Here are some interesting things published recently about topics relevant for WWSemWeb : Firefox OS does not plan to take over the World but we are likely to see it powering devices aimed at developing economies and priced as low…
The World Wide Semantic Web
Downscaling the Semantic Web, one data-sharing use-case at a time
How-to: Dual boot Android / FirefoxOS on a Nexus 7 edition 2013
As you know we bought a very cool phone to play around with Firefox OS but that’s not all, we also bought a Nexus 7 edition 2013. Sadly this tablet is not shipped with FirefoxOS but there are several tools…
We bought a smart-phone !
The World Wide Semantic Web team just made the acquisition of a smart-phone! … but it’s not any smart phone 😉 It’s a FirefoxOS-powered phone from ZTE. One of the early devices being pushed by the Mozilla foundation, and the…
DownScale 2013 workshop
Originally posted on videbo.wordpress.com:
DOWNSCALE 2013, the 2nd international workshop on downscaling the Semantic Web was held on 19-9-2013 in Geneva, Switzerland and was co-located with the Open Knowledge Conference 2013. The workshop seeks to provide first steps in…
Tagged with: Developing country, Linked Data, Linked Open Data, OKCon, Open data, Open Development, open knowledge, Open knowledge conference
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WorldWideSemanticWeb in the e-Data Magazine
The WorldWideSemanticWeb community is mentioned in the October issue (page 6) of the KNAW’s E-Data and Research magazine issued by DANS. The article, in Dutch, is based on an article wrote by Stefan Schlobach, Victor de Boer and myself (Christophe Guéret)…
Tagged with: Christophe Gueret, DANS, Linked Data, Research magazine, Semantic Web, Stefan Schlobach, Victor de Boer, voices
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LD4D at WSSF2013
Our proposal to host the next edition of the tutorial “Linked Data for Development (LD4D)” during the World Social Science Forum 2013 (WSSF 2013) has been accepted! Join us in October in Montreal to attend this three-parts tutorial and discuss…
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ICT 4 Development course final presentations
This friday, a brand new course at the VU University Amsterdam came to a satisfying close. The ICT 4 Development course (ICT4D) was offered to VUA Computer Science students for the first year and I feel it was a success. The…
Tagged with: ICT4D, iran, iraq, mali, namibia, radiomarche, teaching, voices, voicexml, vu amsterdam, xo laptop
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