TAIPEI–Innovations in mobile phone applications here are driven and enabled by public-private partnerships at the national and local levels. At the national level, the government embarked on an eTaiwan initiative ten years ago, which evolved in 2007 into Mobile Taiwan, according to Steve Lin of the country's Ministry of Economic Affairs, during an interview here. Now, Mobile Taiwan is being implemented in Mobile Education and in access to all government services via handheld devices. And these government efforts, says Lin, are to create catalysts to drive innovation in "value-added" industries, patterned after US national laboratories and incubation centers…….
Month: October 2012
USAID, CCLP call for students to address human trafficking online
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is tapping tech-savvy students to combat one of the most complex human rights issues of the 21st Century – human trafficking. On Wednesday, October 24, the agency launched ChallengeSlavery.org, its Counter Trafficking in Persons (C-TIP) Campus Challenge. The initiative calls on university students to develop creative technology solutions to prevent human trafficking, to enable victims to escape from traffickers, and to assist survivors in recovering from trauma so that they can lead productive lives…….
California Proposition 35 forum ignites passionate discussion from human trafficking experts
How can a ballot initiative that aims to discourage human trafficking stir up such spirited debate? Attendees at CCLP's Road to the White House panel discussion on Wednesday, October 24, 2012, discovered that there are divergent opinions of Proposition 35, a California ballot initiative intended to strengthen human trafficking laws…….
Human Trafficking and Social Media with Mark Latonero, Research Director for the Annenberg Center of Communication Leadership and Policy, University of Southern California (GNLA)
GEN NEXT Los Angeles: Research director Mark Latonero gives a lecture about human trafficking and social media…….
Decision 2012: Annenberg live screening of the third presidential debate informs USC community
Well over 200 students, staff, faculty and guests gathered in the East Lobby of the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism for the third presidential debate, on October 22, 2012. This marked the final debate before Election Day leaving many in the crowd focused intently upon the candidates' performance. After the live screening, a bi-partisan panel discussion convened to gather opinions and thoughts about the debate night proceedings…….
Korea’s free KakaoTalk mobile app reshapes business communication models and language
SEOUL – Kakao Talk, the free mobile phone text service that has exploded in popularity here, has reshaped the way Koreans communicate worldwide. It has even had an impact on the language and expression, with KFL, or Kakao as a Foreign Language. Available since summer for the iPhone, Android and Blackberry cell phones, Kakao, or KaTalk for short, has been downloaded by tens of millions of users. Based in Korea, it is growing worldwide, and it is now available in Japanese and English…….
Candidates spar in the second presidential debate: live panel of bi-partisan political experts react
The Center on Communication Leadership & Policy, in partnership with Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics, welcomed members of the USC community to watch the second in a series of three live screenings of the presidential debates on campus. Immediately following the debate, a bi-partisan panel analyzed the candidate's performance. The USC Political Student Assembly, USC College Democrats, and USC College Republicans helped to arrange the panel discussion, which featured the following participants: Jim Brulte, Former California State Senate and Assembly Republican Leader Garry South, a senior democratic strategist and former senior advisor to California Governor Gray Davis Max Schwartz,……
Scenes from Norman Corwin’s life: A couple of geniuses and a kiddie toy
LA Times op-ed: Director Geoffrey Cowan commemorates the life of Norman Corwin. Full Story…….
VOA Africa adds direct-to-phone programs, evading censorship and intimidation
WASHINGTON — Voice of America's Africa service has begun programming directly to mobile telephones. Delivering news and information in regions where independent journalists are censored or intimidated…….
USC Marshall’s ‘Passport to the World’
This blog first appeared on the Bloomberg Businessweek website. As I'm writing this on the West Coast at 11 p.m., Oct. 11, three top administrators from the University of Southern California–Provost Elizabeth Garrett; James Ellis, dean of the Marshall School of Business; and his vice dean for academic affairs, John Matsusaka–are in Milan wrapping up an agreement with their counterparts at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Bocconi University. These three universities are collaborating to launch a three-continent degree program that will take students from Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Milan. They've formed a partnership……