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The Supreme Court Heard Its First Social Media Harassment Case – The Supreme Court is currently hearing oral arguments in the case of Elonis v. United States, which is being touted as the first social media harassment case to hit the legal big leagues. Note that the criminal defendant, who ... more >
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Report: Senior Uber exec threatened to dig up dirt on journalists – So apparently stalking and doxxing have gone mainstream. According to a story in Buzzfeed and discussed in this Gigaom piece, Uber’s Senior Vice President of Business Emil Michael proposed holding female journalist Sarah Lacy “personally responsible” for any ... more >
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I’m sorry the news is late this morning. In addition to a work deadline last night, I decided to update my operating system and it screwed up my computer for a few hours. B&N ReLaunches Their Audiobook Section With New App for Android – Although the app is still in ... more >
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Ebooks suck for learning – Baldur Bjarnason has written a relatively short but pithy post that brought to mind those articles claiming that digital books are making us stupid, blah blah blah. Bjarnason focuses on the way physical books are formatted to cue us in directions that allow us to ... more >
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‘American Hustle’ Sued by Microwave Expert … The Movie Nuked My Reputation! – Sooooo, if you’ve ever seen the movie “American Hustle,” you likely remember the scene where Jennifer Lawrence’s character passive aggressively blows up their microwave by trying to cook food in a metal pan. When her husband laments ... more >
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Adobe Updates Digital Edition, Stops Sharing User Info With the Internet – Nate Hoffelder reports that Adobe has stopped sending data on the books you’re reading back to Adobe in plain text. Adobe insists that: “Enhanced security for transmitting rights management and licensing validation information. With this latest version of ... more >