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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

WIPO Headquarters The event this last week at WIPO in Geneva, Switzerland, was the ninth meeting of the Stakeholder’s Platform, which was set up about the time the original Treaty draft was introduced. So, in the meanwhile, we will need to rely on licenses: permissions agreements. So, the publishers weren’t against all licensing.

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My remarks just made at WIPO today

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

with print disabilities, with more than 70,000 copyrighted works in our library, the majority of which have been created under the US copyright exception by volunteers, mainly people with disabilities themselves, helping each other. • We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. •

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Gogoro’s Eeyo 1s e-bike goes on sale in France, its first European market

TechCrunch

Another model, the Eeyo 1, will launch over the next few months in France, Belgium, Monaco, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Czech Republic. Gogoro announced today that its Eeyo 1s is now available for sale in France, the smart electric bike’s first European market.

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Going to Davos to Redesign the Planet

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Global Redesign Initiative is one of the core themes of next week's annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Universities and government labs encouraging their technology transfer offices to make social licenses of new technology. What would you propose to global leaders to make humanity better off?

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Bird will double its size in Europe with massive $150 million spend

The Verge

Bird did not ultimately win one of the coveted permits to operate its scooters in Paris, nor does it appear to be on track to be granted a license in London either. The company has since launched Bird Platform in countries like Switzerland and Estonia, cheering investors who hope it will lower Bird’s labor and capital expenses.

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Find an Awesome Nonprofit Tech Training Near You

Tech Soup

Lausanne, Switzerland: Tech4Good Lausanne — Meetup avec Pascal Kotté et CloudReady.ch. Lausanne, Switzerland: Lausanne/Pully: Entraide Numérique Intergen.Digital de 7 à 107 Ans. Lausanne, Switzerland: Genève: 25ème Journée de Rencontre de l’OT, Innover Autrement.

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

Tech Soup

Yverdon, Switzerland: Rentrée de l'Entraide Numérique. Renens, Switzerland: OpenLab: Visite du Fablab de Renens. Genève, Switzerland: Do-camp: Hackaton UX Design — Responsibility.digi­tal. Genève, Switzerland: LINforum3 Partage Idée, Réflexion, Projet, Startup, Service.

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