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| Mar 13, 2024 | Тим Бернерс-Ли: «Интернет может пострадать от концентрации власти, что противоречит духу децентрализации проекта» | 12 марта 2024 года создатель World Wide Web британский учёный и действующий глава «Консорциума Всемирной паутины» (W3C) Тимоти Бернерс-Ли предупредил мир в открытом письме о том, что спустя 35 лет после релиза проекта глобальной системы гип... |
| Jul 3, 2023 | Transitioning To The Metaverse: Getting Everyone To Use The Web3 Ecosystem | R. Srikumar is the Chief Solutions Officer at Mphasis. |
| Feb 24, 2023 | Africa: Power On - How We Can Supercharge an Equitable Digital Future | From online learning and digital activism to the rapid expansion of high-paying tech jobs, the digital age has generated unprecedented opportunities for the empowerment of women and girls. But advancing technology is also introducing new fo... |
| Feb 12, 2023 | Using the blockchain to prevent data breaches | Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here.
Data breaches have, unfortunately, become an all-too-common reality. The Varonis 2021 Data Risk Report indicates that most corporations have poor cybersecurity ... |
| Aug 15, 2022 | Децентрализованное будущее. Каждому человеку — безопасная капсула для личных данных | В 2009 году, когда самым продвинутым браузером в мире считалась Opera, разработчики выкатили уникальную функцию Opera Unite, что-то вроде интегрированного веб-сервера. Со своей маршрутизацией, схемой именования ресурсов и прокси — всё внутр... |
| Jun 21, 2022 | Women’s rate of internet use was growing—until COVID hit. Now, a top telecom has ideas for how to close the remaining gender gap | Each week, Fortune covers the world of innovation in Breakthrough. You can read previous Breakthrough columns here.
Last week, a group of women technologists, United Nations officials, and technology industry experts gathered virtually to d... |
| Mar 23, 2022 | The Web Foundation is taking on deceptive design | The Web Foundation‘s Tech Policy Design Lab is working on an interesting-looking project to counter deceptive design — aka dark patterns* — with the goal of producing a portfolio of UX and UI prototypes which it hopes to persuade tech compa... |
| Oct 12, 2021 | Mono’s Series A, the digital gender gap, Airtel Money’s pay later service | Share this article:
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| Sep 1, 2021 | Twitter : Introducing Safety Mode | Product Introducing Safety Mode
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| Jul 2, 2021 | Big tech gets on board to improve online spaces for women | Stopping online abuse and harassment of women − who represent close to 50% of the population – must be treated with the same seriousness and resources that other social ills are addressed.
So says Emily Sharpe, the World Wide Web Foundation... |
| Jul 1, 2021 | 4 global tech giants commit to making their platforms safe for women and girls | Share this article:
On June 19, 2021, the world commemorated the 7th edition of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict in a bid to address the rising incidents of sexual violence cases that followed lockdow... |
| Jun 28, 2021 | NFT of World Wide Web source code gets $2.8 million bid in Sotheby’s auction | More On: NFT
Mark Cuban-backed NFT marketplace admits insider trading incident Change of art: Fake Banksy NFT sells for $340K — then returned for full refund 12-year-old whiz kid set to earn $400K from selling NFTs: report Digital mania: NF... |
| Jun 28, 2021 | NFT of World Wide Web source code gets $2.8 million bid in Sotheby’s auction | More On: NFT
How I lost $650,000 of crypto in seconds Paige VanZant ‘proud’ of her OnlyFans-style website ‘Mona Lisa of digital world’: NFT sale of Jack Dorsey’s first tweet struggling to find bidders Facebook parent Meta wants to introduce... |
| Mar 31, 2021 | Deep Tech: 30,000 Startups Can’t Be Wrong (And Some Will Change Our Lives) | Like other new technologies developed over the decades, there can be two sides to the Deep Tech ... [+] coin: They can have both huge positive impacts on the way we live or work—resulting, perhaps, in massive reductions in greenhouse gasses... |
| Oct 15, 2020 | Inclusive Capitalism’s Commitment To University Research Paves Future Growth | This fourth piece in a 5-article series, adapted from a speech I gave at a BritishAmerican Business virtual conference last month, argues for investing in our universities and research centers. While returns may be beyond the immediate hori... |
| Aug 15, 2020 | Военные разработки DARPA, которые стали гражданскими: Tor, Siri, робособаки Boston Dynamics и интернет Статьи редакции | У министерства обороны США есть собственный венчурный фонд. Он инвестировал в Кремниевую долину (и не только) с начала 1960-х годов и помог создать компьютерную мышь, интернет, GPS и даже Siri.
