Considering the rest of the world makes tax filing more simpler sometimes even free in some nations.

Yep, politicians in the US are paid for by lobbyists.

As Tax Day approaches, another reminder that Intuit (owners of TurboTax) & H&R Block have lobbied for years to make US tax filing more difficult and complex.

They’re about to deliver a ultimate win in banning the government from free and simple tax filing. This will send America back decades further. [propublica.org]

Outstanding piece on the history of webcomics and the creators who led the boom. Nostalgia alert! [theverge.com]

Thank goodness my local papers focuses on just local news and not that tabloid crap.

A good interactive piece on hanami (or cherry blossoms more commonly known), and the business of making money off of them which in many nations especially in Japan, it’s a big deal. [bloom.bg]

Yep, the future of MVNOs is going to be bleak especially with the 5G push and major carriers will start choking on them.

Still chugging along albeit on seven cylinders, like they still haven't saw the writing on the wall.

Yep, since they're the bread and butter still. Others? not so much.

Haven't trusted Google since the Reader debacle, so it's not a surprised that more of their products are shutting down or have shut down [arstechnica.com]

My guess is that Hangouts (for consumers) and Fi are next. Fi is because Sprint and T-Mobile will force Google to shut it down once they merge.