It started from complaints and small protests against the US-Korea Beef Trade. Koreans were upset due to the process of the negotiation of the trade between the US and Korea and due to unconditional support from major media for the current government. Candlelight vigils were expected to disappear after several days, but they have continued […]
China Media Experts Predict Future of Chinese Internet
Where do the pipes lead? It’s been over a year since crotchety Alaska Senator, Ted Stevens famously explained that the Internet was not a truck, as might be assumed, but rather a series of tubes. Few others have been able to define what the Internet is so eloquently, several months ago, China’s leading […]
Impotence of the Democrats
What follows is an unflattering critique of America’s Democratic Party from one of its own. The party’s primary problems (no pun intended) sabotage its wannabe image as the Party of Change. What change? It appears to be run by well meaning if impotent, insulated and financially settled yuppies who freeze up in the […]
Video and Mobile Video: Contests with International Flair for Citizen Journalists
by Juliana Rincón Parra Three different video contests open for video bloggers from around the world to participate in, either especifically geared for citizen journalists or with a category for them. One for mobile movies, one to promote causes you care for and the last to report news through online video. So bring out your […]
Kazakhstan: Oddities of the Digital Present
by Adil Nurmakov In the most recent counple of weeks the Kazakhstani blogosphere – usually heavily politicized – was focused more on the developments in telecoms sector and Internet-related novelties in Kazakhstan. The country’s authorities are still aiming to enter top 50 of the most competitive countries, although the Economist’s index of “e-readiness” still puts […]
What Going own in Future?
Just recently, a high school institution in a rural area of the Philippines have requested some funding to buy some computer units to teach their students to use the internet. The vision of this project is to eventually conduct examinations between teachers and students as well as submissions of reports or any other form of […]