Wednesday, September 2, 2015

GMSV: Activists petition Netflix over parental leave policy

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Activists petition Netflix over parental leave policy
LOS GATOS — Netflix’s policy of excluding its hourly DVD workers from its generous new parental leave policy has now drawn a small protest and a big petition writing campaign.

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On topic: Tech news to know now
Here’s what’s going on in tech.

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Google lets you talk to your doc(ument)
Pitching it as a back-to-school product, Google on Wednesday introduced an update to Google Docs that allows users to speak to their documents.

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Now watching: Netflix shares still falling
Netflix shares continue to drop today, a day after tumbling 8 percent on a report that Apple is considering creating original video programming.

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Twitter expands advertising to 167 more countries and territories
Advertising tools that small and medium businesses use to promote their products on Twitter will reach 167 more countries and territories, the San Francisco tech firm said Wednesday.

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Josh Miller's next stop: the White House
Josh Miller, the co-founder of Branch, appears to be on the fast track to somewhere.

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CBS to stream several NFL games for free, including Super Bowl 50
The Super Bowl that will be held at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara in February 2016 will be one of several games that CBS Sports will show through a live stream, including — for the first time — one of the games on Thanksgiving Day.

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Santa Clara County has nation's strongest job market — by far
Santa Clara County boasts the nation’s strongest job market, and the South Bay region is No. 1 by a wide margin over its closest contenders, a new report out Tuesday from the federal government shows.

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Study: Smartphones may make you smarter
Smartphones, tablets and computers can be distracting and addictive — but they also might be making us smarter.

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Off topic: Procrastination, search for weird correlations, silent letters, state guns
Procrastinators gonna procrastinate, so why not take some time out of your busy schedule to read these long posts about why, what to do about it, and what type of procrastinating it is that you do. (With drawings! And mildly colorful language.) The xkcd Survey is looking for weird correlations from answers to random questions. Why some English words have silent letters. And symbolic matters: Six states have state guns.

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Finally
Star Trek’s Federation an evil empire? Levi Sumagaysay is going to stay out of it.

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