Community updates

Chronological news digests

2012-10-01

US consumers lag behind their counterparts in Indonesia and Thailand in using their mobile phones to shop

Tatiana Repkova | www.mobilecommercedaily.c ... |

Indonesia, Taiwan, United States of America

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North Asia, Northern North America, South-East Asia

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America North, Asia

Ecommerce / Social Commerce / Money Transfer by Media - Readers / Audience Clubs
Mobile Telephony / VOIP (Skype) & Newspaper Editions / News Campaigns / Smart Phones / Applications
Online / Digital / Integrated Readership / Traffic / Audience - Marketing Research / Surveys - Internet Users - End-User Behavior / Experience

2012-09-29

Some 16% of U.S. traffic is bot-based, but in Singapore that number is an astonishing 56%

Tatiana Repkova | mashable.com/2012/09/29/b ... |

Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, United States of America

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Arab World, Middle East, North Asia, Northern North America, South-East Asia

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Africa / Asia, America North, Asia

Online / Digital / Integrated Readership / Traffic / Audience - Marketing Research / Surveys - Internet Users - End-User Behavior / Experience

2012-09-17

Myanmar's government replaced a press watchdog agency criticized as repressive with a new more liberal council

Tatiana Repkova | www.google.com/hostednews ... |

Myanmar (Burma)

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South-East Asia

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Self-Regulation - Press Councils

2012-09-13

Vietnam orders crackdown on bloggers: police should investigate anti-government sites and bring 'offenders' to justice

Tatiana Repkova | www.guardian.co.uk/world/ ... |

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South-East Asia

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Freedom of Information - Access to Internet
Weblogs / Blogs - Photoblogs - Videoblogs / Vlogs - Bloggers - Influencers

2012-09-11

Free 'Financial Times' trial in conjunction with Singapore Airlines' In-flight Connectivity launch

Tatiana Repkova | www.editorandpublisher.co ... |

Singapore, United Kingdom

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European Union (=28), European Union - old (=15), South-East Asia, Western Europe

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Promotion - Games - Free Gifts to Increase Circulation - Motivational Objects
Subscription / Loyalty - Bundling - Churn / Retention
Business-to-Business (B2B) / Financial Advertising

2012-09-09

The government has set up a Media Literacy Council to promote ‘public education on media literacy and cyber wellness’

Tatiana Repkova | globalvoicesonline.org/20 ... |

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South-East Asia

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Freedom of Information - Access to Internet
Training & Education Generally - Newspapers in Education
Media / News Literacy / Critical Thinking

2012-09-07

2012-09-06

International Literacy Day: Empowering early grade readers in the Philippines

Tatiana Repkova | www.irex.org/news/interna ... |

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South-East Asia

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Training & Education Generally - Newspapers in Education

2012-09-06

Singapore launches ‘Super Wi-fi’ Internet trials, employing unused parts of the TV spectrum

Tatiana Repkova | blogs.wsj.com/searealtime ... |

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South-East Asia

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Internet Technology / Access / Practices - Broadband - VOIP (Skype) - Machine-to-Machine (M2M)

2012-09-06

A Vietnamese journalist who exposed police corruption has gone on trial for offering a bribe that he says was part of his investigation

Tatiana Repkova | abcnews.go.com/Internatio ... |

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South-East Asia

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Investigative / Watchdog Journalism - Accountability Reporting - Covering Corruption - Transparency - Whistleblowers
Undercover Journalism