Tryggvi Thayer, Ph.D.
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Category Archives: Information Society
Internet governance and the Internet Bill of Rights
An “Internet Bill of Rights” has been proposed at the inaugural meeting of the Internet Governance Forum. While I can see the rationality behind wanting to ensure some basic rights for Internet users, I just don’t see what sort of … Continue reading
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United Nations University embraces opencourseware
The United Nations University (UNU), a network of specialised research and knowledge sharing programs, has announced that it has joined the OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCW Consortium). The OCW Consortium is an initiative which I believe was launched by MIT after they … Continue reading
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Global Alliance for ICT and Development
The inaugural meeting of the newly established Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID) starts next week, June 19th. This is certainly an interesting development and I’m anxious to see what comes out of the meeting. I think that the … Continue reading
Chinese blog tops popularity list
Things have been slow around here. I’m in the midst of a relocation from the US to my home in Iceland and though Iceland is supposedly a leader in terms of connectivity, it takes 2 weeks (!!!) to get my … Continue reading
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African’s pay on average 90 times more than Americans for Internet
This is just very, very sad: CNN.com – Official: Africans pay $1,800 for 1GB of data – May 18, 2006.
Who do we trust?
This article on BBC News considers how perceptions of the media are changing in an information age. Interesting read. BBC NEWS | Technology | Media holds its own in trust poll
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