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Freedom to Tuesday Round-Up

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Beachgoers watch jet planes fly by in formation

After the holiday weekend, where many of you consumed a few too many of these and some of these, here are some of the news stories we've been following on…

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Raising the Bar

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Word cloud. "Media bar camp", "kryscina", and "zabej" are the biggest words.

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to share the NDITech team's work in citizen technology,…

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Internship Time!

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The Monday Round-Up: ICT in Africa and the Silicon Savanna

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Africa is quickly becoming an I(C)T hub, with Kenya in particular in the news lately. For this week's roundup, we're focusing on technology in Africa, so…

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The Monday Round-Up: Think of Security as a Snuggie, not a Blanket

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Linus

National Cyber Security Awareness Month is a good five months away, but now is always the right time to refresh basic security practices, especially for travelers…

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Mixing it Up: the Tuesday Round-up

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1st of May

Happy Labor Day! Well, except if you live in the United States, you’ll have to wait until September to celebrate. With that, here is your Monday, err, Tuesday roundup.

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Crowdsourcing is Hard Part III: Next Steps, or So Now What?

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Con-grat-u-lations!

Everything in your crowdsourcing project has worked beautifully. People had the…

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Podcast: Using Technology to Empower Citizens

The recent Nicaraguan election marked victory for incumbent President Daniel Ortega with 62% of the votes.  In this inaugural podcast, the NDI ICT team explores how technology was used in this electoral process to empower citizens.  …

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streets > social platforms : the Monday Round-Up

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Happy International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day! Today also happens to be Canada Book Day, which is less awesomely named but probably more exciting.…

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A SOPA by any other name? the Monday Round-Up

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Braveheart meme. "They may take our freedom but they'll take our internet."

It's Emancipation Day in D.C., which, in addition to providing a few extra days to file your taxes, is a great opportunity to celebrate freedom. This week we're highlighting news related to Internet freedom and censorship, with a particular…
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