Business
Archive: The Craigslist Ad That Paid for Fake Yelp Reviews
In 2014, a Los Angeles Craigslist ad openly offered PayPal cash for posting fake 5-star Yelp reviews. TI's original piece, from the archives.
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internet
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Interesting
'Quidditching' - jumping on the broom like Harry Potter becomes new internet craze
After hadouken photos came ‘quidditching’: jumping snapshots recreating Harry Potter's broomstick sport, born in Japan and spreading fast.
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Business
Is Google the internet police?
In 2013, Google weighed a radical anti-piracy move: starving pirate sites of their ad and payment revenue instead of just tweaking search results.
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Business
The Aakash: India's $40 Tablet and the Gap Between Promise and Product
The Aakash, India's $35-40 tablet from DataWind and the government, promised to bridge the digital divide for students — but the shipped device fell far short.
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Indian Economy
Indian Railways to have a free internet service for the passengers
The 2012 plan for free internet on Indian Railways was about more than passenger comfort: ambition, infrastructure reality, and the long road to railway Wi-Fi.
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Fresh Finds
Find of the Week: The Internet's Quiet Promise
In 2010 the internet's best promise was unglamorous: skilled amateurs finding audiences that print's gatekeepers never anticipated.
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Tech
When Self-Harm Goes Live: The Webcam and the Crowd
Reports of suicides broadcast live over webcams are surfacing — and audiences watch. On the bystander effect, platform responsibility, and getting help.
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Tech
WikiLeaks' Main Site Is Down — and the Internet Routes Around It
Amazon pulled hosting, the DNS registrar pulled the domain, PayPal froze donations — and WikiLeaks stayed up. On the week the internet proved unkillable.
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Business
Phones Not Suited for 3G: What to Check Before You Buy
3G has arrived in India — Tata Docomo launched on Diwali, with Airtel, Reliance and Vodafone to follow. What faster networks change, and what your handset
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