' Dec. 1, 1955 arrest for refusing to give her bus seat to a white passenger.

The event sparked the boycott of Montgomery buses by black Americans to protest segregated seating. But Clinton, the current frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, also marked the occasion with a special logo on her social media accounts.

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It did not go over well on Twitter, where users suggested that Parks is seemingly seated at the back of an H-shaped bus.

.@HillaryClinton's design team honored Rosa Parks today by moving her to the back of the buspic.twitter.com/eIYnVQ9uPa

— George Scoville (@stackiii) December 1, 2015 Read more...

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