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| Aug 7, 2020 | How smartphone subsidies can give millions of Africans Internet access | Share this article:
In 2018, the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMA) predicted that by 2025, sub-Saharan Africa would have experienced a 130% growth in the number of Internet users compared to 2017.
While it may be too soon to co... |
| Aug 6, 2020 | India's dirt-cheap data plans are no good when smartphones still cost a fortune for the poor | Advertisement
The cheapest smartphone in India still costs twice an average person’s monthly salary.
Even with the cheapest data in the world, Indians struggle to access the internet without a device.
India’s digital divide is all the more ... |
| May 6, 2020 | Discover is Facebook’s new effort to help people access websites for free — but with limits | Facebook has a new connectivity app called Discover to help those who can’t afford to get online access information on the web.
The service, available through mobile web and Android app, allows users to visit any website in text format (no ... |
| May 6, 2020 | Facebook testa Discover, app para internet de graça no celular | O Facebook escolheu o Peru para testar uma iniciativa um tanto polêmica: o Discover. Trata-se de um aplicativo que permite ao usuário acessar a web gratuitamente por algum tempo. O serviço só exigirá contratação de um plano móvel (pago) se ... |
| Mar 19, 2020 | Alliance4ai wants to increase AI adoption levels in Africa to meet global standards | Share this article:
Globally, the rate of innovation is increasing rapidly, and every day new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are being deployed to help better understand and tackle the world’s problem... |
| Mar 9, 2020 | Google’s Vint Cerf voices support for common criteria for political ad targeting | Google VP Vint Cerf has voiced support for a single set of standards for internet platforms to apply around political advertising.
Speaking to the U.K. parliament’s Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee today, the longtime Googler — ... |
| Feb 22, 2020 | Sir Tim Berners-Lee's Inrupt is Redesigning the way the web is to Work and Apple is working with them on their Data Transfer Project
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| Nov 25, 2019 | Inventor of the World Wide Web has ambitious plan to take back the net | More On: internet
Delta tests SpaceX's Starlink internet for in-flight Wi-Fi service Karens aren't the biggest complainers on the internet after all 7 hidden Gmail tricks everyone should know – including how to unsend an email Her... |
| Nov 25, 2019 | Inventor of the World Wide Web has ambitious plan to take back the net | More On: internet
China's Zhao Wei spotted after gov't erased her from web Kids in Wi-Fi-banned town hacked teachers' computers to win app competition Housekeeping please? Man's 'weird' hotel etiquette divides ... |
| Nov 25, 2019 | Тим Бернерс-Ли запустил план по «спасению» интернета | Александра Кукуть 25 ноября 2019, 17:22 Тим Бернерс-Ли запустил план по «спасению» интернета
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| Nov 25, 2019 | Berners-Lee Urges Governments and Companies to Support Contract for the Web | Sir Tim Berners-Lee has raised concerns over a growing ‘digital dystopia’ amid plans to launch an international crackdown on internet misuse.
