Taking a Look at Tech Shifts 10 min. Podcast:
Tech Shift Week in Review: Subsidized internet, new Google gadgetry and super-computing
This podcast touched a little bit on three different points.
One is the FCC proposing to subsidize broadband access to the poor.
They cited that about 30% of people in Chicago don't have access to internet, and one of the main reasons is because people can't afford it.
I think to live in this day without having access to internet makes it really difficult for a lot of reasons. One which could have a big impact on the poor living without internet:
Internet can open doors to education, increasing job skills, and finding jobs
Personally, I think this would be a really good thing for the government to do to help people.
The second point they touch on is Google thinking about adding a layer to help them look at how you use your smartphone in order to help you search better and provide you with information that may be interesting to you. One thing that immediately came to my head, and they did mention it is privacy issues. How private is your smartphone use really, and how this could be a bit too intrusive for me.
The third point they mentioned, but really didn't have much information on it. Basically it was about Hewlitt-Packard planning to sell a majority stake to China, and also women becoming more integrated into the technology field.
It was a 10 minute blurb, could be worth your time, but if not I do think Tech Shift has some interesting podcasts that would be worth checking out!
http://www.npr.org/podcasts/399957945/tech-shift
