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Senator Wendy Davis Versus Texas Republicans; Internet Versus 24-Hour News Networks

Justin Davis — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:03:47 +0000

Moments ago, a riot and a revolution almost happened in Texas over women’s reproduction rights. According to TV news, there was nothing worth reporting. Thousands of people viewing the live feed of the proceedings, the people reporting on social media like Twitter and Facebook, and throngs of people numbering in the high hundreds to lower […]

Motorola And Apple Look To Texas For Made In U.S.A. Tech

Mordechai Osdoby — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 19:00:50 +0000

Pop quiz: What was the last smartphone to be built in the United State of America? If you gave any answer other than “none,” you’re wrong. Back at the start of 2012, the New York Times detailed why so much tech manufacturing is based out of China, which basically boils down to infrastructure. Odds are […]

No Maybes About It: Google Fiber Is Coming To Austin, TX

Justin Davis — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:55:17 +0000

Today, Google made a formal announcement with Austin, TX Mayor Lee Leffingwell that Google Fiber is indeed coming to the state capital in mid-2014. Google cites Austin’s rich artistic community and tech companies that fill the city, along with the University of Texas and the schools new medical research hospital. Kansas City became the first […]

Changing The Guard, Libraries In The 21st Century

Rick Diehl — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:28:39 +0000

Today, in Bexar County, home to San Antonio, Texas’s lovely second city, they’re getting ready to open the United States’s first fully electronic public library. The new system will allow patrons to download thousands of e-texts from their homes. This digital library will also have a bright, shiny new high-tech central library branch where […]

No, Human, You May Not Change Your Password

Ben Masten — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:30:30 +0000

Perhaps you think your company’s IT department is a pain in the ass. Perhaps you think they are drunk with power on their ability to impose seemingly arbitrary security requirements upon you and your co-workers. Perhaps you are a great big whiner. You could have it much worse, you see. You could work for the […]