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  • Guardian: Amazon v the Amazon: internet retailer in domain name battle
    These questions have risen to the fore in an arcane, but hugely important, debate about how to redraw the boundaries of the internet. Brazil and Peru have lodged objections to a bid made by the US e-commerce giant for a prime new piece of cyberspace: [Uprising]
  • Use of Internet and Cellphones Soars in Brazil
    The IBGE statistics agency says that between 2005 and 2011, the number of people aged 10 or more with access to the Internet increased 144 percent. The number of cellphone users increased 107 percent. The agency said Thursday that 78 million Brazilian [ABC News]
  • The Brazilian Congress Needs To Pass Marco Civil for Brazilians ? and The World
    Tim Berners-Lee's visit to Brazil last week has rekindled hopes for a civil society frustrated by six postponed votes on the bill known as ?Marco Civil.? This groundbreaking federal legislation would guarantee civil rights in the use of the Internet [International IP and the Public Interest]
  • Mobly, Rocket Internet's Home Furnishings Site In Brazil, Raises Up To $20M ...
    Rocket Internet, the Samwer brothers' Berlin-based incubator that runs a vast global empire of e-commerce startups, is picking up a new, sizeable investor in Brazil. The Cisneros Group, the Latin American media powerhouse that owns TV, digital, and [TechCrunch]
  • Brazil promises fast Internet connections at World Cup
    BRASILIA (Reuters) - Soccer fans attending next year's World Cup in Brazil will have no problem going online from stadiums, but they might want to use a local cellphone chip to keep their charges low, Brazilian Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo [Reuters]
  • Web Creator Praises Brazil for Project That Will Regulate the Internet
    "Brazil is leading the world with its Internet Civil Mark, so for me it is an honor to be here at this historic moment, supporting those who are doing it." That was how the Englishman Tim Berners-Lee, 57, the creator of the World Wide Web, expressed [Folha.com]
  • Yahoo! support Marco Civil bill in Brazil
    The bill, which was originally conceptualised by professor Ronaldo Lemos, also founder of the Center for Technology & Society, in May 2007, was first drafted in 2009 and includes the contributions of 1,100 citizens of Brazil. The idea behind the Marco [The Next Web]
  • Despite Stumbles, a Promising Path for Start-Ups in Brazil
    RIO DE JANEIRO ? Brazil's Internet start-ups were once the darlings of emerging markets, attracting venture capitalists from around the world. But after two-plus years of growth, the sector is facing tougher times. Numerous young companies, even those [New York Times]
  • Facts and figures of the 97th Indianapolis 500
    FOREIGN BORN (22) ? Ana Beatriz, Brazil; Sebastien Bourdais, France; Ryan Briscoe, Australia; Helio Castroneves, Brazil; Scott Dixon, New Zealand; Dario Franchitti, Scotland; James Hinchcliffe, Canada; James Jakes, England; Tony Kanaan, Brazil [Fox News]
  • Brazil: Number of Internet, cellphone users soars
    RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil ? More people from the lower and middle classes have fueled a surge in the number of Internet and cellphone users nationwide from 2005-2011, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). The number of [Infosurhoy]
  • news compiled : May 23, 2013

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