The inventor of the world wide web is set to unveil new standards to crack down on electoral inter... |
| Oct 29, 2019 | The Internet At 50: It Has Enabled Many Wonderful Things, But We Have To Fight To Keep It That Way | Today has been declared the 50th anniversary of the internet, as on October 29th, 1969, a team at UCLA, lead by Leonard Kleinrock, sent a message to a team at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI), representing the very first transmission o... |
| Jun 6, 2019 | The poli-tricks of tl;dr: The technical is political | Share this article:
This post is an edited version of a keynote delivered by Nanjira Sambuli, Web Foundation Senior Policy Manager, at re;publica19 in Berlin.
It’s increasingly evident that digitalisation has brought numerous benefits. From... |
| May 28, 2019 | How digital taxes are hurting connectivity rates across Africa | Share this article:
Several countries in Africa have recently introduced taxes on fundamental parts of the internet. Often considered a means of generating revenue streams during economic hardships, the taxes have ultimately limited connect... |
| Mar 29, 2019 | Are We Grooming Women Leaders in Africa’s Technology Ecosystem? | Women in technology in Africa do not have the same leadership opportunities as their male counterparts. While there has been an increase in the number of women stepping into technology careers as a result of several training and mentorship ... |
| Mar 21, 2019 | 5 Big Ideas for Fixing How We Use the Internet | The internet was a great idea initially. However in recent years, privacy concerns, data misuse, and more trolls than the underside of a fairy tale bridge have turned the world's digital community into a bit of a mess. Luckily, there a... |
| Mar 12, 2019 | Web inventor calls for ‘fight’ against hacking, hate on its 30th anniversary | More On: hacking
Walgreens COVID-19 test registration system reportedly left patient data unprotected Apple issues emergency software update Hacker behind huge T-Mobile data breach says company's security is ‘awful' Biden meets wi... |
| Mar 12, 2019 | Marking 30 years of the web, Tim Berners-Lee calls for a joint fight against disinformation | The inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has published an open letter to mark the 30th anniversary of the day — March 12, 1989 — when he submitted his original proposal for an information management system that went on to un... |
| Mar 12, 2019 | Big Tech, Human Rights and the Digital Divide: The World Wide Web at 30 | Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the world wide web, has penned an open letter discussing the dangerous path the web is taking in regards to misinformation, hate speech corporate control.
Reflecting on the 30th anniversary of the world wide w... |
| Mar 12, 2019 | Web inventor calls for ‘fight’ against hacking, hate on its 30th anniversary | More On: hacking
Grimes claims responsibility for infamous blog hack Russian hacking suspect indicted in Texas for running 'marketplace' of stolen logins, information I’m a 77-year-old widower and I lost my life savings in a crypt... |
| Feb 20, 2019 | How Enterprises Can Prevent the Gig Economy From Collapse | The world is churning toward a future in which freelance work, not full-time employment, is the norm. By 2020, Intuit estimates that 43 percent of American workers will file 1099s. That statistic alone might make it sound like the gig econo... |
| Nov 6, 2018 | Web Creator Tim Berners-Lee Launches Contract for the Web and Says… Silos Shouldn’t Dominate Your Life | Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the web, launches Contract for the Web that encourages companies to agree to let individuals own and control their data and importantly to allow mobility of data. Berners-Lee slammed social media saying that ... |
| Nov 6, 2018 | Il web è sotto attacco! Tim Berners-Lee lancia una campagna per difenderlo | Gli effetti di discriminazioni, abusi, manipolazioni politiche e minacce di ogni tipo stanno trasformando Internet in un luogo pericoloso e, allo stesso tempo, sempre più fragile. C’è bisogno di cambiare rotta se vogliamo salvare davvero qu... |
| Mar 21, 2018 | How 'Regulating Facebook' Could Make Everyone's Concerns Worse, Not Better | In my last post, I described why it was wrong to focus on claims of Facebook “selling” your data as the “problem” that came out over the weekend concerning Cambridge Analytica and the data it had on 50 million Facebook users. As we describe... |
| Mar 12, 2018 | Tim Berners-Lee: We need a ‘legal or regulatory framework’ to save the Web from dominant tech platforms | World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee believes we need to regulate technology companies to help preserve the Web as we know it.
