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03-12-2012, 05:20 PM
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Wi-Fi Hotspots Made of Homeless People: Not as Horrible as They Seem (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGKq98typ9dtceBIQuQQunC9aWXSA&url=http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/wi-fi-hotspots-made-of-homeless-people-not-as-horrible-as-they-seem/254347/)
The Atlantic
And it involves homeless people employed as, yes, wi-fi hotspots. But, no. Homeless Hotspots is a very real -- and very earnest -- initiative, imported to Austin for this week's South by Southwest Interactive festival by BBH Labs, the skunkworks-y ...
New charity turns homeless people into walking wi-fi hotspots - and says (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHJ5GgIX1EC2-GwHkbzoZfnFtP2Tw&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2113959/New-charity-turns-homeless-people-walking-wi-fi-hotspots--says.html?ito%3Dfeeds-newsxml)Daily Mail
Using homeless people as WiFi hotspots (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEd2TxFcGSVHsC9U2HHXPifs1s5dA&url=http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/12/using-homeless-people-as-wifi-hotspots/)Macleans.ca (blog)
Austin's Homeless Turned into Wi-Fi Hotspots for SXSW (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHg7NyfiiE8Pgdmc15vaBsUQUDKYg&url=http://exclaim.ca/News/austins_homeless_turned_into_wi-fi_hotspots_for_sxsw)Exclaim! (blog)
AMERICAblog (blog) (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFymZ6fGcZkciH_OqQTSwFwW2F90g&url=http://www.americablog.com/2012/03/is-turning-homeless-people-into-wi-fi.html) -Daily Beast (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEmxm4M0zEN5lZ-1wE-b8SCO4IHNA&url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2012/03/12/sxsw-turns-homeless-into-wifi.html) -AdAge.com (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGrdCBlT3bS2cONSVG7tR__0j-6yA&url=http://adage.com/article/adages/bbh-turns-homeless-people-wi-fi-hotspots-sxsw/233254/)
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