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Digitally Networked Technology in Kenya's 2007-2008 Post-Election Crisis - 3rd October 2008
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Using the lens of the 2007-2008 Kenyan Presidential Election Crisis, this case study illustrates how digitally networked technologies, specifically mobile phones and the Internet, were a catalyst to both predatory behavior such as ethnic-based mob violence and to civic behaviors such as citizen journalism and human rights campaigns. The paper concludes with the notion that while digital tools can help promote transparency and keep perpetrators from facing impunity, they can also increase the ease of promoting hate speech and ethnic divisions.
(Harvard Berkman Center for Internet and Society)
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Why Bandwidth Still Matters - 3rd October 2008
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When it comes to Internet bandwidth, deciding who pays for increased traffic from online video will be pivotal for online video growth. At the same time, the battle over network or Internet neutrality is in large part a battle over bandwidth and who pays for it.
(eMarketer)
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Surveillance of Skype Messages Found in China - 3rd October 2008
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The discovery draws more attention to the Chinese government’s Internet monitoring and filtering efforts, which created controversy this summer during the Beijing Olympics. Researchers in China have estimated that 30,000 or more “Internet police” monitor online traffic, Web sites and blogs for political and other offending content in what is called the Golden Shield Project or the Great Firewall of China.
(New York Times)
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Obama uses iPhone to win support - 3rd October 2008
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US Democratic candidate Barack Obama is set to turn the iPhone into a political recruiting tool with an application aimed at getting the vote out.
(BBC)
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Mapping the Digital Divide - 30th September 2008
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Physicist Les Cottrell is the meteorologist of Internet weather. His project tests the strength of Internet connections around the world—and finds Africa lagging farther and farther behind.
(Symmetry Magazine)
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World Bank, AfDB announce $55b investment in Africa - 30th September 2008
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The Connect Africa Summit ended yesterday in Rwanda with World Bank, European Commission and African Development Bank (AfDB) announcing investment commitments amounting to over $55 billion, with the information and communication technology (ICT) sector taking the lead. The summit decided to bring forward ICT connectivity goals to 2012 to enable the achievement of the broader Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.
(ITNews Africa)
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Ericsson United Nations telemedicine project - 30th September 2008
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Though other telecommunications companies are already partners in the U.N. project, Ericsson said it will use its expertise to spearhead the project's technology stream and explore the use of mobile communications to deliver telemedicine to rural communities.
(Network World)
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UN Asia-Pacific forum focuses on technology for people with disabilities - 30th September 2008
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The four-day training, which began in Incheon, Republic of Korea, brings together policymakers from Cambodia, Indonesia, Mongolia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam together with ICT accessibility experts from the UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Germany, United States, Japan, Thailand and the Republic of Korea.
(United Nations)
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In a Digital World, Lies Are Just a Click Away - 29th September 2008
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It's nothing new to see politicians peppering the media with half-truths, inaccuracies and outright lies during an election season. However, the speed at which these inaccuracies can spread given our growing use of technology is unsettling.
(E-Commerce Times)
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