Global Voices is an international community of bloggers who report on blogs and citizen media from around the world. Learn why »
Global Voices helps bloggers tend bridges across ideological and linguistic barriers.
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.
Buy your copy through this link and support Global Voices! »
Edo at Pink Tentacle reports that Hitachi had unveiled a tiny, new “powder” type RFID chip measuring 0.05 x 0.05 mm which they aimed to begin marketing in 2 to 3 years.
Michael Hurt from Scribblings of the Metropolitician maps the changing notion of beauty with the development of plastic surgery in South Korea.
Peijin Chen from Shanghaiist shows how local governments “greenify” the landscape.
Onemanbandwidth holds a caption contest of a striking photo which puts soldiers and heart together.
An interview with mainland China independent film maker Ai Xiao-ming on the Vagina Monologue at interlocals.net.
“Guyana is abuzz like we have never seen before for a product or service,” writes MediaCritic in his report on the frenzy which has enveloped Guyana in anticipation of today's launch of the new cellular service provider Digicel.
Karlito previews this year's carnaval celebrations in Haiti, predicting that singer Sweet Micky, “will rock Champs de Mars”. He also reports that the new web site http://www.haiticarnaval.org/ will carry a live feed and frequently updated photos for “the diaspora’s viewing pleasure.”
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....
This site is licensed as Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Please read our attribution policy to learn about freely redistributing our work.
Based on the Wikipedia list of countries, details.
I do not support capital punishment, in this instance there have no other alternative. What these killers have done is...