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How The “Internet Of Things” Will Replace The Web

Christopher Mims | Quartz | December 15, 2013

We’ve already written about why 2014 is really, finally the year that the “internet of things”—that effort to remotely control every object on earth—becomes visible in our everyday lives. Read More »

IBM Tries To Put Twitter In Patent Cage

Brian Proffitt | ReadWrite | November 5, 2013

This may have been the day that IBM actually started to look desperate. In an update to its S-1 filing prior to its initial public offering some time this week, Twitter somewhat casually revealed that IBM has notified the social media company that it is infringing on three of IBM's patents. Read More »

If Open Data Is The New Oil Are Primary Healthcare Organisations The Oil Pumps Of Our Townships?

Mark Herringer | Konekta | March 18, 2013

We are living in a new world. This world is driven by connection to one another and data that we generate. As a result we have opportunities to collaborate and find innovative solutions to long standing challenges. A key ingredient to this collaboration is open data. [...] Read More »

If Your Mobile Strategy Can Win Here, It Can Win Anywhere

Morra Aarons-Mele | Harvard Business Review | June 14, 2013

[...] Ideally, a brand and a woman of influence interact directly, one to one. But there's something that's increasingly coloring our relationship. It's her phone. The phone is more than our hardware. It's our lifeline. Read More »

Ignoring Social Media Trends May Be Harmful For Hospitals

Matthew Smith | Health Directions | July 10, 2013

A new report from Hewlett-Packard Social Media Solutions claims hospitals put both their patients and reputations at risk by ignoring social media. Read More »

iGoogle's Demise May Toll The Bell For The Personalized Home Page

Brian Proffitt | ReadWrite | November 1, 2013

Google’s iGoogle home page service is no more. Despite protests from hordes of iGoogle users, the personalized home page vanished today, traveling to that great multi-colored Google place in the sky, leaving only a link that now redirects to Google's home page. And other personalized home pages might not be far behind. Read More »

In Defence Of Open Access Systems

Leslie Chan | The Hindu | December 31, 2012

LESLIE CHAN, champion of the Open Access Initiative, tells G. MAHADEVAN that the traditional journals will lose the battle to Open Access publications. Read More »

Industrial Revolution Unravels, Collaborative Economy Rises Says Jeremiah Owyang

Pam Baker | FierceBigData | February 5, 2014

Just about anyone who works at analyzing social media knows the name Jeremiah Owyang. He was, after all, one of the first to accurately predict social media would take the world by storm--a contrarian view back in the day when nearly everyone was convinced social media was only a fad. Now he's predicting that the industrial revolution is about to completely unravel and be replaced by a new collaborative economy... Read More »

Inside Anti-SOPA Darrell Issa's Laboratory For Digital Democracy

Adam Clark Estes | Atlantic Wire | December 19, 2011

Rep. Darrell Issa, a Republican from California, is quickly becoming known as the most outspoken proponent of a free and open Internet, and according to a new Fast Company profile, his tech-savvy could reshape how Congress writes laws. Read More »

Intelesense CEO Announces Beta Release Of Collaborate.org At 2013 Future In Review Conference

Press Release | Intelesense Technologies | May 28, 2013

As part of his presentation at the 11th annual Future in Review Conference, Dr. Kevin Montgomery, CEO of Intelesense Technologies, announced the Beta Release of Collaborate.org, the world’s most advanced geospatial social platform. Read More »

International Meeting Of Crowdsource Mapping Successfully Concluded

Press Release | UN-SPIDER, United Nations (UN) | December 6, 2012

On 5 December 2012, UN-SPIDER concluded a three-day international expert meeting on the topic of Crowdsource Mapping for Disaster Risk Management and Emergency Response. Read More »

Introducing CrisisNET

Chris R. Albon | Ushahidi | June 9, 2014

At Ushahidi, we love helping people turn data into social impact. We’ve helped thousands of users gather and manage crowdsourced data during everything from natural disasters to political revolutions. When Ushahidi was founded in 2008, our tools provided a rare and valuable source of crisis-relevant data to citizens, policy makers, and responders. Since then, we’ve watched the volume and variety of crisis data go from a trickle to a flood. Read More »

Italian Man Makes Worldwide Plea For Best Brain Cancer Treatment

Staff Writer | CTV News | November 18, 2012

Salvatore Iaconesi is looking for a cure for his brain cancer and he’s asking the world to help. Read More »

Jeremiah Owyang: Why The Industrial Revolution Is About To Unravel

Fred Bauters | Silicon Valley News | February 1, 2014

There's a revolution coming, and Jeremiah Owyang wants you to be prepared. In 2005, social media was a nascent topic, viewed as a fad by brands and corporations. He saw it coming then, and believes the next step after social—a collaborative economy based on peer-to-peer transactions and co-innovation—is about to change our world. Read More »

Joseph Kony 2012: It's Fine to 'Stop Kony' and the LRA. But Learn to Respect Africans.

Semhar Araia | Christian Science Monitor | March 8, 2012

Of course Joseph Kony should be captured. But this approach is flawed. The video shows only a Western audience, without any reference to African partners or leaders. They are disempowering and undermining the role of Africans. They failed to recognize the role of individuals like Betty Bigombe, a long-time Ugandan activist, or seek partnerships with African organizations for the launch, such as Ushahidi or Africans Act for Africa.

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