Weekly Roundup 7/11/2016

Happy Monday, Readers! This weekend kicked off A Mission-Driven Drupal Conference through NYC Camp in concurrence with Open Campus at the United Nations. This annual conference unites the minds of driven beginners and expert developers from around the world. The program was filled with sessions, sprints, and keynotes on reaching democratic solutions through technology-based initiatives. Today’s summit marked the end of the conference and covered various topics, including higher education, media and digital publishing, non-profit work, and security.

Senior Program Manager of NDItech, Chris Doten, presented on DemTools this morning with teammate and project lead of the Aegir Project, Christopher Gervais. The commitment exemplified by Doten and Gervais in solving problems of inequality and exclusive political processes manifests in the evolution of DemTools. This suite of web-based applications strives to empower marginalized groups through comprehensive Open Source Software.

Tech News:

• Can technology protect soft targets against mass shootings and terrorist attacks?

• This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

• Process Improvements: The Forgotten Big Wins in Digital Development

• HTTPS crypto’s days are numbered. Here’s how Google wants to save it

• Foreign Media and Misinformation – How Telesur and RT Coordinate Programs and Messages

Civic Tech:

• Distorting the News in Africa: How Dictators Have Tried to Shape the Media Landscape to Their Liking

• All new mobile phones sold in India will have panic buttons from 2017

• Should You Need a License to Practice ICT4D?

• 9 Development Principles to Stop Waste of Time and Money <deprecated website>

• 5 Reasons Why Platforms Are Better Than Bespoke Technical Solutions

• Mobile Learning Lessons: From the Developing to the Developed World