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World Wide Web Foundation Contro il Digital Divide
Tim Berners-Lee ha annunciato ieri da Washington la nascita della World Wide Web Foundation, un progetto senza fini di lucro che mira ad assicurare uno sviluppo web libero e accessibile a tutti.
In particolare si parla di contrastare l’effetto del Digital Divide: ovvero il divario che ancora persiste per quanto riguarda l’accesso alla rete.
Contrastare il Digital Divide significa in primo luogo assicurare le necessarie infrastrutture a banda larga in tutto il mondo, ma anche porre rimedio all’ “analfabetismo informatico” degli utenti.... (Continua...) Tim Berners-Lee ha annunciato ieri da Washington la nascita della World Wide Web Foundation, un progetto senza fini di lucro che mira ... more -
Google joins $750 million project to get Africa online
Along with media billionaire John Malone and HSBC, Google has its sights on closing the digital divide in Africa. The three entities are pooling resources to get internet access to three billion people in Africa. The venture, called O3b, is aimed at getting the internet to people where it's not commercially available at a fraction of the average cost. What is Google not doing these days?? Along with media billionaire John Malone and HSBC, Google has its sights on closing the digital divide in Africa. The three entities a... more
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American Poverty Includes Internet Access!
"Ten years ago, MySpace didn’t exist. Neither did Facebook. Just one site, called SixDegrees.com, dominated the online social networking market. But soon a bunch of sites sprouted up: LiveJournal, Friendster, LinkedIn, MySpace, and in 2004, Facebook. Back then, Facebook was just for Harvard kids.
But a new study from the University of Minnesota says these days even the least privileged kids have profiles on MySpace and Facebook. And they’re on the internet all the time. That finding goes against past studies that have found a ‘digital divide’ between rich and poor kids.
The researchers surveyed 600 urban teens from families making less than $25,000 a year. Nearly all the kids said they go online, usually from home. And more than three quarters of them have pages on MySpace or Facebook. The students say they’ve learned valuable technology skills in the process: they edit and upload photos, videos and music, and some of them even mess with html to personalize their pages. The researchers say teachers might want to build on that experience. Slipping a little MySpace between reading and ‘rithmetic could be really rewarding." "Ten years ago, MySpace didn’t exist. Neither did Facebook. Just one site, called SixDegrees.com, dominated the online social net... more -
$100 laptop moves forward
What an opportunity. Affordable and practical. "By being independent of any specific hardware platform and by remaining dedicated to the principles of free and open source software, the Sugar platform ensures that others can develop diverse interfaces and applications for governments and schools to choose from." All for a $100 bucks. Eat your heart out Steve Jobs. What an opportunity. Affordable and practical. "By being independent of any specific hardware platform and by remaining dedicated... more
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Iowa digital divide
"Where do the frontrunners stand on making the network infrastructure of the United States a top issue in their debates?
How come the great journalists asking the questions dont ask where Barack Obama stands on a national broadband initiative or where Rudy Giuliani thinks we should head with gigabit infrastructures to support regional economic development and sustainability?"
more on this:
http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2007/11/10/news/metr...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIQiqiW2d4Q "Where do the frontrunners stand on making the network infrastructure of the United States a top issue in their debates? ... more -
Digital Inclusion: Getting the Next Billion People Online
Most people in developed nations recognize the "digital divide" separating people with access to the Internet and its wealth of information from those who have few resources. We want a world of "digital inclusion." How can we allow more people access to the Internet? What are the infrastructure barriers? What are the cost barriers? What about people in developing countries, rural areas, islands? And what about the threat of economic barriers that could impede access to parts or all of the Internet? This video about the issues surrounding digital inclusion features interviews shot at the 2007 Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Rio IGF was the second of five annual global events that attract stakeholders from all walks of life who gathered to discuss issues tied to the future of information and communications technologies.
This documentary was produced for Imagining the Internet http://imaginingtheinternet.org , an online resource exposing future possibilities while simultaneously providing a peek back at the past. In it, you will find the words of thousands of people from every corner of the world, from today and from yesterday, making thousands of predictive pronouncements about the future of humankind.
The multimedia section of the site includes short films and dozens of video interviews - all of them about the hopes and fears for the future of networked communications. Imagining the Internet is a project based at Elon University. Most people in developed nations recognize the "digital divide" separating people with access to the Internet and its wealth... more -
Get off our phone and Blackberry
Pay attention, people!
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The Digital Divide
America is going too fast. We need to slow down to give the rest of the world a chance.
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The free market won't fix it
The digital divide is a problem, and the free market isn't a solution.
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Digital Divide
Equally distributing technology would cause it to stagnate.
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"Bridging the Digital Divide"
This documentary blends together interviews from the 2006 Internet Governance Forum in Athens, Greece. These technology and policy specialists talk about the importance of bridging the gap between those with Internet access and those who do not have access to the wired world. The documentary was produced by Elon University student Erin Barnett, 19, and Elon professor Janna Anderson, with the help of Elon staff member Bryan Baker.
Imagining the Internet http://imaginingtheinternet.org) is an online resource containing thousands of pages. It exposes future possibilities while simultaneously providing a peek back at the past. In it, you will find the words of thousands of people from every corner of the world, from today and from yesterday, making thousands of predictive pronouncements about the future of humankind.
It includes short films and dozens of video interviews - all of them about the hopes and fears for the future of networked communications. This documentary blends together interviews from the 2006 Internet Governance Forum in Athens, Greece. These technology and policy spe... more
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