Date published: July 5, 2016"“With each degree of greater control that is exercised over the driver, Uber may find itself traveling down a path where a court might say there is an inadequate buffer of keeping these drivers independent contractors,” said Andrea Matwyshyn, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University."
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Gillian Tett in the Financial Times: “Last week, I decided to take a gaggle of kids for an end-of-school-year lunch in a New York neighbourhood that I did not know well. I duly began looking for a suitable restaurant. A decade ago, I would have done that by turning to a restaurant guide. In the world I grew up in, it was normal to seek advice from the “experts”.
The White House: “Every year, more than 11 million people move through America’s 3,100 local jails, many on low-level, non-violent misdemeanors, costing local governments approximately $22 billion a year. In local jails, 64 percent of people suffer from mental illness, 68 percent have a substance abuse disorder, and 44 percent suffer from chronic health problems.
Katherine M. A. Reilly and Juan P. Alperin at Global Media Journal: “Open Development (OD) is a subset of ICT4D that studies the potential of ITenabled openness to support social change among poor or marginalized populations. Early OD work examined the potential of IT-enabled openness to decentralize power and enable public engagement by disintermediating knowledge production and dissemination.
Ennio Vivaldi: "Las reglas del juego en que hoy se desenvuelven las universidades estatales son las de un sistema privado. Por más de cuatro décadas su drama ha sido cómo entrar en ese juego minimizando la inherente desnaturalización de su condición de universidades públicas que ese juego impone".El país hoy debe reinstalar una discusión sobre universidades estatales.
La descentralización de los archivos, la profesionalización de sus funcionarios, la definición del acceso a sus materiales como un derecho ciudadano y la creación de un marco regulatorio transversal a lo público y lo privado son algunos elementos que las instituciones dedicadas a esta materia plantean como fundamentales para un cuerpo legal que rija este quehacer, el que hoy sólo tiene como lineamientos algunos artículos de la ley de acceso a la información pública.
Respecto a los episodios de violencia en el marco de movilizaciones y su tratamiento en los medios de comunicación, el decano de la Facultad de Derecho, Davor Harasic, señaló en esta columna, publicada en El Mercurio, que no se debe "olvidar que estos hechos ocurren en un contexto de crisis nacional y deslegitimación general de nuestras instituciones" y que "si desconciertan las formas que a veces adopta la expresión del descontento, la Universidad de Chile está llamada a pensar en nuevos mecanismos de incidencia social".Un Cristo destrozado en una marcha; los robos en la U
Springwise: “Creating good transit apps can be difficult, given the vast amount of city (and worldwide) data app builders need to have access to. Aiming to address this, Transitland is an open platform that aggregates publicly available transport information from around the world.
W debatach o wykorzystaniu technologii cyfrowych w edukacji często brak całościowej wizji. Działania skupiają się więc na jednym tylko rodzaju interwencji. Najczęściej jest to zakup sprzętu, choć także projekty dotyczące kompetencji nauczycieli czy zasobów edukacyjnych nie opierają się na szerszej wizji zmian.
W debatach o wykorzystaniu technologii cyfrowych w edukacji często brak całościowej wizji. Działania skupiają się więc na jednym tylko rodzaju interwencji. Najczęściej jest to zakup sprzętu, choć także projekty dotyczące kompetencji nauczycieli czy zasobów edukacyjnych nie opierają się na szerszej wizji zmian.
SDP Blog on 4 July 2016 at 10:35AM By: Jenny Korn “Do one thing every day that scares you.” — Eleanor Roosevelt Congratulations! You got into OII, and you’re gonna make memories, for sure. One of those memories might involve your (mandatory) presentation during your two weeks in the OII SDP. Now that you’re here, what kind of presentation are you going to […] [...]
The advent of social media and an increase in accessibility has led to increasing concerns with regard to cyber safety.
The article by S. Poorvaja was published in the Hindu on July 4, 2016. Pranesh Prakash gave inputs.
A group of NGOs have appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to succumb to pressure from the US on the issue of intellectual property regime (IPR).
The article by Rinku Patel was published in India Tribune on June 7, 2016.
Mr. Modi will have a bilateral meeting with President Barack Obama on Tuesday and address a joint session of Congress on Wednesday.
The article was published in Hindu on June 6, 2016
A group of NGOs have appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to succumb to pressure from the US on the issue of intellectual property regime (IPR).
The article was published in the Economic Times on June 7, 2016
Last week, the Indian government rejected Google’s plans to map Indian cities, tourist spots and mountain ranges, using the 360-degree panoramic Google Street View feature.
The article was published in Indian Express on June 13, 2016
Another day and another opaque order asking Indian service providers to block websites that allegedly offer or advertise escort services in India. In total, the government has ordered ban on 237 websites. But as it happens whenever the Indian government bans website, there has been no public communication about the same.
The article was published in India Today on June 16, 2016
DoT on Monday ordered blocking of 240 URLs; blocking of websites takes place under Section 69A of the IT Act, and Information Technology Rules.
The article by Moulishree Srivastava was published in the Business Standard on June 14, 2016.
