Digital divide

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• Can we build the perfect citizen?

  
  Rialtas.net - Government 2.0 — Authority: 92
  Interesting article by FRANK DILLON in this weeks Irish Times Innovation Magazine. The Perfect Citizen The role of the citizen in creating a new Ireland is an important one. What foundations, skills and moral attributes should the perfect citizen have?… …Perhaps its time to look at what was once viewed as ...
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• Internet use and self-rated health among older people: a national survey

  
  ICMCC Website Articles — Authority: 151
  Background : Older people are among the segments of the population for which the digital divide is most persistent and are considered to be at risk of losing out on the potential benefits that the information society can provide to their quality of life. Little attention has been paid, however, to relationships ...
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• Digital divide and Wikipedia

  
  Thoughts of Nigel — Authority: 530
  Whilst crowdsourcing works wonders in places where there are plenty of educated earners,it falls down in places that underperform. One such area is Africa,as Marginal Revolution notes Almost the entire continent of Africa is geographically poorly represented in Wikipedia. Remarkably, there are more Wikipedia ...
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• Power to the People

  
  fsdaily.com - Free Software News - Published news — Authority: 162
  In todays world, we have a "digital divide," wherein some people have the means and tools to exploit technology and others do not. In most developing countries, people still pirate software because they cannot afford to pay for it.
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• JIM 2009

  
  Wir sprechen Online. — Authority: 140
  Das Internet bleibt für Jugendliche vor allem Kommunikationsmedium , so die aktuelle JIM -Studie ( PDF ); http://j.mp/7baoRA
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• e-Asia 2009 in Colombo: Huge gaps remain between Sri Lanka’s ICT hype and reality

  
  Moving Images, Moving People! — Authority: 123
  The much-hyped e-Asia 2009 conference and exhibition opens in Colombo, Sri Lanka, today. It is organised by our good friends at the Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS) in India and the Sri Lankan government agency known as Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA). According to the ...
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• Google’s exclusive new operating system

  
  Memex 1.1 — Authority: 548
  Here’s an interesting angle on Google’s plan for its cloud-based operating system. Google’s Chrome OS is a great idea. Put as much as possible into the cloud, and keep the physical device as a “thin client” to access this functionality. However, this great dependence on Internet connectivity has left the ...
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• As another ‘future of journalism’ gabfest goes on . . .

  
  Ink-Drained Kvetch — Authority: 110
  Today and tomorrow the Federal Trade Commission is conducting its very own “Future of Journalism” extravaganza with all the usual suspects, and from the live Tweeting I’ve seen they’re not saying anything all that new, as important as the topic may be. Spicing up the festivities, however, was Queen ...
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• We must not let Big Telecom segregate the Internet

  
  Afro-Netizen — Authority: 112
  By Malkia Cyril, Chris Rabb and Joseph Torres Originally published on The Huffington Post and cross-posted elsewhere When Fox News’ Glenn Beck called President Barack Obama a racist this past July, the online advocacy group ColorOfChange.org launched a campaign to convince advertisers to boycott ...
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• A Shift in the Digital Divide?

  
  The Fischbowl — Authority: 486
  NPR has a short, but interesting story on the use of mobile devices by young people. Citing research by the Pew Internet and American Life Project , the story states that in regards to "robust" uses of mobile devices, "most of those hyperusers are young Latinos and blacks." Chart from NPR , source data ...
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• Cyborg Systems: Sociology’s Proper Unit of Analysis

  
  Sociology Lens — Authority: 124
  by pj.rey The increasing centrality of the Internet in our daily lives has precipitated a spate of theorizing about how we – as humans and as a society – are changing (or not) due to the constant technological mediation of our most basic interactions and activities.  Let’s face it: This sort of theorizing is ...
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• República Dominicana: meta 2011 de llevar teléfonos e Internet de banda ancha a localidades

  
  AgInfo News from IAALD — Authority: 133
  El Gobierno a través del Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (Indotel) se ha trazado la meta para el 2011de que las localidades de la República Dominicana que tengan más de 300 habitantes, disfruten la posibilidad de hacer uso de teléfonos en sus domicilios y acceder al internet de banda ancha. La ...
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• Das Internet: eine Einladung

  
  Wir sprechen Online. — Authority: 140
  Kruse : Das Internet ist eine Einladung zur Kommunikation in einer neuen Dimension ; http://j.mp/7is0Wv (via @klauseck )
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• Rural India: BSNL and Intel start WiMAX Acceleration Program

  
  AgInfo News from IAALD — Authority: 133
  BSNL, HCL and Intel have joined hands to support the Indian Government’s Bharat Nirman rural development agenda. All three players have announced a series of wide-reaching initiatives to spur economic and educational opportunities in India by expanding access to wireless broadband Internet and affordable ...
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• Is this what is going to happen to information in the future

  
  Thoughts of Nigel — Authority: 530
  The lessons of the likes of Google becoming too powerful? Ht- Stephens Lighthouse
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• Balochistan and Hazara Regions Get 1.25 Billion Rupees of Universal Service Fund for Broadband and Optic Fiber Project

  
  State of Telecom Industry in Pakistan — Authority: 137
  Universal Service Fund of Pakistan continues its initiatives to award substantial funds for rural connectivity in Pakistan. Recently USF awarded telecom contracts worth Rs. 1.25 Billion for providing Broadband Internet in the un-served urban areas of Hazara Telecom Region (HTR) with PTCL and Wateen Telecom and Optic ...
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• 10 Reasons For The Widening Divide In Digital Influence

  
  The Future Buzz — Authority: 455
  While the business digital divide – at least in the marketing and media industries – feels to be closing, there’s another rift less discussed:  a divide between those with digital influence/share of voice and those without.  And it’s a rift that grows wider daily. Many businesses and individuals who ...
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• España: Comunidad Autónoma ofrece préstamos sin intereses a compañías para llevar fibra óptica a zonas rurales

  
  AgInfo News from IAALD — Authority: 133
  La Consejería ha publicado una orden en el Boletín Oficial de la Región (BORM) que permitirá conceder préstamos sin intereses a las operadoras de telecomunicaciones para implantar el servicio de banda ancha o mejorar la tecnología ya existente en un plazo de tres a cinco años, según informó el director ...
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• YouTube Captioning Makes Video More Accessible for All

  
  on dot-gov — Authority: 402
  Dear Google/YouTube, We want it. We want it NOW! xoxo, Your Dot-gov Buddies A big barrier to making video content available to people who cant hear is creating captions for the audio--like the closed captioning you see on TV. This is especially important to government because we are required-- by law and ...
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