Eurosphere agenda: Refugee crisis growing daily…

MAIN FOCUS: Dozens of refugees suffocate in lorry | 28/08/2015 euro|topics The Austrian police on Thursday discovered the bodies of more than 70 refugees in a truck abandoned on the hard shoulder of a motorway. Minister of the Interior Johanna Mikl-Leitner has said asylum seekers with a chance of being allowed to stay should be permitted … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: Twitter urged to be more supportive for activists…

Twitter must be less cowardly and fight for activists  The Next Web by Abhimanyu Ghoshal For years, Twitter has been the go-to communication medium for social and political activists and commentators. Its format is well suited to broadcasting ideas to a large audience in real-time. During the Arab Spring, Twitter proved to be an effective tool … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: UN: Encryption and Anonymity Must Be Protected

UN: Encryption and Anonymity Must Be Protected  TorrentFreak For the past several years and particularly in the wake of the Edward Snowden revelations, interest in encrypted and anonymous communications has spread to a much wider audience. Survey: Many Users Never Read Social Networking Terms of Service Agreements  All Facebook by Kimberlee Morrison As reported by SocialTimes last … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: ShellShock Pandemic…Google to News Corp…

  Snowden on winning the alternative Nobel prize media/anthropology by John Postill via The Guardian Edward Snowden issues a recorded statement after being awarded Sweden’s Right Livelihood Honorary Award, dubbed the ‘alternative Nobel Prize’. The National Security Agency whistleblower says he accepts the award on behalf of those who risked their lives to help ‘resist unlawful … Read more

Yes, he said. “Turkey may ban Facebook and YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGVNaUdlURU Facebook and YouTube face ban in Turkey if Erdoğan wins March elections Prime minister blames political enemies for abusing social network sites with stream of fabricated internet postingsThe Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said Facebook and YouTube could be banned following local Facebook and YouTube face ban in Turkey if Erdoğan wins March elections … Read more

France?s Abraham Kiprotich winner, the men?s competition in the 35th Vodafone Istanbul Marathon… Istanbul news roundup..

Frenchman wins Istanbul Marathon, two Turks on podium France?s Abraham Kiprotich won the men?s competition in the 35th Vodafone Istanbul Marathon Tulip professionals gather in Istanbul The 5th World Tulip Summit, which was previously organized in Canada, Australia, England and the United States Istanbul, The City That Never Fails To Captivate VisitorsBernama ISTANBUL (Bernama) — … Read more

Eurosphere roundup: “The Tragedy of Clandestine Immigration to the European Union…

Q&A: Migrants and asylum in the EU How the EU is coping with irregular migrants The Tragedy of Clandestine Immigration to the European Union Coffins containing the remains of the drowned in Lampedusa before their burial in various Italian cemeteries. Photo published on Twitter by Aleem Maqbool CDU?s first Muslim MP marks change Giousouf?s election to the … Read more

BDP co-chair denied İmralı visit by justice ministry… A politics roundup…

  BDP co-chair denied İmralı visit by justice ministry A Peace and Democracy Party delegation departed on the morning of Oct 14 for İmralı Island without BDP Co-Chair Demirtaş KCK disappointed over democratization package, gives gov?t three demands Kurdish militants noted that the government’s democratization package failed to address their expectations, stating three demands to … Read more

Cyberculture roundup: “BitTorrent Launches ?NSA-proof? Serverless Messenger App…

  BitTorrent Launches ?NSA-proof? Serverless Messenger App Over the past months the revelations of Edward Snowden have dominated the news. Internet privacy suddenly became a mainstream topic and all the negative news has increased the demand for encrypted and secure communications. How Can Somebody Who Loves Culture Possibly Defend The Copyright Monopoly? One of the most perplexing … Read more

Anthropology roundup: “Anthropology Blogs Update…

  Intel?s Anthropologist Genevieve Bell Questions the Smart Watch Genevieve Bell, director of Intel?s user experience research, says companies building wearable computers haven?t figured out why people might want them.   Anthropology: Growth and Relevance, Not Popularity Anthropologists can suffer from Jared Diamond envy. Here in the United States we bemoan when Diamond?s latest book … Read more

?Augmented Reality Invades Newsrooms?

Augmented Reality Invades Newsrooms, Kids’ Shows, Ads from MediaShift You point your wireless device — cell phone, iPad, whatever — at a graphic on a box of unassembled furniture and then the instructions, complete with 3-D diagrams, instantly appear on-screen. Point at a piece of paper and it’s suddenly a game board shared by friends … Read more

G20 Roundup. Looks like Canadian police is a bit harsh, by the way…

A guide to Obama’s weekend at the G-20 summit from Wash Post Europe by Michael D. Shear Canada, eh? President Obama arrived in Canada Friday morning for a three-day summit with world leaders to discuss the global economy and what can be done to keep it from plunging back into recession. My colleagues Howard Schneider … Read more