Blacktelephone: Accessibility Calling!

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David Mascarina is currently the Web Producer for California State University Northridge, Web Coordinator for Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens and the Creative Director of DGM Seven. Follow me on Twitter at www.twitter.com/dgmascarina

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AMSi, FlyCast to Enhance Accessibility of Cell Phones.

by David Mascarina on September 14th, 2008 under Current Events

American Media Services Interactive has joined hands with FlyCast to provide 193 online music channels to listeners on mobile “smart” phones. Continue reading AMSi, FlyCast to Enhance Accessibility of Cell Phones.

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An accessible web is common sense

by David Mascarina on September 14th, 2008 under Best Practices, Current Events

WIRED: YOU WOULDN’T necessarily think of cutting-edge web development as being strongly connected with making the world better for people with disabilities, but it turns out that many of the strongest online design advocates take that as their driving design principle writes Danny O’Brien Continue reading An accessible web is common sense

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E-commerce for the blind

by David Mascarina on August 30th, 2008 under Current Events

It’s good business — and it’s the law — for companies to make their websites fully accessible to the visually impaired.
The Americans with Disabilities Act requires “public accommodations” to be accessible to the disabled as well as the able-bodied. That’s why stores, government buildings and churches have elevators and ramps, not just stairs. But when the National Federation of the Blind urged retail giant Target Corp. three years ago to modify its website to aid the visually impaired, Target balked. The disabilities act applied to its brick-and-mortar stores, not its branch in cyberspace, Target’s lawyers argued. Continue reading E-commerce for the blind

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BLOGWATCH: Target Settlement

by David Mascarina on August 30th, 2008 under Current Events, Red Stapler Corner

Follow Computerworld’s blog on the Target Lawsuit Settlement

http://blogs.computerworld.com/alt_targets_task_tags_to_add

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Target settles lawsuit for $6M!

by David Mascarina on August 28th, 2008 under Current Events

August 28, 2008 (Computerworld) Target Corp. has agreed to a $6 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit filed in early 2006 by the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and others charging that blind people cannot access Target.com. Continue reading Target settles lawsuit for $6M!

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