Stories about Technology from November, 2006
Africa: most negelected technology
Electricity is the most neglected technology in Africa, writes Africa Unchained in Electrifying Africa.
Mexico: Electronics for a Good Cause
Beth Kanter interviews Maria Estela Godinez, a high school student from San Francisco del Rincón, México who “built a glove that allows speech-challenged people to move their fingers in a similar fashion to Braille language and have those signals recognized by software that converts them into speech.” The interview was...
Guatemala: Firefox Party
Notas al Margen links to the various Guatemalan bloggers [ES] who attended the recent “Firefox Party,” celebrating the launch of Firefox 2. Blissy [ES], the only female attendee has pictures.
Singapore: Community Moderated News Site
Mr Lim and a friend in Singapore launch a community moderated news site. “YOU are the editor, you decide what’s interesting and what’s not.”
The Week That Was in Bahrain
For a small constitutional monarchy, with a population of about 700,000, Bahrain's blogosphere is sure never short of new topics for discussion and debate. This week's new topics include the arrest of two activists, a rally to push authorities to probe what is now commonly referred to in Bahrain as...
Tanzanian bloggers’ virtual conference
Tanzanian bloggers worldwide are meeting formally for the first time today October 18th, 2006. After calls by several African bloggers for African bloggers to organise their ‘own’ media and blogging conference following the Digital Citizens Indaba controversy and especially after several prompts from a Tanzanian Rastafarian blogger Ras Laihamu, Jeff...
Latin America: Technorati en Español
Martin Varsavsky confirms [ES] that Technorati will soon be available in Spanish. Argentine blogger Mariano Amartino notes [ES], “what's interesting is that, despite the fact that we're just 2% of the worldwide blogosphere, we're recognized as “the most global language” of all [the blogs] that are tracked on the site....
Arabisc: Culprits, Democracy and the Rule of Law
Choosing links from 22 different Arab countries for translation is no easy feat..for however much you try and be selective, you cannot be doing the region and its bloggers any justice. Today I have selected the following links, each highlighting a different woe Arab bloggers have to deal with. Our...
Thailand: IT Minister Slams Open Source
Technology forum Slashdot is debating a statement by Thailand's IT minister who in a about turn from the previous administration's favourable attitude to the open source software, called the movement “full of bugs and useless”.
Blogging About India, NRIs, Bollywood and Ice Cricket
New blog aggregator, what does it take to buy a home in Bangalore, NRIs, English Bollywood , ice cricket are some of the things we look in this round-up. There is a new blog aggregator from India with a different voice. Check it out, it is called Blog Bharti. The...
Sri Lanka: Introducing Buddhist Monks to Non Violence
ICT for Peacebuilding on an initiative called Peace Connectivity Programme for Religious Clergy. “Conducted by the Centre for Peace Building and Reconciliation it’s a fascinating initiative that when you first read it, sounds an oxymoron – teaching non-violent conflict transformation to Buddhist clergy brings to mind the old adage on...
Cambodia: Avoiding the .kh Domain
Vireak via Details are Sketchy has a post that explains why Cambodian businesses avoid using the Cambodian (.kh) internet domain for their websites.
Philippines: Reviewing Web Chat Tool
Mike Abundo in Philippines reviews Wablet, a web based internet messaging service.
Voices from Zimbabwe
It has been a busy two weeks in Zimbabwe. The major headline out of Zimbabwe over the last two weeks was the submission to President Mugabe of a vision document drawn up by Zimbabwe's churchleaders titled “The Zimbabwe We Want: Towards A National Vision for Zimbabwe“. Kubatana Blogs has a...
Hong Kong: internet ad
Zoomimagining reports that the internet advertisement only has a 2.8% market share in Hong Kong. Such percentage is even lower than in Mainland China (zh).
Armenia: Internet Monopoly
Raffi K. reports that there is finally some strong evidence that Armenia's internet monopoly will be broken up.
Georgia: Describing Blogs
Hans reports on difficulties explaining blogs to Georgian youth.
Africa: best blog in english
Black Looks wins user prize for Best Weblog in English, “I Just received an email from Sean Sinico of the BOBS award congratulating me on winning the public’s choice award for the Best WeBlog in English.”
Poland's Pulse in the Blogosphere
Looking on with incredulity…Impersonal meets personal on the streets in Poland. Automatic money machines not adopted by all. Shared by WarsawDaily. On Nov. 11, Poles observed Independence Day. Apartment blocks donned national flags, but there were no fireworks. Woodcraft in Poland places the holiday in its historical context. As noted...
Nigeria: Yoruba keyboard
The Yoruba keyboard: a photo posted by Naija blog.
Madagascar: List of Local Bloggers
L'Odyssee de Tattum posts (Fr) a list of Madagascar-based bloggers. She also announces an upcoming collective blog Malagasy Miray, which plans to amplify voices of locals without their own blogs.
