There's an international flavour to this week's programme. We start
off by hearing from Evgeny Morozov, the Stanford scholar who doubts
whether the web can bring about democratic change. Despite reports
noting the importance of Facebook in the current Tunisian protests,
and the 2009 Twitter revolution in Iran, Evgeny thinks the new
technology could end up posing many more problems than it solves.
Charles Arthur finds out from this cyber-sceptic that the everyday tools we
use for shopping and personalisation could end up restricting the
internet in authoritarian states.
And although Aleks is away this week, she's still been busy ? speaking to Indian business blogger Nikhil Pahwa from MediaNama.com. He's the first
interviewee from her recent trip to the country, and sets the scene,
explaining what the digital sector is like in the country, what
opportunities there are for British businesses in India, and how the
mobile internet is the next big hope.
Jemima Kiss presents the show, and there's also this week's
technology headlines with news on Steve Jobs'
latest health problems, a Facebook flotation that flopped, and how
Nokia doesn't Come With Music any more.
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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/audio/2011/jan/18/tech-weekly-evgeny-morozov-india
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