Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 25, 2007
food aid played a big role in the destruction of Somalia couple of decades ago (helping lead to the continuing problems of today). Steve Cisler heard me mention this book recently and sent me a spot-on article from the Observer, How America is betraying the hungry children of Africa.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 9, 2013
The investments that Amazon, Apple and Google, among others, are making in aggregating Spanish-language digital content signal their priority on developing the Spanish-language markets in Latin America. Penguin, he points out, is a growing power in China, India and Brazil, while Random House is pervasive across Spanish-speaking Latin America.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 10, 2013
Senator, helped launch the Peace Corps and led the Corporation for National and Community Service. He even co-wrote a book with his late wife Clare, India Afire (1951), which urged the civil rights movement in America to adopt Gandhi’s strategy of nonviolent action (see this correspondence between Wofford and King). He served as a U.S.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 27, 2015
In North America, Canada was rated as “probable” and the USA as a “possible.” Of course, Mexico might well beat both the USA and Canada, but Mexico is in the Latin America group at WBU. The hope is to be able to celebrate the milestone globally on December 10, 2015, Human Rights Day.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 26, 2013
On August 1, 2013, I testified before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet on the subject “ Innovation in America: The Role of Technology.” And we can’t use moral panics and wild claims of economic damages to constrain innovation in advance.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 16, 2014
From people in Latin America who face severe water scarcity to at-risk human rights defenders and students with disabilities, our users and their families are the ones who best convey the impact of our work. To do so, we definitely need your help. Are you excited about technology benefiting the world? billion poor and unbanked.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 19, 2013
With this project and the recently adopted Treaty of Marrakesh on making copyright exceptions for people with disabilities a global norm, we’re looking forward to realizing the potential of Bookshare International to eventually help millions of other people globally live fuller lives.
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