The British computer scientist issued an open letter today, 29 years to the day after he first proposed hi... |
| Mar 12, 2018 | Tim Berners-Lee: We need a ‘legal or regulatory framework’ to save the Web from dominant tech platforms | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee believes we need to regulate technology companies to help preserve the Web as we know it.
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| Mar 12, 2018 | Platform power is crushing the web, warns Berners-Lee | On the 29th birthday of the world wide web, its inventor, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has sounded a fresh warning about threats to the web as a force for good, adding his voice to growing concerns about big tech’s impact on competition and society... |
| Mar 12, 2018 | Tim Berners-Lee: social media is too powerful and the web needs regulation to avoid weaponization | Today marks the 29th anniversary of the world wide web, and as has become traditional, its inventor has penned a letter for the occasion. In it, Sir Tim Berners-Lee calls for regulation of the web to prevent it from being "weaponized&q... |
| Mar 12, 2018 | Tim Berners-Lee: Monopolies and Lack of Public Infrastructure Are Ruining the Web | It’s easy to complain about the insidious hellscape that is modern life online—I do it daily. But it’s also good to appreciate what a technological wonder the World Wide Web really is, and realize how impactful a lack of access to the web c... |
| Aug 14, 2017 | Hey politicians — don’t hate the internet, hate the game | Samuel Woolley Contributor
Samuel Woolley is the Director of Research of the Computational Propaganda Project at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. He is a fellow a Jigsaw, the Institute for the Future, and the University ... |
| Jun 13, 2017 | Jobs Weekly: Check out new tech job vacancies this week | Share this article:
Looking for a job? Go through this list of available tech job openings and be sure to apply for any role you are interested in. Web Developer at iConcepts Limited
Location: Lagos
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| Apr 27, 2017 | Net neutrality rules took away your Internet freedom, FCC chair claims | Enlarge / Net neutrality supporters march past the FCC headquarters before a commission meeting on May 15, 2014.
Getty Images | The Washington Post reader comments 134 with 90 posters participating
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| Apr 4, 2017 | Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world wide web, wins ‘computing’s Nobel Prize’ | Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with inventing the world wide web, has been honored with the 2016 Turing Award.
The award, which is often referred to as the Nobel Prize for the computing industry, is present annually by the Association fo... |
| Mar 13, 2017 | «Отец интернета» назвал три главных проблемы современной сети
1. Потеря контроля над личными данными
2. Быстрое распространение дезинформации
3. Непрозрачность политической рекламы... | Отдел новостей 13 марта 2017, 14:02 «Отец интернета» назвал три главных проблемы современной сети
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| Mar 13, 2017 | Sir Tim Berners-Lee warns of the threats to today’s web | Sir Tim Berners-Lee doesn’t issue too many proclamations, but those he does are usually quite sensible. The latest, occasioned by the 28th anniversary of Sir Tim’s paper proposing the World Wide Web, warns of the three primary threats to th... |
| Mar 12, 2017 | Three major problems with the modern internet keeping Tim Berners-Lee up at night | |
| Mar 1, 2017 | Tim Berners-Lee Endorses DRM In HTML5, Offers Depressingly Weak Defense Of His Decision | For the last four years, the Web has had to live with a festering wound: the threat of DRM being added to the HTML 5 standard in the form of Encrypted Media Extensions (EME). Here on Techdirt, we’ve written numerous posts explaining why thi... |
| Jan 18, 2017 | The Blockchain is Still Waiting for Its Web. Here's a Blueprint | William Mougayar is the author of "The Business Blockchain" and a board advisor to, and investor in, various blockchain projects and startups (see: disclosures).
In this opinion piece, Mougayar examines what it would take to intro... |
| Oct 23, 2016 | The banana republic of big data | Lorelei Kelly Contributor
Lorelei Kelly leads the Resilient Democracy Coalition, a group working to make sure Congress succeeds in the Information Age.
