On Tuesday February 1 2022 at 7pm-8pm EST (00:00-01:00 UTC Jan12) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts an online meetup ‘Google Project Relate: A Communication Tool‘. Pan-Pan Jiang of Google will introduce a new Android app called Project … Read the rest “WEBCAST FEB 1 – A11yNYC – Google Project Relate: A Communication Tool”
Today Wednesday March 11 2015 at 6:45pm EDT Intelligence Squared will host a debate – The U.S. Should Adopt the “Right to Be Forgotten – at the Kaufman Center in NYC. In 2014, the European Union’s Court of Justice determined … Read the rest “WEBCAST TODAY: @IQ2US Debate “The U.S. Should Adopt the “Right to Be Forgotten” Online w/ @zittrain #RightToBeForgotten”
The video of this debate is being held for a DVD, but a transcript is available
On February 20 2014 the Stanford Center for Internet and Society (CIS) presented The Fight for Internet Freedom with Google Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer David Drummond discussing threats to the Internet, especially from Governments, and the critical … Read the rest “VIDEO: The Fight for Internet Freedom – A Talk with David Drummond @StanfordCIS #netfreedom”
On Friday November 1 2013 the Internet Society Washington DC Chapter presented a forum – Wireless 2020: Spectrum Crisis or Broadband Abundance? – at the Microsoft Innovation & Policy Center, Washington, DC. The event focused on the future of United … Read the rest “VIDEO: Wireless 2020: Spectrum Crisis or Broadband Abundance? #spectrum @isocdc”
Google Online Courses will this month present Introduction to Web Accessibility – a course that introduces tools and techniques for web developers to easily ensure that websites are more accessible to users who are blind or have low vision. The … Read the rest “@Google free online course – Introduction to #Web #Accessibility – Lesson 1 preview available”
Here’s some further information from Google
On Wednesday July 31 2013 Google will host the Geek Street Fair in the 14th Street Park at West St. NYC. The Fair is a public event to highlight the City’s technology community and inspire New Yorkers of all ages … Read the rest “WEDNESDAY: @Google Geek Street Fair @HudsonRiverPark #geekstreetfair #nyc”
Reuters has published its recent interview with Susan Crawford, author of “Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age”. Reuters notes that, since the interview, Google has announced an expansion of its Kansas City … Read the rest “VIDEO: Reuters interview with Susan Crawford #captiveaudience #broadband @scrawford”
The Google Policy Fellowship program offers undergraduate, graduate, and law students interested in Internet and technology policy the opportunity to spend the summer contributing to the public dialogue on these issues, and exploring future academic and professional interests.
Fellows will … Read the rest “Google Policy Fellowship Program 2013. Apply by March 15! #policy @Google #netfreedom”
On January 9, 2012 at Google NYC, the New York Technology Council presented a “Cutting-Edge Technology Showcase” to demonstrate “awe-inspiring technologies available today”. These included augmented reality games, body-imaging health applications, instant language translation and object recognition in … Read the rest “Video: New York Technology Council – Cutting-Edge Technology Showcase”
Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen, Director of Google Ideas, debate the role that connection technologies will play in statecraft and foreign policy, and how governments and businesses in the West should foster the spread and use of these … Read the rest “Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen discuss digital disruption in foreign affairs #google”
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