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23 Mar 2011 15:44

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Tech: Appocalypse Now: Controversial apps wither under scrutiny

  • drunks Four U.S. Senators (Schumer, Lautenberg, Reid, and Udall) have asked that app stores stop selling map apps designed to help drunk drivers avoid random sobriety checkpoints and police cars.
  • “cures” Answering not to elected officials, but to the pressure of public relations, Apple has pulled the religious “Gay Cure” app from its store, which supported “freedom from homosexuality.” source

15 Feb 2010 09:25

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World: The British National Party knows how to welcome reporters

Dominic Kennedy of The Times got a pretty nose-grabbing welcome thanks to half a dozen security dudes forcibly removing him. Nice. source