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| Oct 18, 2016 | 14 Finalists announced for the 2016 GEM-TECH Awards | Share this article:
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and United Nations (UN) Women announced the 14 finalists for the 2016 GEM-TECH awards yesterday. This annual award honours outstanding projects and programmes which promote... |
| Aug 31, 2016 | Open Internet Advocates Claim Victory in Europe Net Neutrality Fight | Open internet advocates celebrated on Tuesday after Europe's top telecom authority issued stronger-than-expected guidelines protecting net neutrality, the principle that all content on the internet should be equally accessible to consu... |
| Aug 23, 2016 | A List of Female Technology Policy Experts | Update: That escalated quickly. This list started with 15 names of women with insight on a particular issue of law and technology policy. In just over 24 hours, we have over 230 names of a wide variety of experts and over 100 more not yet a... |
| Jul 17, 2016 | Time Is Running Out to Save Net Neutrality in Europe | Europe is running out of time to protect net neutrality.
One month after a US federal court upheld strong rules protecting net neutrality—the principle that all content on the internet should be equally accessible—the battle over how to pro... |
| Jul 14, 2016 | With 4 Days Left, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Larry Lessig, And Barbara Van Schewick Beg Europe To Close Net Neutrality Loopholes | Europe only has a few days left to ensure that its member countries are actually protected by real net neutrality rules. As we’ve been discussing, back in October the European Union passed net neutrality rules, but they were so packed with ... |
| Jul 12, 2016 | European Telcos Threaten To Withhold Next Gen Wireless Upgrades If Net Neutrality Rules Passed | Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: broadband carriers are once again claiming that if regulators pass net neutrality rules, their ability to invest in next-generation networks will somehow be severely hindered, causing no limit of dam... |
| Jun 14, 2016 | 5 powerful women in African tech you probably never heard of | Share this article:
A few months back, I penned a rather controversial list of Nigerian women in tech. The inclusion of the almighty Linda Ikeji sparked a heated debate across social media platforms. But whether we think Linda Ikeji is a fe... |
| Jun 8, 2016 | Europe Has One Last Shot To Ensure Its Net Neutrality Rules Actually Work | As we noted last October, Europe passed net neutrality rules that not only don’t really protect net neutrality, but actually give ISPs across the EU’s 28 member countries the green light to violate net neutrality consistently — just as long... |
| May 5, 2016 | Europe's Flimsy Net Neutrality Rules Go Live, Are Actually Worse Than No Rules At All | While the date didn’t receive much fanfare in the media, net neutrality rules formally took effect in the European Union as of April 30. The full rules were approved after a vote last October (pdf), though as we noted at the time, the rules... |
| Apr 25, 2016 | Internet Protections Enshrined In Brazil's Marco Civil Framework Under Threat From New Laws | A couple of years ago, Techdirt wrote about Brazil’s Marco Civil — variously called a “constitution for the Internet,” and a “Magna Carta for the Web.” Whatever you want to call it, the Marco Civil was a heartening example of the rights of ... |
| Mar 23, 2016 | Here’s everything that happened at the Internet Freedom Forum, #IFF2016 | I wrote earlier, that I would be attending the 2016 Internet Freedom Forum hosted by PIN (Paradigm Initiative Nigeria), in Abuja on March 8 – 9.
