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Kenya: Mocality Launches Daily Deals and Mobile Apps.

Watch a video of Moses Kemibaro's interview with Joshua Mwaniki, the Country Manager for Mocality in Kenya, on the impending launch of Mocality Deals: “In addition to the deals, Mocality recently also launched mobile apps for both Apple’s iOS (i.e. iPhone, iPad and iPod devices) on the App Store and Google’s Android on the Google Market.”

Submitted by New Media Rights on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 9:10am

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The Balkans: Over Half of the Population Uses the Internet

There are over 10.5 million Internet users in the Balkans/the former Yugoslavia, which makes up 51.7 percent of the region's population, according to a recent report [sr; see the table below].

Submitted by New Media Rights on Fri, 08/05/2011 - 3:09pm

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EU, Poland: Airport Body Scanners; Shaminder Puri's Case

Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska of Europe of Human Rights writes on BlogActiv.eu about airport body scanners, “human dignity” and the case of Shaminder Puri, a British Sikh who was harassed at the Warsaw Chopin Airport last year.

Submitted by New Media Rights on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 5:27pm

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Chile: Nurse Expedites Organ Transport Using Twitter

Cristina Bizama (@cristi_enf), nurse at Talca hospital in Chile, was able to speed up the transport of organs for transplant from Talca to the capital, Santiago, some 260 kilometers away (162 miles).

Submitted by New Media Rights on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 1:06pm

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Egypt: Social Media in the Middle East as a Tool for Incremental Change

Written by Gilad Lotan

In this post, we reflect on Egyptian blogger Hani Morsi's writing about technology driven activism and the role social media plays in providing incremental societal change. Hani's core argument focuses on the long term effects of social media. Rather than looking at it as a cathartic outlet for the oppressed, he stresses its value in making an otherwise impossible popular political discourse possible.

Submitted by New Media Rights on Tue, 02/22/2011 - 3:06pm

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Jordan: To Vote, Or Not To Vote?

By Betsy

The Jordanian Twitter community debated the merits of voting or abstaining in the parliamentary elections to be held November 9, 2010.

The government-run campaign, Sm3naSotak (Let Us Hear Your Voice) is running a series of tweets, such as this one:

Submitted by New Media Rights on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 1:38pm

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