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Discrimination against the small guy on the Internet?
The first time I heard of the term, “Internet Neutrality” I did not understand its true meaning. After all the Internet is supposed to be the disruptive technology that have brought equality to users. Anyone now can publish without the need of being tied to a newspaper, magazine or a publisher. Freedom of expression is still…
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How much of our lives revolve around the internet?
Two days ago when I woke up in the morning, after all the chores and usual morning exercises, I dutifully switched on the laptop. The internet speed was snail pace at first, then it drop to a crawl and virtually “died” within 5 minutes. At first I thought it must have been my broadband router…
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Scholarships to study in US ivy league for China’s poor: why this is great?
US $100 million education fund to send China’s poor high achievers to Ivy League schools in the USA.
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Contagion effects of for-profit colleges woes?
On the day that Americans celebrated the country’s independence day, The Huffington Post reported that one of the largest for-profit college groups in the USA, Corinthian Colleges was heading for disaster. The crux of the matter was due to Corinthian’s over reliant on federal government-backed study loans to the bulk of its 72,000 student loan…
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Article: Germany’s Beautifully Communal World Cup Win Over Argentina
I always thought that football/soccer is a team game. Germany’s win shows that only those who played as a team would win. Individualism gets you nowhere! This article depicts this elegantly. Germany’s Beautifully Communal World Cup Win Over Argentina http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/07/germanys-victory-was-an-argument-against-the-uss-me-first-sports-culture/374353/