Well, I’ve been back for a minute now, and I have a couple of key insights to share from the co... |
| Nov 20, 2015 | Ampion Venture Bus crowns elearning platform as its champion | After starting its accelerator-on-wheels 13 November in Windhoek, Namibia, the Ampion Venture Bus finally has crowned elearning platform e.Mkuyu as the winner of the tour. The final pitching session took place at the Ericsson AHUB event at ... |
| Nov 20, 2015 | Ampion Venture Bus crowns elearning platform as its champion | After starting its accelerator-on-wheels 13 November in Windhoek, Namibia, the Ampion Venture Bus finally has crowned elearning platform e.Mkuyu as the winner of the tour. The final pitching session took place at the Ericsson AHUB event at ... |
| Nov 6, 2015 | Is the UK Set To Become ‘The Most Intrusive and Unaccountable Regime in the West’? | An "unprecedented" and wide-ranging new surveillance law proposed by the British government this week has again sparked fierce debate on the use of covert powers to protect national security and the safeguarding of citizens' ... |
| Oct 28, 2015 | Europe Votes For Net Neutrality But Allows 'Fast Lanes' And ‘Two-Speed’ Internet | Dave Calpito, Tech Times 28 October 2015, 09:10 pm
While the European Parliament has approved net neutrality, critics say the bill is filled with loopholes. Critics say the bill has ditched the amendments that consumer advocates alongside ... |
| Oct 27, 2015 | Here Are The MEPs You Should Tweet About Net Neutrality This Morning | Today at 1.30pm Members of the European Parliament vote on legislation which — according to independent observers and over 50 of the tech industries biggest players — could threaten net neutrality if key amendments are not pushed forward an... |
| Oct 27, 2015 | The European Union's New Net Neutrality 'Protections' Are A Joke | After months of negotiations (read: ISP lawyer and lobbyist rewrites), the European Union has voted to approve new net neutrality rules (pdf) that for many nation states may be worse than having no net neutrality protections at all. As we’v... |
| Oct 27, 2015 | EU votes for net neutrality, but against loophole-killing amendments | Taramisu reader comments 20 with 17 posters participating
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| Oct 27, 2015 | Europe Tries to Save Net Neutrality, Is Killing It Instead | Today European politicians voted on proposed net neutrality legislation with the hope of preserving a free and open internet for those inside the EU. But critics, ranging from academics, popular websites and even Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the cr... |
| Oct 27, 2015 | Game over for real net neutrality? European Parliament votes in favor of disappointingly weak rules | Today, members of the European Parliament voted on a proposal (PDF) for rules affecting how Internet traffic is managed, following the European Commission's release of a draft agreement for regulation back in June. And Europe's la... |
| Oct 26, 2015 | Why Europe’s net neutrality plan is more controversial than US rules | An EU flag at the European Parliament.
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| Oct 26, 2015 | Tech Giants Sign Letter Against EU Laws To Hand Huge New Powers To ISPs | New European legislation which threatens net neutrality is set to go before the EU Parliament Tuesday. The EU is planning new rules it claims will ‘protect’ Net neutrality, but a leading legal expert says it will in fact do the exact opposi... |
| Aug 23, 2015 | Crowdsourcing Dystopia | Lorelei Kelly Contributor
Lorelei Kelly leads the Resilient Democracy Coalition, a group working to make sure Congress succeeds in the Information Age.
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| Apr 1, 2015 | Entries for Pivot’s East Mobile Startup Competition Now Open | Application for the Pivot East mobile startup competition has been declared open from March 31, 2015.
The competition focuses on accelerating the growth of mobile startups in other to augment and amalgamate the improvements of East Africa’s... |
| Mar 10, 2015 | Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee just did a Reddit AMA. Here’s what we learned | A year after his last Reddit AMA, web creator Tim Berners-Lee rejoins the forum to answer more questions.
