[AfrICANN-discuss] Web review December 17, 2013

[Mamadou LO]

INTERNET GOVERNANCE

High-Level Panel on Global Internet Cooperation and Governance Mechanisms Convenes in London
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/high-level-panel-on-global-internet-cooperation-and-governance-mechanisms-convenes-in-london-235789861.html

Governance By Algorithm: Big Data, The NSA & A Sinister Future
	
http://thequietus.com/articles/14130-big-brother-nsa-surveillance-gchq

US seen giving up internet governance in wake of spy scandal
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/business/technology/2013/11/20/U-S-seen-giving-up-internet-governance-in-wake-of-spy-scandal.html

Could privacy-protecting software become a new Internet standard?                        
http://www.salon.com/2013/11/26/could_privacy_protecting_software_become_a_new_internet_standard_newscred/

INTERNET REGULATION

How the internet is killing the worlds languages
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/12/04/how-the-internet-is-killing-the-worlds-languages/

Globalization Helps Preserve Endangered Languages
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/382595-globalization-helps-preserve-endangered-languages/

Which Languages Will Survive on the Internet?
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2013/12/11/most_languages_aren_t_going_to_make_it_online.html


ICANN / DOMAIN NAME

2013 Domain Name Year in Review
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20131213_2013_domain_name_year_in_review/

ICANN Opens Comment Period On Last Resort Auctions
http://www.thedomains.com/2013/12/16/icann-opens-comment-period-on-last-resort-auctions/

Icann updates new TLD auction plans still no resolution for indirect contention
http://domainnamewire.com/2013/12/16/icann-updates-new-tld-auction-plans-still-no-resolution-for-indirect-contention/

Nominet seeks royal approval for pisspoor .uk domain name push
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/16/prince_of_wales_second_level_domain_revealed_by_nominet/

The Mosque and the Bazaar: Islam, ICANN, and the New gTLD Program
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20131215_mosque_and_bazaar_islam_icann_and_the_new_gtld_program/

With 20 Million Domain Registration, The Registry Behind .TK Raises $3 Million In Funding
l2http://www.thedomains.com/2013/12/16/with-20-million-domain-registration-the-registry-behind-tk-raises-3-million-in-funding/

Do Brands Need a Chinese-Language Address on Web?
http://adage.com/china/article/china-news/do-brands-need-a-chineselanguage-address-on-web/245687/

Is there such a thing as a brandable generic TLD?
http://domainnamewire.com/2013/12/17/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-brandable-generic-tld/

See 21 companies that bought domain names last week

http://domainnamewire.com/2013/12/13/see-21-companies-that-bought-domain-names-last-week/

Brand Arrows Lists Single Letter Domain Names For Sale 
http://www.prweb.com/releases/single-letter-domains/2014/prweb11402805.htm

SECURITY

The biggest Internet security challenges of 2013
http://www.networkworld.com/slideshow/132036/

TrustPort Internet Security 2014
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2428310,00.asp

BullGuard Internet Security (2014)
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2428064,00.asp

AFRICAN INTERNET NEWS

Africa: ISPs Steal a March On Mobile Operators With LTE Roll-Outs - Yoome Will Go Live in Cote d'Ivoire in February
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2428064,00.asp

Kenya: Regional ICT Ministers Converge in Kenya to Discuss Infrastructure, Cyber-Security and Digital Migration Issues
http://allafrica.com/stories/201312171093.html

MTN, Millicom, Rocket Internet to develop internet businesses in Africa 
http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/87/106823.html

Investment management firm opens world’s first fund exclusively targeting Africa’s telecommunications infrastructure
http://africanbrains.net/2013/12/06/investment-management-firm-opens-worlds-first-fund-exclusively-targeting-africas-telecommunications-infrastructure/

GVG-SGS stages workshop for West African telecoms regulators and fiscal authorities
http://www.biztechafrica.com/article/gvg-sgs-stages-workshop-west-african-telecoms-regu/7421/?section=mobile

Landscape Channel starts in 42 countries in Africa
http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2013/12/17/landscape-channel-starts-in-42-countries-in-africa/

Satellite ultra-broadband in Europe & Africa
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/12/04/5969530/satellite-ultra-broadband-in-europe.html





 		 	   		   		 	   		  
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