Sudan’s President Uses Facebook to Ward Off Opposition…But Will it Work?
It looks like Egypt isn’t the only country in the Middle East using social media as a political catalyst. After news that more than two weeks of protestshas finally toppled Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year regime, Sudan president Omer Hassan Al-Hasshir is strengthening his defense using the internet. BET.com and the Sudan Times are reporting that Al-Hasshir [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 2-4-2011
Microsoft Bing Still Denies Copying Google We covered the details of this earlier in the week, but the debate is still raging. Matt Cutts has written another post regarding the apparent copying that Bing has been doing from the Google Search engine results. First off, let me say that I respect all the people at [...]
Read MoreEgypt Disconnects Internet and Mobile Phones Amid Protests
After first blocking Facebook, Twitter, and Google, Egypt has decided to take it to the next level and completely disconnect themselves from the Internet. The largest Internet Service Providers in Egypt have stopped providing the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing information used to connect the rest of the world with servers in the Egypt. “The [...]
Read MoreRethinking Africa
Africa as a continent has a notorious history for poor leadership, victimization and poverty. However, that picture is changing rapidly, through technological innovation and record economic gains over the past few years. Africa is now home to the fastest growing mobile market in the world with growth over the past 5 years averaging 65% year [...]
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