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Kenya: Mocality Launches Daily Deals and Mobile Apps.

Watch a video of Moses Kemibaro's interview with Joshua Mwaniki, the Country Manager for Mocality in Kenya, on the impending launch of Mocality Deals: “In addition to the deals, Mocality recently also launched mobile apps for both Apple’s iOS (i.e. iPhone, iPad and iPod devices) on the App Store and Google’s Android on the Google Market.”

Submitted by New Media Rights on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 9:10am

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Kenya: The Death of Cinema

Njeri discusses the death of cinema in Kenya: “Rising Cost of Living: I would attribute this as one of the main causes of the Cinema's demise. With the price of bread at Ksh. 40, Maize meal at almost Ksh.100, most consumables have become a luxury. Thus we cannot even start to discuss entertainment as many Kenyans are surviving nowadays, not living.”

Submitted by New Media Rights on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 8:30am

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June Newsletter: New Media Rights defends consumers by opposing AT&T T-mobile merger

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Bulgaria: Sofia's Sugar Factory Tragedy

Written by Veronica Khokhlova

Maya's Corner writes about Sofia's Sugar Factory, where two people died in 2009 when the neglected building collapsed, and the fate of other landmarks owned by “predator ‘investors'.”

Submitted by New Media Rights on Fri, 01/28/2011 - 4:58pm

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Southeast Asia: Review of 2010

By Mong Palatino

Submitted by New Media Rights on Mon, 01/03/2011 - 12:23am

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China: 360 VS. QQ: What about privacy and user rights?

By Oiwan Lam

An unintended consequence of the battle between Tencent and Qihoo 360 has been increased awareness among Chinese internet users regarding averse effects of Tencent's industry monopoly and the significance of protection of user privacy and rights.

Submitted by New Media Rights on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 1:05am

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South Korea: The Super-Supermarkets Twitter shootout

By Lee Yoo Eun

As mega-markets arrive to devour small businesses, serious discussions have been rekindled in Korea in both online and offline venues. On the night of October 28, while a serious debate on the SSM (Super SuperMarket) issue was taking place on a major TV network program, two formidable opponents, one representing big corporations and the other standing the small business owners, engaged in a battle on in Twitter.

Submitted by New Media Rights on Sun, 10/31/2010 - 7:09pm

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