[liberationtech] Call for Participants in Dissertation Survey on M-Health Best Practices

Hi All, As part of my dissertation research at Columbia University I am conducting a survey on mobile health technologies (such as cell phones, tablets, PDAs and wearable tech) that are being used for chronic disease management, disease prevention, or health promotion. The survey is confidential a

[liberationtech] Net Neutrality Forecast Cloudy

From: Arzak Khan Net Neutrality Forecast: Cloudy It should come as a surprise to no one that the arrival of a new conservative Republican administration means a reordering of telecommunications policy — away from regulation, and towards a freer hand for the semi-monopolists who control our netwo

[liberationtech] Fwd: Public Dissentiment

I liked the idea very much! <3 Kisses, kisses, kisses! :*** Ceci --- "Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live." - Mae Jemison

Re: [liberationtech] FTC's IoT Home Inspector Challenge

From: J.J. Snow If anyone is interested in seeing what kinds of grants are available for technology work they can look at this link: On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 11:40 AM, Yosem Companys wrote: > From: J.J. Snow > > FTC's IoT Home Inspec

[liberationtech] FTC's IoT Home Inspector Challenge

From: J.J. Snow FTC's IoT Home Inspector Challenge - The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announces a prize competition that challenges the public to create a technical solution (“tool”) that consumers can deploy to guard against security vulnerabilities in software on the Internet of Things (“Io

[liberationtech] “Giving Voice: Mobile Communication, Disability, and Inequality” by Meryl Alper, now available through The MIT Press

Dear friends and colleagues, I'm pleased to announce the recent publication of my book through The MIT Press: *Giving Voice: Mobile Communication, Disability, and Inequality* *How communication technologies meant to empower people with speech disorders—to give voice to the voiceless—are st

[liberationtech] Innovative approaches to demanding Internet rights in Africa?

From: Elongima Bundu For us SisTec www.sistecsl.org FASTAfrica campaign called on all ISP, Mobile operators and regulators, Internet Cafe's operators, school students and costumers on the way forward and how to improve on our broadband in Sierra Leone. This year we are looking at the rights of s

[liberationtech] IGF Best Practice Forums & Intersessional Stream

From: Wisdom Donkor Dear Internet Governance Stakeholders, We are glad to let you know that the IGF has just published all of the tangible outcomes from its intersessional activities conducted in 2016. These outputs include: - BPF Gender: Outcome resource 2016

[liberationtech] Call for Open Access Book Proposals: Critical Digital and Social Media Studies (Univ of Westminster Press)

DEADLINE APPROACHING SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Monday 30 January 2017 23:00 BST by e-mail to Andrew Lockett (University of Westminster Press Manager), a.lock...@westminster.ac.uk. For full details and proposal guidelines see; http://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/news Critical Digital and Soc