Information Society

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• EU Telecommunications Council on post i2010 strategy: Towards a new digital agenda

  
  Grahnlaw — Authority: 437
  From Santa Claus to the Magi, the European Union’s new digital strategy continues to take shape with the aim to bestow its gifts on the good children of Europe in the years to come. Chaired by Sweden’s minister for communications, Åsa Torstensson, the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council ...
  4 days ago

• Swedish presidency and EU Commission: preparing Digital Agenda

  
  Grahnlaw — Authority: 437
  In an interview, Åsa Torstensson, the Swedish minister for communications, pointed out the potential for democratic participation through the Internet: IT is a democratic tool (17 December 2009). Torstensson was referring to the Visby Agenda conference on the theme “Creating impact for an eUnion 2015” held ...
  5 days ago

• Information society: EU’s i2010 strategy assessed

  
  Grahnlaw — Authority: 437
  Launched in 2005, the aims of the EU’s i2010 strategy for information and communications technologies (ICT) were: • To boost the single market for businesses and users by eliminating regulatory obstacles and enhancing regulatory consistency in the telecoms sector and for audiovisual media services (in ...
  5 days ago

• European Union’s information society and media policies presented

  
  Grahnlaw — Authority: 437
  Knowing the past and the present is key to the future, so we start by taking a look at how the European Commission presents its information society and media policies during the first Barroso Commission. As an introduction, and as an overview for the general public, the European Commission has produced the glitzy ...
  6 days ago

• Time Up for Europe’s Member States to Bring TV Rules Into the Digital Age

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 152
  Two years after the adoption of modernizing EU TV rules ( IP/07/1809 ) removing outdated restrictions on digital TV over the internet, video on demand and mobile TV, only three countries – Belgium, Romania and Slovakia – have officially notified the European Commission of measures putting them in place, as ...
  6 days ago

• Yehoodi 3.0 Going Live on December 28!

  
  The Click Heard Round the World — Authority: 427
  After lots of planning, coding, head-scratching and bickering, I am extremely excited toannounce that the new Yehoodi 3.0 site is about to launch!  For the past 11 years, Yehoodi.com has been the virtual hangout for thousands of swing dance and swing jazz enthusiasts from around the world.  While our web ...
  1 week ago

• Background: EU Telecoms market reform

  
  Grahnlaw — Authority: 437
  If we want thriving businesses, better jobs and protection as consumers in the age of the information society, we should show interest in what the European Union is doing. By way of introduction, here are two references to proposals by the European Commission to reform our common rules on telecoms markets. (They ...
  1 week ago

• The Source: news about digital libraries and library innovations from around the web

  
  LibraryTechNZ — Authority: 112
  Introducing The Source The German Digital Library / Die Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek From the Germany.info website Rummaging through archives, visiting museums, or learning about the latest research results – you can do it all from the comfort of your home. The German Digital Library will make it ...
  1 week ago

• "Gold" : an animated winter poem (video)

  
  The Click Heard Round the World — Authority: 427
  For my holiday greeting this year, I decided to go all social media-y and create an animated reading of my winter poem " Gold ." Ive embedded the video above, but I recommend looking at it full screen in HD from the original YouTube version. I hope you like it! Created using the awesome Prezi presentation web ...
  1 week ago

• United States Broadband Still Lags

  
  Revelations From An Unwashed Brain — Authority: 550
  Though we are making strides in the movement of broadband access across the country, reports tell us we need more effort to keep up with other nations. Each time we hear of prodigious speeds of transmission, or factoids of people having access to broadband as we have access to water, it is hard to not become a bit ...
  2 weeks ago

• EnerCities: first Facebook "serious game" on sustainable urban development

  
  The Click Heard Round the World — Authority: 427
    Dylan Nagel of Paladin Studios sends out the news that the public beta version of EnerCities has been released, reportedly the first "serious game" to be hosted on Facebook. With support from the European Commission, the goal of our project is to raise energy awareness among young people around the world ...
  2 weeks ago

• "Q is for Quaker": Awesome Arty Keyboard Stickers!

  
  The Click Heard Round the World — Authority: 427
  I dont think this aligns well with the Quaker value of simplicity, but I kind of have to have these keyboard stickers created by designer Christopher Monro Delorenzo !  Not only are they mad cute (B is for Bowie, P is for Pirate, G is for Geisha) but they have an adorable little Quaker icon for the letter Q! ...
  3 weeks ago

• Spain Mulls Legislation To Shutdown File-Sharing Sites

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 160
  After endless negotiations between the copyright industries and Internet service providers which ultimately led nowhere , Spain’s Ministry of Culture has decided to take action to break the impasse. The new Sustainable Economy Law, sponsored by President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, includes draft amendments to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Breaking Crews from Around the World (Google Map)

  
  The Click Heard Round the World — Authority: 427
  View Bboy Crews in a larger map BreakerNYC.com has spearheaded the creation of this awesome Google Map of b-boy crews from around the world.  Its an impressive collection, albeit not quite comprehensive at only a couple hundred crews.  I.e. I know there must be more crews in Latin America and Australia. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Zain Nigeria Named Best GSM Operator

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 142
  Barely 48 hours after it won the 2009 Best Customer Care Operator in the Telecom industry, Zain Nigeria returned to the award circuit on Sunday (November 23) to receive the Best GSM Operator in Innovations and Service Delivery.The Innovations and Service Delivery award was bestowed on the leading mobile operator by ...
  3 weeks ago

• Conscience Unconference explores intersection of social media and human rights

  
  The Click Heard Round the World — Authority: 427
  This Saturday, December 5, I will be participating in the "Conscience Unconference" at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC.  This looks to be a very interesting gathering of museum professionals, activists, educators and academics to discuss "problems, practicalities, and opportunities of using social ...
  4 weeks ago

• Japan: In a World with Automatic Translation

  
  Codespanish — Authority: 91
  Illustration by Markus KoljonenIn a post titled I especially want to read ‘trivial information’ (“くだらない情報”こそ読んでみたい), Japanese blogger Chikirin gives a fresh perspective on what’s important or not and why.Note: The post was translated in its entirety with permission from the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Broadband for All May Not Be as Urgent as Many Say

  
  Andrea DiMaio — Authority: 544
  For those who have been in this business for a while, calls for the deployment of telecommunication infrastructures as a foundation for the so-called “information society” are not new. Several cities, counties, regions have invested substantial amounts of money in deploying infrastructure that is either operated ...
  4 weeks ago

• "Transmedia Challenge" Game Show for New Media Education

  
  The Click Heard Round the World — Authority: 427
  This weekend, I got to watch and participate in the "World Series of Tubing " an augmented-reality game show that pits two contestants in a competition to see who can present the most popular YouTube viral video before a live studio audience. It was a wacky good time, but it also made me think about possibilities for ...
  5 weeks ago

• Facebook vs. Yehoodi: Social network deathmatch

  
  The Click Heard Round the World — Authority: 427
  Here at Yehoodi Central, we are busy working on polishing and refining the cool features of our new website Yehoodi 3.0 (beta) .  We are pretty confident that it will take a to a new level our already successful swing dance community website. I think it cant come too soon.  As several people have related to me, ...
  5 weeks ago

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