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An evaluation of China’s isolated internet

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I almost missed my flight back to the States. While the ticket says August 18 at 12:15 AM (which is technically Wednesday’s night), I for some stupid reasons thought it was scheduled for Thursday’s night. Probably, I wasn’t really keen on coming back, so I didn’t really pay…

What net neutrality means for educators and learners

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What if students couldn’t load Wikipedia and online library websites? What if teachers couldn’t use their personal websites to share and collaborate on content with students in class? What if corporations were the ones determining what educational content is available at schools? These unfortunate scenarios may happen if…

Media convergence: Who made what converge

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Convergence in the media landscape is an interesting phenomenon. Although the idea of convergence seems to center around how digital content are made available on all media platforms, new and old, I tend to instead think about those pioneering visionaries who created all the media platforms that have…

The Verge: Apple of the digital publishing industry

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“The Verge is a window to how we live now and how we live next,” said an editor in a site’s promotional video. Parented by Vox Media, The Verge is a technology news website whose co-founder and former editor-in-chief Joshua Topolsky envisioned to be home to the next-generation…

Programming is the next English language

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English language has long established its most solid ground as the language of the world with its being used everywhere, formally and informally. Obviously, there are other languages right up there with English, but they seem to not be as globally utilized. Spanish, French, and Russian are such…