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Submitted by Ghedi2000 from Google Reader: Saw an old friend from the neighborhood who I hadn't seen in a long time when I was leaving the theater from seeing Precious. Normally, I would have rushed over and hugged her and caught up some, but I was in a bit of a fog. I got myself together enough to speak properly but apparently I was still mumbling to myself and sha (Read More)

Nov 13, 2009

Submitted by Ghedi2000 from Google Reader: 125 Jahre nach der Berliner Afrika-Konferenz will eine Kampagne die deutsche Kolonialzeit und ihre Folgen ins Bewusstsein rücken. (Read More)

Nov 11, 2009

Submitted by Ghedi2000 from Google Reader: Spotted on Africa is a countryKingsmead Eyes is the result of a unique collaboration between photographer Gideon Mendel and 28 pupils from Kingsmead School in 
Hackney. The children documented their world over six months, photographing their friends, families, community and school to create an accomplished and vibrant body (Read More)

Nov 09, 2009

MobileActive.org - A resource for activists using mobile technology worldwide. (Read More)

Nov 09, 2009

Submitted by Ghedi2000 from Google Reader: The 70th anniversary of World War II is being commemorated around the world, but the contribution of one group of soldiers is almost universally ignored. (Read More)

Nov 09, 2009

MobileActive.org - A resource for activists using mobile technology worldwide. In the favelas, or slums, of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, unnamed streets meander through the hillsides. There are hospitals, coffee shops and restaurants, none of which appear on a map, and mail carriers struggle to get letters to homes without addresses.A new project by Rede Jovem, a Brazilian nonprofit that loosely translates (Read More)

Nov 08, 2009

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Nov 05, 2009

Huffington Post In a little noticed story, late last month, Finland declared internet access to be a legal right for all its citizens, and come this July, the Finish government will be ensuring everyone in the country has at least a 1 megabit internet connection (and by 2015 the legal right will be to a 100 megabit connection). In addition (Read More)

Nov 02, 2009

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Nov 01, 2009

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Oct 30, 2009

Anil Dash Humans create the web, but we've largely abdicated the act of organizing web content to software. That could change.Twitter this week made its new Lists feature broadly available. As they've been described, Lists, allow you to enumerate a collection of some of the Twitter accounts that you follow, and then easily read updat (Read More)

Oct 30, 2009

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Oct 30, 2009

BBC News Player | World The internet regulator approves plans to allow non-Latin-script web addresses, in a move set to transform the online world. (Read More)

Oct 29, 2009

Jan Chipchase - Future Perfect Many Kabuli residents looking for new mobile phone ringtones, wallpapers and applications to spice up their mobile phone turn to their neighbourhood content kiosk - all that is needed to set up as a vendor is a PC; access to power; a DVD starter pack of pirated content and walk-by trade. Whilst the market today is dominated (Read More)

Oct 26, 2009

BBC The net is on the cusp of the "biggest change" to its working "since it was invented forty years ago", the regulator Icann says. (Read More)

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