Comments on: Baghdad Day 2 And Photos http://raanan.com/2009/04/20/baghdad-day-2-and-photos/ all about the VIP Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:19:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Baghdad Reflections and What’s Next « Raanan Bar-Cohen http://raanan.com/2009/04/20/baghdad-day-2-and-photos/#comment-3512 Fri, 01 May 2009 13:34:31 +0000 http://raanan.com/?p=582#comment-3512 [...] Next ? Beyond cronicling day 1, day 2, day 3, and day 4 of this trip — I’ll continue to post updates here as our group [...]

]]> By: Tech Twitter » Jack in Flak: WordPress, Twitter, YouTube Talk Social Media in Iraq http://raanan.com/2009/04/20/baghdad-day-2-and-photos/#comment-3485 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:22:36 +0000 http://raanan.com/?p=582#comment-3485 [...] Media Services at WordPress.com owner Automattic, is documenting their experiences on his blog. He writes: – Desperate need to improve internet connectivity. Right now about 5% of Iraq has internet access [...]

]]> By: Twitter Meets Cuneiform - Baghdad Bureau Blog - NYTimes.com http://raanan.com/2009/04/20/baghdad-day-2-and-photos/#comment-3480 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:45:58 +0000 http://raanan.com/?p=582#comment-3480 [...] “The exciting piece we heard today and yesterday with students is that even though the connectivity is slow and sometimes spotty, behavior-wise, they’re on line all day long, as much as they can,” said Raanan Bar-Cohen, a vice president of Automattic Inc., the company that produces WordPress, who has posted updates on the trip on his own blog http://raanan.com/2009/04/20/baghdad-day-2-and-photos/. [...]

]]> By: Fenixnordic Group » Blog Archive » Web 2.0 Execs in Iraq Tweet Hope http://raanan.com/2009/04/20/baghdad-day-2-and-photos/#comment-3479 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:22:41 +0000 http://raanan.com/?p=582#comment-3479 [...] percentage get online at Internet cafes, WordPress vice president Raanan Bar-Cohen says on his blog. But cell service is practically universal and almost everyone owns a mobile [...]

]]> By: WTF: State Department sends Twitter rep to Iraq to help the locals http://raanan.com/2009/04/20/baghdad-day-2-and-photos/#comment-3471 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:48:26 +0000 http://raanan.com/?p=582#comment-3471 [...] Bar-Cohen, VP Media Services at WordPress.com writes that the group has discovered that among other things, only 5% of Iraqi’s have internet [...]

]]> By: Al Kindi Street http://raanan.com/2009/04/20/baghdad-day-2-and-photos/#comment-3470 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:15:00 +0000 http://raanan.com/?p=582#comment-3470 Hope you can get out a little. At least try the Freedom Restaurant across from the Embassy.

One problem is that internet access in Iraq is often through rather expensive VSAT terminals either at internet cafes or through neighborhood subscription services. There are no economies of scale for bandwidth, like DSL-type services.

]]> By: Jack in Flak: WordPress, Twitter, YouTube Talk Social Media in Iraq | KGRAND ONLINE NEWS http://raanan.com/2009/04/20/baghdad-day-2-and-photos/#comment-3468 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:24:37 +0000 http://raanan.com/?p=582#comment-3468 [...] Media Services at WordPress.com owner Automattic, is documenting their experiences on his blog. He writes: – Desperate need to improve internet connectivity. Right now about 5% of Iraq has internet access [...]

]]> By: Jack in Flak: WordPress, Twitter, YouTube Talk Social Media in Iraq | TechBeat|Gather Tech News http://raanan.com/2009/04/20/baghdad-day-2-and-photos/#comment-3467 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:51:58 +0000 http://raanan.com/?p=582#comment-3467 [...] Media Services at WordPress.com owner Automattic, is documenting their experiences on his blog. He writes: – Desperate need to improve internet connectivity. Right now about 5% of Iraq has internet access [...]

]]> By: Techeroid » Jack in Flak: WordPress, Twitter, YouTube Talk Social Media in Iraq http://raanan.com/2009/04/20/baghdad-day-2-and-photos/#comment-3466 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:41:39 +0000 http://raanan.com/?p=582#comment-3466 [...] Media Services at WordPress.com owner Automattic, is documenting their experiences on his blog. He writes: – Desperate need to improve internet connectivity. Right now about 5% of Iraq has internet access [...]

]]> By: Quick Find Tech News » Jack in Flak: WordPress, Twitter, YouTube Talk Social Media in Iraq http://raanan.com/2009/04/20/baghdad-day-2-and-photos/#comment-3465 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:34:30 +0000 http://raanan.com/?p=582#comment-3465 [...] Media Services at WordPress.com owner Automattic, is documenting their experiences on his blog. He writes: – Desperate need to improve internet connectivity. Right now about 5% of Iraq has internet access [...]

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