So far we’ve learned that net neutrality is a good thing, the future of the Internet is bright, and Lee loves people (and memes). For ... |
| Mar 6, 2015 | FCC Approval Of Zero Rating Shows Companies Can Still Violate Neutrality Under New Rules, They Just Have To Be More Clever About It | We’ve discussed more than a few times the awful precedent set by AT&T’s Sponsored Data effort, which involves companies paying AT&T to have their service be exempt from the company’s already arbitrary usage caps. While AT&T pitc... |
| Dec 11, 2014 | Web Index: 4.3B People Offline Globally, 1.8B Face Internet Privacy Challenges | Later today, Tim Berners-Lee will be making an appearance in London to talk about how well the world is doing at making the Internet accessible to everyone and a place safe from commercial and political interference, themes that have been s... |
| Mar 12, 2014 | Online Bill Of Rights Needed To Protect Democracy, Says Berners-Lee | Tim Berners-Lee, the man who pioneered the interconnected information management system we now know colloquially as the Web (he called it the World Wide Web), has called for an online Magna Carta to protect the openness and neutrality of th... |
| Mar 12, 2014 | What Would An Internet Bill Of Rights Look Like? | On March 12, 1989, British inventor Tim Berners-Lee filed the proposal for an “information management system” that would later become known as the World Wide Web. Now, on the Web’s 25th birthday, Berners-Lee is calling for something to be d... |
| Mar 12, 2014 | How the Web Needs to Change in the Next 25 Years | Image: Shutterstock/Moon Light PhotoStudio
It’s the web’s 25th birthday: On this day in 1989, British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee finished his proposal for what he tentatively named the World Wide Web. He figured it would be a good w... |
| Aug 7, 2012 | World Wide Web comes of age | Yesterday marked 21 years since the first page on the Internet became publicly available, the start of what has become the World Wide Web and a shift in the way people and companies communicate.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, then a scientist at the ... |
| Sep 3, 2010 | Gordon Brown joins Berners-Lee's Web Foundation – but he really should join Twitter | Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, ousted in this year’s election, is forming the Gordon and Sarah Brown Foundation, and has accepted three pro-bono appointments all with some connection to the Web. He’s joining Queen Rania of Jordan’s ... |
| Nov 18, 2009 | Mobilizing the Web for the Developing World: Inside the World Wide Web Foundation with CEO Steve Bratt, Part 2 | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Yesterday we ran the first part of our interview with Steve Bratt, the CEO of the new World Wide Web Foundation, which was unveiled on November 15 by Web inventor Tim-Berners-... |
| Nov 17, 2009 | Steve Bratt, CEO of New World Wide Web Foundation, Details Plans To Make the Web More Usable in the Developing World | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Only 25 percent of adults around the world have access to a computer that they can use to reach the Web. But 75 percent have access to a mobile phone. So the simplest way to o... |
| Nov 16, 2009 | The Internet can still be a positive force, World Wide Web Foundation says | Former Senior Vice President of AOL and political activist Mark Walsh makes a convincing argument that the Internet is broken. He believes that as soon as people started making money on the Internet, things changed for the worse.
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| Nov 16, 2009 | Tim Berners-Lee in Africa: Web Foundation Announces 2 New Projects | Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the Web, has embarked on a trip through Africa on behalf of the non-profit Web Foundation – which today announced two new projects.
The Web Foundation exists to bridge the ‘digital divide’ in Internet usa... |
| Sep 20, 2008 | Weekly Wrapup, 15-19 September 2008 | It’s time for our weekly summary of Web Technology news, products and trends. This week we surveyed the leading online banking products and 10 recommended photo sharing sites. We also checked out a new ‘deep web’ search tool and reported on... |
| Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee says ‘far too many young people’ remain excluded from the internet | In a letter published Friday, Berners-Lee and Rosemary Leith, co-founders of the non-profit Web Foundation, wrote: “Far too many young people remain excluded and unable to use the web to share their talents and ideas.”
Internet access shoul... |
| Companies like Nike, Hermès, and Miramax have taken legal action over NFTs they alleged had infringed their trademarks. Legal experts break down how brands can best-protect their IP on Web3 apps. | A map of land in The Sandbox metaverse. The Sandbox This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| As preocupações de Tim Berners-Lee sobre o futuro da web | Há alguns dias, a web – uma das partes mais importantes da rede mundial de computadores – fez 28 anos. Parabéns! O físico britânico Tim Berners-Lee foi quem idealizou a World Wide Web (WWW) e, no domingo (12), ele publicou um artigo no Guar... |
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