News and Notes Roundup: Dec. 15
Another weekend has come and gone and that wonderful Monday tradition is upon us. That’s right, it’s time for another edition of the NDItech News and Notes Roundup. As always, please tweet or email (@nditech/[email protected]) with any hot tips for future roundups.
Before we move on to the links, let’s take a look at “This Week in Tech History.” Ten years ago to the day, on December 15, 1994, the first commercially developed web browser, Netscape Navigator 1.0, was released. Exactly one year later, the world saw the launch of AltaVista, which became the first world wide web search service to gain popularity. And of course we should mention that one of technology’s crowning achievements, the Wright Brothers’ first powered flight, took place on December 17, 1903.
Now, time for the links:
Popular Tech News:
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Sony Pictures cautions press over hacking leaks, hopes to limit reputational damage
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Google Translate adds 10 new Asian and African languages
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Facebook thinking about 'dislike' function
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Net is 'less free and more unequal' according to World Wide Web Foundation
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Google to close down its Russian engineering office
ICT and Development:
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The rise of open data in Kazakhstan
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A different methodology for international development startup funding?
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Wikipedia tapping into knowledge of indigenous communities in Namibia
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CodeAfrica initiative releases map of GitHub users on the continent
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How social entrepreneurs use tech to increase impact - from Ashoka
Mobiles:
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Tanzania’s safe motherhood texting service enters 3rd year with ½ million registrants
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Development of app by young girl in Dharavi highlighted in #MumbaiStories campaign
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International Data Corporation’s top 10 ICT predictions for Africa in 2015
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5 smartphone innovations coming in 2015
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The Mobile internet revolution and barries to digital inclusion