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Criticism of a criticism of UN-GAID
I came across an article today which was included in the UN ICT Task Force newsfeed. It’s a commentary written by Nalaka Gunawardene on the SciDev.Net web about the new UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN-GAID). Gunawardene is … Continue reading
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Global Alliance for ICT and Development
The inaugural meeting of the newly established Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID) starts next week, June 19th. This is certainly an interesting development and I’m anxious to see what comes out of the meeting. I think that the … Continue reading
African’s pay on average 90 times more than Americans for Internet
This is just very, very sad: CNN.com – Official: Africans pay $1,800 for 1GB of data – May 18, 2006.
Q&A with $100 laptop Negroponte
Just in case you’re still missing something regarding the $100 laptop: RED HERRING | Q&A: Nicholas Negroponte
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Bill Thompson on Open Source in India
Seems like there’s a lot of talk about open source software in regards to development these days. The BBC’s Bill Thompson has an interesting story on open source software in India: BBC NEWS | Technology | India lays down ‘open’ … Continue reading
ICTs in India
A very insightful article on the BBC website today about how ICTs are being used in rapidly changing India: BBC NEWS | Technology | India aims to be hi-tech heaven
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