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Press Releases
This area contains archives of press releases published on behalf of the Shuttleworth Foundation by its public relations partner, Emerging Media. Please contact the latter with regards to any public relations queries you may have concerning the Foundation.
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m4Lit Project
24 March 2010: The Shuttleworth Foundation's m4Lit (mobiles for literacy) pilot project ran in 2009, exploring whether South African teens are interested in reading stories on their mobile phones.
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Kontax | It’s cool to connect
September 2009: The Shuttleworth Foundation launches Africa’s first m-novel, Kontax, in English and isiXhosa.
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New broadband beginnings on the Horizon after SA Election
17 April 2009:The South African National Broadband Forum will hand over a proposed broadband policy framework to the new Minister of Communications at the first sitting of Parliament after the South African elections of 22 April 2009.
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Connexions, Shuttleworth Foundation to offer hundreds of free K12 lessons
10 November 2008: Houston-based Rice University & South Africa-based Shuttleworth Foundation announce plans to jointly develop one of the world's largest, most comprehensive sets of free online teaching materials for school children.
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Shuttleworth Foundation concerned over education publishing giant restructuring
24 October 2008: The Shuttleworth Foundation will keep a close eye on the decisions of publishing giant, Pearson PLC, as it restructures its Maskew Miller Longman Holdings publishing house in South Africa.
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More than just fun and games
September 2008: The Shuttleworth Foundation is investigating the potential that digital game-based learning holds for education and in informal learning contexts outside of the classroom.
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Shuttleworth Foundation cancels Kusasa project
16 July 2008: Practical considerations in implementing the objectives of the project have led the Foundation to halt all work on the initiative.
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SABS leads appeal against OOXML ratification
28 May 2008: The South African Bureau of Standards is leading an international appeal against the ratification of Microsoft Office Open XML as an ISO standard.
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World Intellectual Property Day
26 April 2008: Open Knowledge and free information infrastructure remain key to South Africa's participation in the global knowledge economy.
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Empowering others to make a difference
28 February 2008: By removing barriers and accelerating great ideas, the Shuttleworth Foundation hopes to drive educational and technological innovation in South Africa.
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Cape Town Declaration calls for open education
22 January 2008: Teachers, students, web gurus and foundations launch Cape Town Open Education Declaration to transform education. They call for free, adaptable learning materials online.
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The Shuttleworth Foundation supports ISO decision
07 September 2007: The International Standards Organisation (ISO) has rejected Microsoft’s bid to have OOXML as a second open document standard for the meantime.
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Shuttleworth Foundation Intervenes in Competition Commission Decision
23 August 2007: The Shuttleworth Foundation has expressed its satisfaction at the decisions taken by the competition commission in possible merger of publishing companies.