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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: 134
  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: 512
  The lessons of the likes of Google becoming too powerful? Ht- Stephens Lighthouse
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• 10 Reasons For The Widening Divide In Digital Influence

  
  The Future Buzz — Authority: 411
  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: 134
  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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• The UK needs to look at lessons in broadband adapation

  
  Thoughts of Nigel — Authority: 512
  Lesson for the UK? Across the Atlantic,The Federal Commission has listed seven obstacles in the road towards universal use of broadband. In the United States almost two-thirds of adults have broadband connections at home, but of course thats a long way from the countrys ultimate goal. The biggest problem according ...
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• Confessions of a Digital Immigrant: Reflections on mainstream and new media

  
  Moving Images, Moving People! — Authority: 122
  In early August 2009, I talked to a captive audience of media owners, senior journalists and broadcasters in Colombo about the ‘digital tsunami’ now sweeping across the media world. (It has been reported and discussed in a number of blog posts on Aug 6, Aug 7, Aug 8 and Aug 31).As I later heard, some [...]
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• Broadband Internet Access in Schools Should’t be a Luxury

  
  Black Web 2.0 — Authority: 503
  Imagine the outrage from parents, teachers, and the community if a school announced that some of its students would have access to textbooks, research papers, and literature, but other students would be denied those resources. Some students would be branded as worthy, while others as second class. It baffles me that ...
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• Black Elected Officials Urge FCC to Keep the Digital Divide in Mind

  
  Black Web 2.0 — Authority: 503
  In a letter sent to the FCC last month, the groups asked the agency “ensure that any new rules proposed can clearly be shown to benefit all consumers and not expand the digital divide facing disadvantaged populations.” The FCC is one of the agencies responsible for developing and implementing a national broadband ...
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• BigShot: A little camera with a Big potential — inspired by a film!

  
  Moving Images, Moving People! — Authority: 122
  “Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.” This remark is attributed to one of my favourite essayists and philosophers, Ralph Waldo Emerson.That was probably true for the 19th century in which he lived and died, but it takes a bit more than a mousetrap to generate a buzz [...]
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• España (Galicia): Zonas rurales y empresas pequeñas, los más retrasadas en uso de tecnologías

  
  AgInfo News from IAALD — Authority: 134
  Las zonas rurales y las pequeñas empresas son las más retrasadas en la utilización de tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) en Galicia, afirmó hoy la secretaria general de Modernización e Innovación Tecnológica de la Xunta, Mar Pereira. También señaló que solo el 54 por ciento de la ...
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• Britain; ISPs should have legal obligation on rural broadband

  
  AgInfo News from IAALD — Authority: 134
  An articles published in the Telegraph (UK) reports that Internet providers should be under a legal obligation to offer fast broadband speeds across Britain to combat the worsening digital divide between urban and rural communities. The problem of slow Internet speeds in the countryside was first highlighted in ...
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• España (Aragón): II Plan para el Desarrollo de la Sociedad de la Información para reducir brecha rural

  
  AgInfo News from IAALD — Authority: 134
  Aragón continúa su camino para reducir la brecha digital existente entre el medio urbano y el rural. Para el ello, desde la Consejería de Universidad y Tecnología se ha puesto en marcha los planes directores para el desarrollo de la Sociedad de la Información. El II Plan Director para el Desarrollo de la Sociedad ...
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• India: conexiones WiFi móviles en autobuses rurales

  
  AgInfo News from IAALD — Authority: 134
  Un nuevo artículo señala que la empresa United Villages ha implantado un sistema en la India gracias al cual es posible enviar y recibir correos electrónicos, mensajes de voz, fotos, hacer compras online, consultar servicios matrimoniales (algo muy importante en la India), y prácticamente todo lo que ofrece ...
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• Superlists!: Ten tips on file-sharing etiquette

  
  Plug One — Authority: 131
  This is a primer for labeling and properly uploading mixtapes. Some tech-savvy dudes will mock my simple suggestions. But it’s hard to laugh at the sundry ways musicians, labels and marketers label their wares; and the inconvenience they cause for those of us who actually try to maintain order on our hard drives. ...
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• Torbay RTC: e-Learning Foundation

  
  EdCompBlog — Authority: 127
  Live blog from #torbayrtc. Kevin Pay is talking about overcoming the digital divide. The e-Learning Foundation aims: "...to reduce the effect of this “Digital Divide” by working with schools, parents and other stakeholders to ensure that all children have access to the learning resources that technology can ...
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• Inventor del Web busca mejorar las condiciones de vida (en zonas rurales)

  
  AgInfo News from IAALD — Authority: 134
  El artículo en ComputerWorld reporta sobre dos proyectos que Berners-Lee, el inventor de la Web, anunciará el domingo en el Internet Governance Forum 2009 en Egipto. Estos se centrarán en aprovechar la tecnología Web para mejorar la agricultura en África y enseñar a los más jóvenes cómo crear contenidos ...
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• Webs Inventor Wants the Web to Improve Life of rural people

  
  AgInfo News from IAALD — Authority: 134
  An article in PCWorld says that the World Wide Web Foundation, Tim Berners-Lees latest brainchild, is now officially open for business and involved with two initial projects, as it embarks on using the Web to empower people worldwide and bring about positive socio-economic change. Berners-Lee, the Webs ...
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