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Ushahidi Raises Over $127K To Ensure Internet Access Worldwide
The non-profit technology company developed BRCK to help Internet users from San Francisco to Nairobi get connected and stay online. Read More »
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Ushering In A New Era Of Fact-Based, Data-Driven Government (Industry Perspective)
How can government use data, arguably the most valuable natural resource of the 21st century, for smarter decision-making?...
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We Paid Over $500 Million For The Obamacare Sites And All We Got Was This Lousy 404 [Updated]
It’s been one full week since the flagship technology portion of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) went live. And since that time, the befuddled beast that is Healthcare.gov has shutdown, crapped out, stalled, and mis-loaded so consistently that its track record for failure is challenged only by Congress. Read More »
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Web Inventor Berners-Lee Warns Forces Are 'Trying To Take Control'
Companies and governments “trying to take control of the internet” are undermining the founding principles of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee has warned. Read More »
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What do mHealth, eHealth and Behavioral Science Mean for the Future of Healthcare?
We're living through one of the most dynamic periods in healthcare in our collective history...This month, I had the opportunity to discuss some of these trends with Dr. Audie Atienza (@AudieAtienza), a researcher who focuses on behavioral science and healthcare.
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What Makes Aaron Swartz A Hero?
The recent anti-NSA, anti-surveillance protests were the latest manifestation of a burgeoning movement for freedom from mass surveillance and the liberation of information. It is this new resistance movement, comprised of myriad individuals and organizations, which is perhaps the greatest measure of the legacy of Aaron Swartz. Read More »
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What Transparency Reports Don't Tell Us
These reports give us a lot of numbers, but very little information about how hard these companies fight on the behalf of users. Read More »
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What We Could Do With A Postal Savings Bank: Infrastructure That Doesn’t Cost Taxpayers A Dime
[...] What has pushed the USPS into insolvency is an oppressive 2006 congressional mandate that it prefund healthcare for its workers 75 years into the future. No other entity, public or private, has the burden of funding multiple generations of employees who have not yet even been born. Read More »
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What's At Stake For Google & Android In Rockstar's Patent Lawsuit
Google’s Android operating system may be the rock star of mobile world, but it has another group of rock stars that are trying to knock it from its perch. Read More »
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When Bushfires Sound Alarms, Social Media Can Save Lives
These days, social media and online apps have become a major source of disaster information and warnings. But how much can we trust them? Read More »
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Who Needs Wikis When You Have Github?
A new taco recipe library highlights something interesting about the nature of spontaneous collaboration on the web. This weekend, on a blustery evening, his tummy full of steak and apple tacos, journalist and technologist Dan Sinker embarked on a spiritual journey... Read More »
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Why Healthcare.gov Sucks? Because They Hired Political Cronies, Not Internet Native Companies To Build It
There's been plenty of talk lately about just how screwed up the launch of Healthcare.gov has been. While any massively large-scale internet launch is likely to suffer some problems, the level of disaster on this particular project has been quite impressive. This has led some to wonder why this happened [...]. Read More »
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Why Sony Is Threatening To Sue Twitter — And Why It Would Probably Never Win
Sony Pictures Entertainment's lawyer has suggested that Twitter is violating state and federal laws by letting one of its users tweet data stolen by North Korean hackers...
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Why The 'Internet Of Things' May Never Happen
Research firm Gartner says the "Internet of Things" will have 26 billion connected devices by 2020. Maybe. But connected to what? And how? Here's what you need to know about the "Internet of Things" phenomenon. Read More »
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Why We Have An Open Wireless Movement
EFF believes open networks are crucial in hurricane-affected areas
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