News and Notes Roundup - 8/31/2015

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The UN recently concluded the Rio+20 conference with a call for Sustainable Development Goals. Here’s how observing good data practices can dramatically increase their chances for success.

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Tech News:

• New open-source software makes evading online censors easier than ever!

• Australian authorities no longer need a warrant to collect and store internet users’ data

• New hiring data shows best cities for techies to find a job

• FTC Chairwoman calls for better tech research to make better tech policy

• There’s some legality to law enforcement impersonating your friends online

• Linux, the world’s fastest growing OS, is getting some huge help from IBM

• White House considers sanctions on China over cyber-theft of trade secrets

• Instagram finally lets users share rectangular photos

• Iceland is taking serious measure to prevent Skynet from happening

ICT4D:

• Kyrgyz government launches social media training for Muslim clerics to counter digital extremism

• Former Apple CEO to develop affordable yet high-performance smartphones for developing economies

• Watch this discussion on how a PeaceTech industry can change the world

• World Bank uses drones to map flood zones in Tanzania and reduce the risk of natural disasters

• Can digital savings change the game for women’s financial status around the world?

• Connecting the last billion people to the internet is no mean feat

Mobile News:

• 30 crowdsourced social media tips for managing disaster communications

• 225,000 Apple accounts were just infiltrated via malware on jailbroken iPhones

• Android Wear now compatible with iOS

• Teams in South Africa pitched ideas for using mobile apps to help their society

• Mobile money amounted to a third of the GDPs of Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania