AT&T says all customers will soon get access to FaceTime, Hangouts over cellularBGR... video chat apps over cellular for all our customers, regardless of data plan or device; that work is expected to be complete by year end. Today, all of our custo... Read the rest of this entry »

Lebanon e-retail revolution underway
Al-Bawaba
Saudi Arabia's third most popular e-commerce website, online fashion retailer Namshi.com, announced it had received a $13 million investment from growth equity firm Summit Partners last Monday, and told The Daily Star it was planning to launch a ...

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Christian stage skit probes marriage
St. Louis American
In a consent judgment signed recently, a federal district court-ordered the Salem Public Library to stop blocking patrons' access to websites related to minority religions that the library's web filters classified as “occult” or “criminal.” Blocking ...

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ASIC request sparks internet censorship
The Australian
... its internet service provider Exetel that its site had been "blocked by Australian authorities for undisclosed reasons". It was further told that for legal reasons, Exetel's wholesale supplier AAPT was "unable to have this IP unblocked", or share ...

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Police pay hot topic at council meetingDouglas Daily DispatchThis policy will provide internet filters to both its wireless system as well as its public computers that prevent minors from gaining access to visual depictions of child pornography materia... Read the rest of this entry »
YouTube ban challenged in PHCDAWN.comPESHAWAR: A local lawyer has challenged in Peshawar High Court the ban placed on social media website YouTube, pleading that the site should be unblocked. The petitioner, advocate Mian Mohibullah Kakakhel, on Tuesda... Read the rest of this entry »

Adblock Plus: Internet Heroes Or Banner Ad Shakedown Artists?
The Consumerist
Back in February, Digital Journal cited an anonymous source from a major publisher who claims that the developers offered to let their ads through…for a 1/3 share of the revenue that the now-unblocked ads generated. Is this a fair agreement that ...

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Wamda

Wamda Asks: What would a UAE Skype ban mean for startups?
Wamda
The cached version of Emirates 24/7's article cites Majid Al Masmar, Acting Director General of the UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), as saying that, although telecom companies du and Etisalat unblocked Skype a month ago, downloading ...

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The National

Skype Users In The UAE Won't Go To Jail – Experts
Gulf Business News
UAE telecoms operator Etisalat recently announced that it would unblock Skype, the popular Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service in the UAE. “Etisalat Customers can now access the Skype website,” the operator said in a single-line statement on ...
Wamda Asks: What would a UAE Skype ban mean for startups?Wamda
UAE Skype users will not face jail or Dh1 million fine, confirms telecom regulatorThe National

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Full Text: Progress in China's Human Rights in 2012 (7)
Global Times
Meanwhile, the Internet has become an important channel for citizens to exercise their rights to know, participate, be heard and supervise, as well as an important means for the government to get to know the public's opinions. ... on Petition Through ...

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