ICANN Approves .IRAN (in Non-Latin)
Last Updated on Saturday, 16 October 2010 05:40 Written by External Post Saturday, 16 October 2010 05:40
penciling_in writes “CircleID reports that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced its approval of non-Latin string evaluation of ‘Iran.’ This approval will allow the availability of Iran’s top-level domain in its
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US Eases Internet Export Rules To Iran, Sudan, Cuba
Last Updated on Monday, 8 March 2010 10:00 Written by External Post Monday, 8 March 2010 10:00
coondoggie writes ‘Looking to facilitate what it calls free speech rights in countries that don’t look favorably at such liberties, the US government today said it would ease the regulations around exporting Internet-based applications to Iran, Sudan and
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Iran Suspends Google’s Email Service
Last Updated on Thursday, 11 February 2010 12:30 Written by External Post Thursday, 11 February 2010 12:30
appl_iran writes ‘Iran’s telecommunications agency announced that it would be suspending Google’s email services permanently, saying it would roll out its own national email service.’ From the short article linked: ‘An Iranian official said the measure
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Iran launches first online supermarket
Last Updated on Thursday, 4 February 2010 11:00 Written by External Post Thursday, 4 February 2010 11:00
The internet has long been viewed with suspicion by Iran’s Islamic regime: a drive to stifle dissent has seen online speeds slowed to a crawl, websites hacked and filtered, email accounts monitored and a special police force formed to detect internet
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Twitter Developing Technology To Thwart Censorship
Last Updated on Thursday, 28 January 2010 05:15 Written by External Post Thursday, 28 January 2010 05:15
SHMG writes ‘Micro-blogging site Twitter is developing technology that will prevent government censorship, after Iran and China moved to censor its users. Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Twitter CEO and co-founder Evan Williams said the company was
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Twitter touts top trends of 2009
Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 December 2009 06:15 Written by External Post Wednesday, 16 December 2009 06:15
Iran’s elections topped Twitter’s list of most popular topics of 2009, according to the microblogging site. ‘Among all the keywords, hashtags, and phrases that proliferated throughout the year, one topic surfaced repeatedly,’ the company Tuesday.
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Iran Slows Internet Access Before Student Protests
Last Updated on Monday, 7 December 2009 10:49 Written by External Post Monday, 7 December 2009 10:49
RiffRafff writes ‘Iran is at it again, pre-emptively slowing or cutting Internet access before anticipated student protests.’ From the article: ‘Seeking to deny the protesters a chance to reassert their voice, authorities slowed Internet connections to a
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