IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor: 26 July 2017

Valuable coverage of significant current policy activities happening around the world in the sphere of internet technology is provided courtesy of IEEE. 26 July 2017 summary – IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor – is available here. Read more summaries here.

How Identity Can Enable a People-Centered Internet

Understanding Identity through Function By Joe Andrieu This is the second of a regular column on Identity for the People Centered Internet. In the first column, I introduced the idea of Functional Identity as a way for ordinary people to discuss identity, with this definition: Identity is how we keep track of people and things, Read More

IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor: 19 July 2017

Valuable coverage of significant current policy activities happening around the world in the sphere of internet technology is provided courtesy of IEEE. 19 July 2017 summary – IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor – is available here. Read more summaries here.

IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor: 12 July 2017

Valuable coverage of significant current policy activities happening around the world in the sphere of internet technology is provided courtesy of IEEE. 12 July 2017 summary – IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor – is available here. Read more summaries here.

Tunisia’s Digital Inclusion Team: TAWASOL Enters the World Stage

By Meyer Bnouni, IEEE SIGHT Tunisia Secretary-General We live in a world ruled by interconnectivity where everything must evolve together. Scientists and engineers, once confined to their labs, are now bringing new dimensions to their work, taking into account political, economic, social and ethical considerations. One of the occasions during which such synergistic interactions and collaborations Read More

The Evolution of the Internet – Stories of Adapting and Change

By Vint Cerf “The story of the Internet continues to this day, evolving and adapting to new technologies, spawning new applications and companies to provide them.” The 40 Maps that Explain the Internet and the accompanying commentary are largely accurate in their description of the evolution of the Internet from its early experimental phase as Read More

IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor: 5 July 2017

Valuable coverage of significant current policy activities happening around the world in the sphere of internet technology is provided courtesy of IEEE. 5 July 2017 summary – IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor – is available here. Read more summaries here.

Speaking of Identity

By Joe Andrieu Identity is one of the most important constructs of society. It’s also one of the hardest to discuss. I’ve been in perhaps hundreds of conversations in over a dozen years about user-centric and digital identity. I’ve realized that many of our challenges in digital identity stem from two problems in these conversations. Read More

Conscious Venture Lab Calls for Applications

An impact-business accelerator Conscious Venture Lab is opening its third application round to entrepreneurs from across the U.S. and world. This round, to be located inside the Innovation Village in West Baltimore, will focus on companies solving problems in the areas of urban resilience and smart cities. Conscious Venture Lab provides entrepreneurs a solid foundation Read More