What’s Inside December 2010:
New articles on BBC New websites Twitter Telecommunication trends worldwide
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Gabber.org: Alternative news hub. www.thegabber.org This site is run by a group of volunteers, mainly based in the UK. It aims to provide a platform for voluntary organisations, political groups and others not generally given a voice in the main stream media to reach a wider audience. It aggregates headlines, stories and videos from a range of resources. The site includes a large collection of materials on politics and activism in the UK )offering a large section on anti-student cuts protests) plus links to activitism resources elsewhere (these are filed under world then country ).ation
HarassMap http://harassmap.org/ is a new site that is using the power of Ushahidi technology to empower communities. It is encouraging women in Egypt to anonymously report
mistreatment via Twitter, Facebook, email and text messaging . This includes sexual harassment, name calling and assault. The site hopes to identify the parts of Cairo where harassment is particularly prevalent, then do community outreach in those neighborhoods. Users may view the messages and mappings. Information offered in Arabic.
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International Communications Market Report http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/marke t-data-research/marketdata/communications-marketreports/cmr10/international/ released by Ofcom The report compares the availability, take-up and use of services in the UK and 16 comparator countries
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Britain's Superfast Broadband Future. http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/ business-sectors/docs/b/10-1320britains-superfast-broadbandfuture.pdf This strategy document sets out the government’s vision that Britain have the best superfast broadband network in Europe by 2015. It maps out how this will be delivered over the lifetime of the current Parliament and demonstrates evidence of progress in the first 6 months of the Coalition Government.
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World Map of Social Networks http://www.vincos.it/world-map-ofsocial-networks/ by Vincenzo Cosenza shows the most popular social networks by country, according to Alexa & Google Trends for Websites traffic data (December 2010). Pew Internet report on Twitter http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/ Twitter-Update-2010.aspx 8% of Americans use it daily. NEW
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BBC
New BBC strategy - from BBC Trust. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/news/ press_releases/december/strategy_re view.shtml New policy document
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