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Thoughtful interview of Dan Gillmor – focuses on what journalism looks like in the future, with a close focus on creating a demand for great journalism, not just ensuring a supply. Dan's in search for a better term than media literacy, but lots of the discussion is about creating better readers to create better journalism
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Lovely article by Steve Song – while we all can recognize the importance of mobile phones in Africa, it doesn't mean we should let mobile companies off the hook if they're screwing over their customers. Includes a close reading of the (incredibly profitable) balance sheet of Safaricom
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Trailer for a film that looks at the efficacy of African aid from the outside perspective of four American brothers (okay, three brothers and a cousin) who travel via public transport from Cairo to Cape Town, talking to aid workers and the people the help and asking whether or not relief aid works.
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India apparently changes direction on OLPC and purchases 250,000 devices, a major shot in the arm for the project. Still no sign of that Indian-made $10 PC…