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Internet Freedom - Not So Much in Mobile Land

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Last week was Internet Freedom Day - a year…

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You, Too, Can Browse Like James Bond, Using TAILS

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One of the best tutorials on 'browsing like James Bond without leaving a trace" using a tool called TAILS that NDI has worked on, take a look at this

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Sustainability (in ICT4D) is Overrated

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I started my day yesterday (deplorably early) at a (very engaging) discussion on the role of…

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#NDItech +1: @Social Media Week

Are you planning on attending Social Media Week? There are more than 100…

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In Memoriam: Aaron Swartz

NDItech mourns the death of Aaron Swartz who killed himself on November 11, 2013. Aaron was a fiercely brilliant programmer, a passionate advocate for an open and free Internet that supports and promotes freedom of information, and a true…

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Mobile Voter Education and Radio in the Election in Ghana

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IIn Ghana's recent election NDItech partnered with the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), an independent Ghanaian NGO focused on election accountability. Our goal was to increase…

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Closing the Technology Gender Gap

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Two recent reports emphasize the importance of the ICT gender gap in developing countries. These in-depth analyses provide statistics, case studies, and conclusions that clearly demonstrate why closing that gap is so essential to development and…

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Better Use of Tech for 2013

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New Year, new beginnings. The beginning of 2013 is a great time to try new ideas and improve upon existing projects. In this week's Monday Round-Up, we've collected a set of guides and resources that can help meet your resolutions to build your…

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More than a Like: Creating Facebook Pages with Impact

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While creating a Facebook page or group may be easy, maintaining and gaining meaningful impact can be difficult. The folks at Social Media Exchange (SMEX) recently published "…

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Social Media The World Over: People Connecting Everywhere.

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The ever-prolific Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project, not surprisingly, found in its latest research that social media is ubiquitous - at least among the young and the wealthier in the 21 countries studied.  Social…

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