SXSW: Homeless hotspots generate hipster angst

As first world problems go, this one is about as convoluted as they come. A company that is in the business of making money (red flag) has essentially contracted homeless people (red flag) to act as pay-to-play (red flag) mobile hotspots at a hipster technology gathering (red flag). What’s the issue? Disadvantaged people are being [...]


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Source: http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/03/12/sxsw-homeless-hotspots-generate-hipster-angst/

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