Category Archives: ICT

Ushahidi

By BabakF | Published: August 26, 2011

“Ushahidi”, which means “testimony” in Swahili, was a website that was initially developed to map reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election fallout at the beginning of 2008. Since then, the name “Ushahidi” has come to represent the people behind the “Ushahidi Platform”. via Ushahidi :: About Us.

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Understanding Beijing’s Industrial Policy for the 21st Century

By BabakF | Published: July 17, 2011

China is catching up in R&D with Europe and Japan. “Because irrespective of the stats being “cooked”, it is undeniable that China is relentlessly pursuing a sprawling industrial policy that it hopes will catapult it into the ranks alongside a Germany or Japan.” via Understanding Beijing’s Industrial Policy for the 21st Century – Damien Ma [...]

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Mark Zuckerberg’s Greatest Asset

By BabakF | Published: July 10, 2011

Mark Zuckerberg’s Greatest Asset. – Nitrozac and Snaggy – Voices – AllThingsD.

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Apple iCloud: Same old cage, new height • The Register

By BabakF | Published: June 11, 2011

The problem with this vision, as Techdirt points out, is that cloud has simply become a new layer of lock-in, which Apple’s new iCloud service stresses with a vengeance. We haven’t banished operating system lock-in, in other words. We’ve just renamed it “cloud.” via Apple iCloud: Same old cage, new height • The Register.

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Software Freedom and the Cloud – Simon Says…

By BabakF | Published: May 18, 2011

Cloud computing is not just disruptive to the software market; it’s also disruptive to software freedom advocacy. via Software Freedom and the Cloud – Simon Says….

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