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In Consent of the Networked, internet policy specialist Rebecca MacKinnon argues that the purpose of technology is to serve humanity, not the other way around. It’s time to wake up and act before the reversal becomes permanent.
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TecnoCHICA, written by two young women in Panama received some international media coverage with the help of Ecuadorean blogger and journalism professor, Christian Espinosa.
Tinta Digital writes that Puerto Rican governor, Anibal Acevedo Vilá [ES] answered questions submitted as comments to the weblog of the popular radio program, Agitando El Show.
Ritzy Mabrouk says that in this report, Australia topped the chart with 46 percent of its population saying they were ‘‘very happy’’, followed by the US (40 percent), Egypt (36 percent) and India (34 percent). The UK and Canada shared the fifth spot, with 32 percent claiming to be very happy.
Zainab on a trip to Madison, she meets someone:
“where are you guys from?” I said “Bahrain”
The guy said “OHHHHHHHHH Bahrain”
“You KNOW Bahrain??”
“Yes…”
“Really??” I was still in shock
“Yes, thats where Michael Jackson is, isn't it”
Haitham's predictions came true. Now they are linking Oklahoma Suicide Bomber to Muslims.
Dotsson says that according to this 92.5% of the Kingdom's internet users try to access websites that are blocked for one reason or another!
Secret Dubai diary writes that UAE labour figures are always startling. There are around one million Asian migrants working as unskilled labourers in the UAE, nearly a quarter of the ~4.5 million population.
I guess it has to do with humanizing a figure we prefer to see as super-natural. The almost funny thing...
people of maldives..you have to stop this civil war. its sad to see it in this state of affairs....
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I do not support capital punishment, in this instance there have no other alternative. What these killers have done is...