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Entries by Jose Antonio Vargas from 04/2010

Memo to Media -- iPad Won't Save News Industry

| Posted 04.03.2010 | Technology
Read More: Steve Jobs, Stephen Colbert, Ipad Release, Newsweek, Apple Ipad, Apple, Jay Rosen, Jav on Tech, Time Magazine, Jeff Jarvis, New York Times, Washington Post, Pew-Internet--American-Life-Project, News Media, Ipad, Technology News

We're living in a transition stage -- a very exciting time in which the "me" in "media" continually and more effectively flexes its muscles. The media's resurrection depends on its understanding of that reality. Not on the shiny, new iPad.

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WATCH: Not Everyone Has The iPad Spirit

| Posted 04.06.2010 | Technology
Read More: Steve Jobs, Apple Ipad Review, Apple, Apple Ipad, Jav on Tech, Apple Store, Ipad, Technology News

Judging from the hype that preceded its arrival -- the cover of Time magazine! and Newsweek! endless chatter from media folks looking for a Messiah to technophiles anxious to get their hands on the latest gadget -- you'd think everyone was clamoring for an iPad. Well, not quite.

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"The Other City" -- AIDS in America, Nearly 30 Years Later

| Posted 04.20.2010 | Politics
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Washington DC, Larry Kramer, AIDS in Africa, Aids in America, Politics News

The story of AIDS in America, nearly 30 years after we first heard of the disease, is really the story of American identity itself. Or, more to the point, the story of America's underclass as seen through a virus.

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