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Leapfrogging, China, strange calls from the US… It all gets you thinking.
I had an interesting phone call this evening. It was from someone in the US who was preparing a piece for a morning radio show on the impact of Skype in China and was interested in the “leapfrogging” aspect. As … Continue reading
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iPhones and $100 laptops – Innovation is alive and well and looking toward a bright future
Apple finally announced its long awaited “iPhone” today. To tell the truth it’s a pretty snazzy gadget. Although many have attempted to accomplish similar technological convergence, Apple, as so often before, seem to have anticipated users’ needs and wishes to … Continue reading
UNDP-APDIP’s “e-Primers” open-sourced
People over at the UNDP’s Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP) have caught on to the brilliance of Wikis. They’ve released a bunch of their “e-Primers” under a GFDL license onto Wikibooks. What this means is that they are free to … Continue reading
$100 laptop having an impact on open source communities
This LinuxWorld article demonstrates several ways in which the MIT Media Lab’s $100 laptop project is affecting open source software development, “Doing it for the kids, man: Children’s laptop inspires open source projects – Network World” As Negroponte, the “granddaddy” … Continue reading
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Connecting Africa
I came across an entry on the APC.ORG blog site the other day about the lack of submarine fibre cables to and from the African continent. They point to an interesting map of submarine cables throughout the world and point … Continue reading
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Starting a glossary
Many visitors to my blog end up here in their quest for simple definitions of key terms related to the ICT for development agenda. So I’ve decided to start compiling a glossary of ICT4D terms. I am going to place … Continue reading
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