iPads Banned From California Cafes: Top Stories Of Summer

Reading in cafes in California is not as inviting as it once was, for people reading eBooks, that is. Earlier this summer, just as Starbucks began to offer free Wi-Fi, some cafes in California unplugged their Wi-Fi. Wanting to make their cafes more social and to keep traffic moving, some cafes got rid of Wi-Fi all together and put a ban on laptops, iPads and even Kindles in the strictest of cafes.

The LA Times reported: “Cafe owners have tried a variety of tactics to foil Wi-Fi squatters.