Facebook VP David Fischer explicitly downplayed the social network's role in Middle Eastern revolutions to an Israeli conference which included a tech industry who's-who.READ MORE›
The makers of the popular bro-wash (Broap?) create a Facebook app that lets you claim to be dating over a hundred girls at once (but actually obliterates your chances to date even one). Dislike!READ MORE›
More technology does not always mean more openness and collaboration. Consider the divergent examples of Tunisia, writing its new constitution via the collaborative, open-source PiratePad, and Hungary, writing its guiding document via the very proprietary iPad.READ MORE›
Tunisia. Egypt. Libya. And Now Bahrain. Protests have spread throughout the Middle East like a wild fire -- and you might assume that it's all just a matter of popular sentiment. But if you take a step back, you find that the ...READ MORE›
50 million "environmental refugees" will flee their homes for safer borders in the next nine years, forcing policy leaders and a host of others to figure out how to make room for everyone--or how to stop the massive migration from happening in the first place. READ MORE›
News media and the blogosphere have been filled with the argument that the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt were made possible by Twitter and Facebook. It's a compelling argument. But Egypt and Tunisia are the just the beginning of a new order of things.READ MORE›
Rockets, satellites, nanotechnology, and aerospace advancements will also be on display this weekend in Syria. A Nobel Laureate's take: "Iran is like the fire underneath the ashes."READ MORE›
One of Tunisia's best known bloggers, a member of the pro-network neutrality Pirate Party, was named a cabinet member in Tunisia's new government.READ MORE›
A strange bit of JavaScript has found its way onto Tunisian Internet users' internet login screens. Some are now in jail in a country known for torture. But they've been adopted by an unlikely ally: Anonymous.READ MORE›
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