California cafes unplug wi-fi, ban laptops and iPads

Enjoy reading in coffee shops? Better bring your print book if you are in California.

Just as Starbucks is beginning to offer free Wi-Fi, some cafes in California are unplugging theirs. Wanting to make their cafes more social and to keep traffic moving, some cafes are getting rid of Wi-Fi all together or relegating it to weekday hours.

This even extends to Kindles and iPads in some cafes, challenging the idea of reading a book in these places.

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