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Clay Shirky: How cellphones, Twitter, Facebook can make history

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http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_cellphones_twitter_facebook_can_make_history.html

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

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Distance Learning, Academia

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While news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly). The end of top-down control of news is changing the nature of politics.

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Effective e-Govt not just about hardware: SM Goh

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The Straits Times, by Chua Hian Hou, http://www.pmo.gov.sg/News/Transcripts/Senior+Minister/Effective+e-Govt+not+just+about+hardware+SM+Goh.htm

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

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Distance Learning, Academia

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Setting up a new company here used to require multiple visits to a slew of government agencies and filling up reams of application forms. Today, 15 minutes and a few clicks are all an entrepreneur needs to do this.

57 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Jun 17, 2009

Build governance into e-govt, experts urge

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ZDNet Asia, by Vivian Yeo, http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/business/0,39044229,62055056,00.htm?scid=rss_z_nw

Source Date:

Monday, June 15, 2009

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Distance Learning, Academia

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SINGAPORE--Governance and collaboration are key elements of successful e-government frameworks, various speakers stressed at the inaugural iGov Global Exchange 2009 on Monday.

52 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Jun 17, 2009

Singapore to Host Inaugural International Forum and Exhibition on e-Government from 15 to 19 June 2009

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Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, http://www.ida.gov.sg/News%20and%20Events/20050713175836.aspx?getPagetype=20

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Friday, June 05, 2009

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Distance Learning, Academia

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Singapore will host the inaugural iGov Global Exchange which will bring together more than 400 leading e-Government experts from around the world to discuss opportunities and challenges in developing successful e-Government programmes in an increasingly connected world. The Guest-of-Honour and keynote speaker for the forum is Mr Goh Chok Tong, Senior Minister of the Republic of Singapore.

65 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Jun 11, 2009

GAID: UN announces launch of world’s first tuition-free, online university

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http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=30848

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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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Distance Learning, Academia

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A leading arm of the United Nations working to spread the benefits of information technology today announced the launch of the first ever tuition-free online university. http://www.uopeople.org/

86 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Jun 08, 2009

New Search Tool Aims at Answering Tough Queries, but Not at Taking on Google

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/11/technology/internet/11search.html?_r=1

Source Date:

Friday, May 15, 2009

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Distance Learning, Academia

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WolframAlpha, a powerful new service that can answer a broad range of queries, has become one of the most anticipated Web products of the year.

143 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : May 15, 2009

The future of cooperation and economic growth: Exclusive interview with Alex Tabarrok

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http://blog.ted.com/2009/04/the_future_of_c.php

Source Date:

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

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Distance Learning, Academia

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Alex Tabarrok is co-author of hit economics blog Marginal Revolution. At TED2009, he talked about how a lesson from 1929 teaches us that ideas trump economic crises. The TED Blog interviewed Tabarrok over the phone to find out what else makes him optimistic about the future of economic development.

130 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Apr 28, 2009

Can Technology Save the Economy?

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http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22452/?a=f

Source Date:

Friday, April 24, 2009

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Distance Learning, Academia

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The U.S. stimulus bill includes tens of billions to support energy and information technologies. It is intended both to create jobs immediately and to set the stage for long-term economic growth. So why are economists and innovation experts so skeptical?

284 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Apr 24, 2009

Civilization as Experiment

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Boyden, E. S. "Averting Disasters, Preventing Problems." Ed Boyden's Blog. Technology Review. 9/2/08. (http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/boyden/22122/)

Source Date:

Friday, April 24, 2009

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Distance Learning, Academia

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Mining the insights of humanity.

163 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Apr 24, 2009

Jonathan Zittrain - The Future of the Internet

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7UlYTFKFqY

Source Date:

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Focus:

Distance Learning, Academia

Summary:

Professor Jonathan Zittrain of the Oxford Internet Institute previews his book "The Future of the Internet — And How to Stop It" at the Tribeca Grand in NYC on April 11 2008. More info, including downloads of the book and this video: http://www.isoc-ny.org/?p=195

220 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Apr 15, 2009

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