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This Week in Appfrica [Nov 16 - 22, 2008]
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Analyzing Africa’s Internet Traffic
http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/1125Prospect Magazine recently looked at the world’s internet traffic to debunk the myth that it would be full of porn sites. The good news was that in the Top 100, only two were adult sites, which hopefully means people are turning to the web for information and not their more carnal vices. …
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African Singularity
http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/1118Evolution is the natural progression of biology over time when the inherited traits of a population of organisms is passed from one generation to the next. In theory, unfavorable traits are eliminated, while only the favorable ones (traits helpful to survival) are passed on. …
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Lifestreaming News Roundup for November 20th
http://lifestreamblog.com/lifestreaming-news-roundup-for-nov...Using Friendfeed as a Lifestream within WordPress - A nice guide providing details just as the title suggests Using CouchDB with Django - Info on creating a Lifestream using Django and a schemaless database using CouchDB Feedalizr Review: Lifestreaming on the Desktop - Review of Air app that supports several services including Twitter, Jaiku, and FriendFeed Charles’ Tumblelog now Launches - Info on several services similar to Tumblr as well as a self hosted open source app that can be used called Gelato CMS
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A Chaotic Flow of Open Source Ideas
http://news-open-source.comAsia Africa on Open Source (AAOS)
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Weekend Bytes
http://www.kabissa.org/blog/weekend-bytesJon Gosier's excellent African Tech blog, AppAfrica (African IT News & Culture) has two "top ten" posts, "Who's Blogging About Africa Tech"and the other "Top Ten Social Entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter". Jon gives the name, location and why we should follow. I am already following /sbramley who tweets from the field on water for people
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DigiActivism: A Lesson in Patience for the Developing World
http://www.digiactive.org/2008/11/14/digiactivism-a-lesson-i...Appfrica.net is a web portal for the latest news related to web development, social media, innovation, education and African entrepreneurship in other areas of technology. Some of the latest content includes: 10 Web Applications For Bloggers in Developing Countries tools discussed include Evernote, Newsgator, Twitter+Twitter Feed+Tweetdeck Who’s blogging About African Tech is a series of blogs that focus on the African contributions to technology. Other features include
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AdGator Copies Text Link Ads [Blatant Design Piracy]
http://www.dewberry.co.za/2008/11/14/adgator-copies-text-lin...Yes, you all suck on originality, copycats, and that pisses me off. But there’s a new one. And oh, how the mighty have fallen! After bitching and whining and moaning and circle-jerking in a great hoohaa about how Regator kinda sorta maybe looks a bit like Afrigator, yes I’m looking at you Mike, and Stii, and Justin, and co, you have the nerve to launch Adgator on the site design of Text Link Ads. That’s pretty low. And Lame. You couldn
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Dale's Den
http://blog.dalezak.caVoice and video chat now in Gmail Google Reader Can Now Auto-Translate Posts Coming Soon To Chrome: Google Bookmarks? Microsoft is falling behind in mobile Africa’s Solutions to America’s Future Problems
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Following Mara Triangle?
http://blog.dalezak.ca/2008/11/following-mara-triangle.htmlrequest was answered by people around the world, within a few hours. I believe there is a social movement starting, where technology is bridging the gap between those in need, with those who can help. Appfrica recently had two excellent articles about 20 Ideas for Social Entrepreneurs Part 1 & Part 2, both are definitely worth a read. Or if you want to learn more about Mara Triangle, here are some links: http://www.maratriangle.orghttp://twitter.com/maratrianglehttp://friendfeed.com/maratriangle
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Currency Fails
http://dispatchfoundation.org/news/2008/11/currency-fails.ph...quintillion
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Text Snippets Circling Around
http://www.chiperoni.org/wordpress/2008/11/text-snippets-cir...Who writes about African technology developments?
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Afrigator : connaissez-vous la blogosphère africaine ?
http://blogtoolbox.fr/afrigator-blogosphere-africaine/afrosphère (comme par exemple les 45 top bloggeuses africaines). Et si vous êtes encore plus intéressé, vous pouvez suivre Appfrica, le blog de l’industrie et de la culture web en Afrique. Sources : The Blog Herald et Appfrica. Les articles qui pourraient vous intéresser : WordPress Showcase et WordPress 2.7 bêta 1 (3) Utilisez votre outil de statistiques pour savoir où commenter (7) Traquer son blog et ses articles (2)
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