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\"Spam_wall\"<\/a>The line between innovation and frivolity is very thin. This week, Around the World reports on a very silly \u201cserious game\u201d and a haywire kitchen appliance that could become a menace to us all\u2026 alongside more level-headed news of the resurrection of Kazakhstan\u2019s libraries, the online presence of African languages, and a Hebrew festival that\u2019s all about connecting \u2013 read on\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n

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23.01.2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

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UK<\/b>: e-learning is a $55.2bn industry, but not for long \u2013 by 2015 it\u2019s expected to double in size. Some more eye-catching statistics for 2014 here (TRAININGZONE<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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CHINA<\/b>: an computer game in which players zap crooked officials with a laser has been launched to tackle corruption and embezzlement (BBC<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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KAZAKHSTAN<\/b>: the collapse of communism and breakup of the Soviet Union caused the closure of some 70% of Kazakhstan\u2019s libraries. Now they are gradually being reopened, promoting vital computer literacy and education within previously deprived communities (GLOBAL VOICES ONLINE<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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ISRAEL<\/b>: how e-learning is helping Jews around the world keep in touch with Israel\u2019s traditions \u2013 and with nature (GREEN PROPHET<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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AFRICA<\/b>: Google translate relies on vast amounts of language data to do its job. Its expansion into Igbo, Yoruba, Somali, Hausa and Zulu is, therefore, an indicator of the rapid growth of African material on the net (BIZTECH AFRICA<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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and in other news…<\/b><\/p>\n

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SOMEWHERE<\/b>: troubling news for the Internet of Things: an insecure, internet-enabled refrigerator has been caught sending spam e-mails (BBC<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The line between innovation and frivolity is very thin. This week, Around the World reports on a very silly \u201cserious game\u201d and a haywire kitchen appliance that could become a menace to us all\u2026 alongside more level-headed news of the resurrection of Kazakhstan\u2019s libraries, the online presence of African languages, and a Hebrew festival that\u2019s […]<\/p>\n

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