APC Talk

This section is a space where APC's staff, members and readers can open up conversations on topics that are of interest for the ICT community. It is a space where authors get to be themselves – sometimes to express opinions and challenge the readers on issues and topics that are close to them, sometimes to share their personal experience on an event or a current debate. The views expressed in this section do not necessarily reflect the views of APC or its network, but that does not make them any less valuable.

ACTA - anyone making a fuss in your country? 17 May 2010 Erika Smith

So, is anybody up in a huff about ACTA in your country? Nice that at least netcitizen protest (amongst other activism) encouraged it going public.

Community Radio@World Telecommunication & Information Society Day 2010 Dhaka, Bangladesh by BNNRC 15 May 2010 AHM Bazlur Rahman S21BR

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is going to celebrate World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2010. The A three days national program will be inaugurated on this grand occasion in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 17th May, Monday 2010.

Technology linnked to happiness, study reveals
Technology linnked to happiness, study reveals 12 May 2010 BBC

According to a new study by the Chartered Institute for IT, women in developing countries, and both sexes with low incomes or poor education, were most influenced emotionally by their access to technology. Read the article

eINDIA 2010 awards - nominations now open online
eINDIA 2010 awards - nominations now open online 11 May 2010 LC

eINDIA 2010 award nominations are now open online. Nominations are being accepted from individual participants, government organisations, NGOs, private institutions and enterprises, who have transformed a development opportunity into a sustainable enterprise through innovative use of ICTs. Pleas...

Does social networking make sense for government institutes?
Does social networking make sense for government institutes? 10 May 2010 Erika Smith

Doing a search for women´s institutes in Mexico yields few results – even though all women´s institutes are required by law to have websites. Mexico´s 2002 transparency law was heralded as key to ending corruption, a vindication of citizens’ right to know.

Joomla – a community of web builders!
Joomla – a community of web builders! 07 May 2010 philippe Bodart

Joomla means in Swahili (Urdu) “all together” and to a certain extend they have been living up their name of being a system that is end-user friendly, developer friendly and also takes care of the design of your website and the way a content management system should work. Designers will choos...

Bangladesh: How and Where is Bangladesh Telecenter Network (BTN) funded by donor Agencies
Bangladesh: How and Where is Bangladesh Telecenter Network (BTN) funded by donor Agencies 06 May 2010 Shahidul K K Shuvra

Two years back I wrote two articles on telecentre movement, Birth of BTN and Trend & Trade of Telecenre Movement, where I showed wrong way and fallacy of ICT4D. The both articles were appreciated not only in Bangladesh, even I got kind responses from British, French and American ICT thinkers.

How ICTs Are Changing the Way We Live - The eLearning Africa 2010 Photo  Competition
How ICTs Are Changing the Way We Live - The eLearning Africa 2010 Photo Competition 05 May 2010 APC

How ICTs Are Changing the Way We Live – The eLearning Africa 2010 Photo Competition http://bit.ly/dhusSR We wanted to know how mobile phones, the Internet, computers and the audiovisual media have changed (your) life in Africa. More than 100 images were submitted to the competition. ...

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