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Stories about Technology from October, 2008

28 October 2008

India: Solar-Powered Rickshaw

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Carbon Footprint Calculators

Written by Juliana Rotich · North America

Last month, GV environment looked at Maps, online communities and carbon footprint calculators. Since then there have been more calculators released, and in this post we list some of these...

Barbados: MSM & Democracy

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

27 October 2008

Pakistan: Dealing with unwanted calls and sms

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Morocco: Barça Fan Jailed for Superlative Statement

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

Many bloggers were shocked last week to learn that a young Moroccan man had been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for what seemed like such a minor "crime." The young...

Climate Analysis of Rihanna's ‘Shut up and Drive’ Video

Written by Juliana Rotich · North America

Empivot is an online green media aggregator, or as its tag line says, it is the ‘Online Network for Green Video’. Members can upload video, browse channels such as Renewable...

26 October 2008

Turkey: Blogspot.com Banned

Written by Adam Klempner · Middle East & North Africa

In another long string of website services blocked in the Republic of Turkey, yet another blog service has been blocked Blogger/Blogspot.com. A court in Diyarbakir Turkey has banned Blogger in...

Jordan: Creative Commons Amman Date

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Jordan: Qwaider Planet Celebrates

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Jordan: Blognesia?

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Ukraine: Accident Training in Chernobyl; Virtual Pripyat

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Ukraine: BlogCamp CEE 2008

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

25 October 2008

Turkey: Blogger.com Blocked

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Philippines: 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit

Written by Mong Palatino · Quick Reads · East Asia

24 October 2008

Sri Lanka: Debate on Peace and Conflict

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Japan: Top 100 Hot Entries on Hatena Bookmarks

Written by Chris Salzberg · Quick Reads · East Asia

Zimbabwe: Freedom Fone Project

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

23 October 2008

Ecuador: One Blogger's Thoughts on the 15 Most Relevant Blogs

Written by Eduardo Avila · Quick Reads · Latin America

Brazil: Blogging to get a voice

Written by Paula Góes · Quick Reads · Latin America

Caucasus: New Media Blog

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus