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GSM Association pushes 3G to developing world
News But members of the GSM Association (GSMA) said on Monday that they want to see this number grow and include people in poor regions of the world. Our 3G handset initiative will allow far more people to take advantage of the video clips, mobile music...
[June 14, 2006, 10:00]
The developing world needs well-developed ideas
Leader All of us, from Bill Gates down to Bob Gresham (deputy assistant sales manager at the Bognor Regis PC World) have a pressing imperative to help the developing world, and the enthusiastic response from all quarters for the project shows that...
[March 17, 2006, 14:15]
Pre-pay and the developing world
Talkback It has been pointed out to me that Microsoft has already inflicted a similar stunt upon its 'developing world' customers, viz: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/may06/05-21emergingmarketconsumerspr.mspx
[December 29, 2008, 15:30]
Vodafone unveils handsets for developing world
News Vodafone has unveiled a pair of low-cost handsets for the developing world, which it hopes will help millions access mobile technology for the first time. The Vodafone 125 handset is designed to help those in the developing world access mobile...
[May 21, 2007, 13:17]
SAS Helps OneWorld Health Find Cures for Afflictions of People in the Developing World
White Papers Founded in 2000, OneWorld Health develops and tests drugs for tropical diseases that disproportionately plague the world's developing countries. By seeking patents for promising compounds from for-profit companies and universities that may not have...
[December 27, 2006, 0:00]
MP seeks solar-powered laptop for developing world
News A UK MP has proposed a competition for the first company to come up with a solar-powered laptop costing less than £50, intended for use in the developing world. The solar-powered laptop should be designed to be manufactured in the developing world...
[October 2, 2002, 11:13]
The developing world needs well-developed ideas
Talkback If our aspirations are one socket and one megabit per village, our achievement will be as small. One thing we have all learned in the digital age is that costs drop and computer power rises. Rather than use these for wide spread education and human...
[March 21, 2006, 19:57]
The developing world needs well-developed ideas
Talkback MIT is perhaps not the one to do that, so start searcing.one power socket per village and one megabit per community are much surer foundations for building a future". PS I did very well with 64KB long ago, or was it, infact, all that long ago!
[March 18, 2006, 9:59]
Toxic tech threatening developing world
News Computer Aid, a charity that ships used PCs to the developing world, believes that politicians in these countries need to do more to protect their citizens. Toxic computer waste is not just causing problems in Africa but all over the world.
[October 26, 2005, 9:45]
Toxic tech threatening developing world
Talkback It is excruciating that “hazardous waste” under the garb of “charity” is openly sent to developing countries, including India. The developed countries are pretending to bridge the “digital divide” by “separating the body and souls” of many in these...
[December 12, 2005, 12:02]
E-mail4B: An E-mail System for the Developing World
White Papers This paper presents E-mail4B, a prototype e-mail delivery system targeted for developing regions. Effectively deploying networked applications in these challenging environments requires adopting a new architecture design to address the inherent...
[February 20, 2008, 0:02]
New service aims to help developing world in research
News Scientists in developing countries may soon have better access to peer research on the Internet, thanks to a partnership between search specialists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Elsevier.
[December 14, 2005, 15:30]
HP unveils developing-world experiments
News What do subcompact cars and PCs have in common? Forty million people in India. At least that's HP's perspective. Company executives say the 40 million consumers in India who can afford a subcompact car will be the future buyers of new HP...
[April 7, 2006, 9:30]
Smile like you mean it: developing for the commercial web 2.0 world
Blog If the world of web 2.0 if going to continue to change the way the web is designed and built in the way it already has, then perhaps a more subtle infrastructural refresh could be on the cards. So as we get more and more used to great online...
[August 28, 2008, 14:46]
Developing and Managing Software Applications: In a World of SOA and Web Innovation
White Papers CA provides the tools to help organizations adapt to a World of Services and Web Innovation. By providing a mechanism for capturing and prioritizing business demands, CA solutions deliver critical insight and control of the assets, processes...
[August 15, 2009, 1:20]
Second-hand PC shipments tipped to boom
News Demand for second-hand PCs is soaring in parts of the developing world, analyst group Gartner reported on Wednesday. Several organisations already ship second-hand PCs to the developing world, including Computer Aid, a UK charity.
[September 28, 2005, 15:00]
'$100 laptop' consumer launch rumours denied
News The organisation working on a low-cost laptop for developing-world education has rushed to deny speculation that the machines may become generally available to the public, following news reports earlier this week.
[January 11, 2007, 9:38]
Execs see technology as economic equaliser
News Two of the tech industry's biggest champions for using technology to eliminate poverty in the developing world took the stage at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Friday for the final keynotes of the conference.
[January 12, 2009, 17:08]
Refurbished PCs enlisted to fight AIDS
News UK IT charity Computer Aid is working with an education charity to provide schools in the developing world with the technology to educate pupils about the spread and prevention of the HIV/AIDS. Computer Aid, announced on Thursday that it is working...
[October 20, 2006, 12:45]
The $100 laptop: A well intentioned waste of time?
Talkback "The aim of the $100 laptop initiative is to provide each child in the developing world with a laptop that can also act as an e-book, a tablet PC and a TV in a bid to help bridge the digital divide. I'm glad to see people are concerning themselves...
[November 24, 2005, 11:44]
