News and Notes Roundup - August 10, 2015

Happy Monday techies! Summer is slowly coming to an end and new opportunities keep rolling in!

NDItech looking for a new intern and it’s a paid position! Do you have what it takes? Details and application instructions available here.

The Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellows program has opened applications for 2016 Host Organizations to promote digital freedom and a healthier Web.

NDItech at Work!

Check out Christine’s new blog post on her recent work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo! Christine trained political parties in the DRC on the use of CiviParty, NDI’s contact management DemTool, which is based on the open source contact relationship management system, CiviCRM.

NDItech’s DemTools was recently featured in @PeaceTech’s ABCs of PeaceTech - check it out!

Tech News:

• She Owes Her Activism To A Brave Mom, The ADA And Chocolate Cake - The inspiring story of @HabenGirma, a disability rights advocate fighting for accessibility in tech and more

• China to set up government censorship offices inside Internet companies

• Kenya: How Women in Tech Are Changing IT Training

• Pioneer of Ed-Tech Innovation George Siemens Says He’s Frustrated by Disruptors’ Narrative

• It’s incredibly difficult to stop the Internet from knowing you’re pregnant

• Save Money with Mandrill Emails

ICT4D:

• To Really Help the Global Poor, Create Technology They’ll Pay For

• A civil engineer’s startup is building bridges for women entrepreneurs in Asia

• ICTs and the failure of the Sustainable Development Goals

• Providing technology and losing control

• Open data ‘not enough to improve lives’: Government agencies often publish masses of unfiltered data, but it is better to release key data related to real-life problems. Doing this effectively means involving citizens.

• Disrupting development with digital technologies

• Iraqi Activists, Officials ‘SpeedGeek’ Their Way to Solutions: Technology Aids in Campaigns on Refugees, Constitutional Changes

• Red Innovación at 3 Years: Connecting Democracy Activists Throughout Latin America

• African skills initiative receives USD 60 mln investment

Mobile:

• In Cambodia, How Voice Messages Improve Newborn’s Health

• Dial A for Aid - Iraq's new humanitarian hotline

• Hope Or Hype: The Revolution In Africa Will Be Wireless

• Parents told son he couldn't go to flood zone. So he built an app instead.

• Mobile Money: 4 Services Tackling Wealth Inequality in Africa

• Missed Opportunities in Using Tech to Fight Violence Against Women

• Vodafone Plots Fuel Cell Future For Network Infrastructure

• Certifi-Gate: huge Android vulnerability lets hackers take over Samsung and HTC phones