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Sarkozy Calls for Global Rules for Internet
French President, Nicolas Sarkozy urged Internet leaders gathered in Paris to work with governments and share fairly the benefits of a revolution he compared to the discoveries of Christopher Columbus, Galileo and Isaac Newton.
Opening a forum at which Google’s Eric Schmidt and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg were among the speakers, Sarkozy praised an industry that has democratised information and helped to enable the revolutions of the Arab spring.
He told delegates that, "Now that the Internet is an integral part of most people’s lives, it would be contradictory to exclude governments. Nobody should forget that these governments are the only legitimate representatives of the will of the people in our democracies.”
To read the article titled, “Global rules needed for internet, Sarkozy says,” click here.Source:Business DayGoogle to Launch Google Editions Platform
An executive with Google says the company will launch a new platform next year that lets readers buy books that can be accessed from anywhere, be it a personal computer, cell phone or other platform.
Tom Turvey, the head of Google Books partnership programme in North America, Southern America and Asia, says that the search giant, which launched Google Books in 2004, is moving to a platform allowing users to buy a book.
Turvey says that, "It will be a browser-based access," he said. "The way the e-book market will evolve is by accessing the book from anywhere, from an access point of view and also from a geographical point of view."
To read the article titled, “Google to launch Google Editions platform,” click here.Source:IOL TechnologyGoogle Maps in Court for Unfair Competition
A French company is taking Google Maps to court for unfair competition, seeking about R5.5 million in damages from the United States-based Internet giant, Google.
Bottin Cartographes has lodged a complaint with the Paris commercial court against Google France and its parent company Google Incorporated for providing free web mapping services to some businesses.
The French company provides the same services for a fee and claims the Google strategy is aimed at undercutting competitors by temporarily swallowing the full cost until it gains control of the market.
To read the article titled, “Google Maps accused of unfair competition,” click here.Source:<br /> IOL TechnologyInternational Conference on Broadcast Media and Climate Change
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is hosting an International Conference on Broadcast Media and Climate Change from 4-5 September 2009 at its headquarters in Paris, France.
National broadcasters from both developing and developed countries with regional broadcasting unions will be present at the conference, along with key international broadcasting associations, scientific organisations and climate-related agencies.
The conference aims to bring together participants to empower national broadcasters to make climate change better understood by their audiences, as well as to increase the quantity of programs on climate, enhance the quality of these programs and ensure their permanence in the broadcast media.
Online Registration: Click here.
For more information or to participate, click here.Event type:ConferenceEvent venue:Paris, FranceEvent start date:04/09/2009Event end date:05/09/2009
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