Speak-to-tweet leaps Egypt’s Repression 2.0

With most Internet services blocked, Google quickly created a “speak-to-tweet” service to allow people in Egypt to tweet with a voice connection. It allows those on the ground in Egypt to dial three international numbers and leave a voice message sent out as tweet with the #egypt hash tag. You can listen to the messages […]

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The revolution within the revolution: How mobile devices and social media changed Tunisia

What is revealing about this revolution is the way in which citizens discovered it, how they informed one another, and how they mobilized around it. They used their mobile phones, now ubiquitous in North Africa, to communicate via text messaging and Twitter. For many Tunisians, their phones are their Internet. Theirs is a story about the democratization of media, a social revolution that wields the power to change lives as well as governments

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The future of documents

What if all the documents in your life were dynamic – from newspapers, magazines and books to bills, insurance policies, receipts, user manuals for all your gear – and packaging, structures and surfaces everywhere?

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Reality, the video

Tech stars, including friends of We Media, get their own video from Terence Kawaja of GC Savvian, who moonlights as a comedian when he’s not brokering companies. Dale PeskinDale is co-founder emeritus of We Media. www.wemedia.com

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Buzz, buzz: The Hive meets Tabula Rasa

We’re delighted to announce that The Hive at 55 has joined us as a co-sponsor of Tabula Rasa. The Hive at 55 provides work and collaboration space for independent tech and media developers, and serves as both a network and community for developers and entrepreneurs. It’s located at 55 Broad Street in New York. Familiar? […]

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