Number 10 nearly doubles web traffic

November 5th, 2010

Downing Street said that in October number10.gov.uk received 769,850 page views, with 317,136 visits from 244,833 unique users, publicservice.co.uk reported.

The figures were comparatively much lower in september with the Downing Street web portal
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Russia and India to develop their own OS

October 28th, 2010

The Russian government is planning to develop an alternative operating system that will replace Microsoft Windows. The latest move is aimed at improving its national security by reducing dependence on the US-based technology giant, AFP reported on Thursday.
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Microsites: a cheap and effective way to inform citizens

September 27th, 2010

We interviewed Graham Long, the manager of the Information Production section of the Citizens Information Board,
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The European Commission rolls out the ultra-fast broadband

September 23rd, 2010

Three complementary measures to facilitate the roll out and take up of fast and ultra-fast broadband in the EU have been adopted on the 20th of September 2010 by the European Commission. This package comprises:

– a Commission Recommendation on regulated access to
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The costs of government websites

September 20th, 2010

Visualisation of the costs of the UK government's websites with Many Eyes

The United Kingdom published the list of the costs of the major government websites on its Open Data portal data.gov.uk.
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The social network: an attempt to grasp the mind behind Facebook

September 14th, 2010

“The Social Network” is a movie about the creation of Facebook, the biggest and the most successful social network worldwide. It has not been released yet, but we know the aim of the movie: try to picture how the young mind of Mark Zuckerberg has been able to create such an influent network.
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USA: Boston launches a mobile version of its website

September 7th, 2010

After the launch during the summer 2009 of an iPhone application called Citizens Connect, the city of Boston decided to launch a mobile version of the city’s official website, in order to bridge the digital device divide
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Slovenia sets up a Wikileaks of domestic violence

July 25th, 2010

A service of anonymous reporting of domestic violence has been presented by Ms Katarina Kresal, the Slovenian Minister for the Interior, on the 9th of June 2010, epractice.eu reported.
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