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The non-profit Internet.org—which is backed by heavies like Facebook and Ericsson—wants to bring free mobile internet access to Zambia. It’s the first step in a larger initiative to “turn on” the large segments of the human population who are not currently connected to the internet. Mat and Mike discuss why this is a net good, even if a large part of the plan involves creating more wireless data customers and more Facebook users in the less crowded parts of the coverage map. Also discussed on this week’s show: Twitter and CNBC’s #AskCostolo campaign goes comically off the rails, and in the process, brings some serious questions about abuse and bad behavior on the social network to the fore. At the end of the show, the hosts look at Bolt (the new ephemeral photo app from Instagram) and guess as to where all this silly photo-messaging, sticker-sending, emoji-creating madness is leading. If anywhere. Like, totally.
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