Thursday, January 19, 2012

"Avoid the ghetto" app causing some uproar

excuse me, homes? which way to the apple store?
An in-development Microsoft smart phone app designed to help drivers and pedestrians avoid unsafe neighborhoods is proving controversial among some minority rights groups that find the software potentially discriminatory.



The as-of-yet unnamed product is being referred to as the “Avoid The Ghetto” app by those who are concerned with where it will guide users. Wallace spent her afternoon at a rally on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and said she felt safe there, but fears the app may project otherwise.



Here is the biggest problem with this app: I live right outside DC and 45 minutes from Baltimore. Will the "Avoid the Ghetto" app just black out the entire city? Because after the sun goes down you are playing with fire going into those cities. Will Google Maps just have a massive black hole where those cities are? Will my iPhone start smoking/emitting sparks? If those loopholes are figured out I'll download this immediately.




Clark: Excuse me, could you please tell me how to get back on the express way?

Pimp: F*ck yo mama!

Clark: Thank you very much.






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