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Ivanka Trump's Full Speech at Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017

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Chennai Six freed after four years in Indian jail

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https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiguIpJToKsqhNH611nFpB1sCtpeuVVxMDssbC9jQMlQ29G6CRf-J77I2MoQ7Ae2iDMuyKsTWDM1siZcC18BH1Xwo07-lfKE1k_JLGQe5unsMe6SPRlrgu9tmKqnUi0DCJ0bgxN_bRfOr5K/s1600/2017-11-29_17-31-56.jpg This article titled “Chennai Six freed after four years in Indian jail” was written by Josh Halliday North of England correspondent, for The Guardian on Tuesday 28th November 2017 11.49 UTC The six British men acquitted of weapons charges after four years in an Indian jail could be home within 48 hours, a relative has said, as they walked free from prison in Chennai. The so-called Chennai Six were taken from a prison in the town on the south-eastern coast of India by British consulate officials on Tuesday before telephoning their delighted families. Giving the thumbs up to photographers before they were driven to a nearby hotel, the men were said to be “over the moon” at their release, although relatives said their ordeal would not b...

India's communications regulator endorses net neutrality

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Welcome to Bangkok, Thailand : Documentary

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Google has been tracking Android users even with location services turned off

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https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcC99C0WK8LDoIb6iYwaw5srpM4WC89EVM0DJPomcRXh-eWxc08D6iu-OVNKLEcFbEcppkXo5XAmYk1qfhpBsw-PiFOyzOXc0slOqkX2_ed7xNtaZhyPaBwAkZrhhv7NF3QStmIXHs8FhD/s1600/2017-11-26_17-06-41.jpg This article titled “Google has been tracking Android users even with location services turned off” was written by Samuel Gibbs, for theguardian.com on Wednesday 22nd November 2017 11.48 UTC Google has confirmed it has been able to track the location of Android users via the addresses of local mobile phone masts, even when location services were turned off and the sim cards removed to protect privacy. Revealed by a report by Quartz , Google’s Android system, which handles messaging services to ensure delivery of push notifications, began requesting the unique addresses of mobile phone masts (called Cell ID) at the beginning of 2017. The information was captured by the phone and routinely sent to Google by any modern Android device, even whe...

How India is battling sexual violence: gender classes for Delhi rickshaw drivers

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Why should the poor be left in the internet slow lane?

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https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9TTCyO1EXSGY_PxJMLYLEPuk3N7PYi-s1FMMof5uMczj5ZXUMsFzHUt_YT4whg8rlOX-6txBB3GgI0Bfkn9PGHVYGMfHF8DnAAOOkRhjF07vvmplvexSRxKlqXf1tUvw6aAnJxdHUuoB_/s1600/2017-11-26_16-59-54.jpg This article titled “Why should the poor be left in the internet slow lane?” was written by Sonia Sodha, for The Observer on Sunday 26th November 2017 00.05 UTC Imagine if the government had restored ownership of Britain’s roads to the private trusts that used to run them. Imagine they were allowed to charge companies different amounts to use them, so that companies with enough cash could pay for exclusive use of fast lanes, leaving their smaller competitors consigned to lag behind on slow, badly maintained roads. Sounds outrageously anti-competitive, doesn’t it? Yet that is exactly what internet service providers (ISPs) want to be able to do. A war has been raging in the United States over “net neutrality”: the principle ...