Developing Country
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Perfect device for developing world: Not PC
Insight perspective We have the right hardware for developing countries--it's just not a PC, an analyst points out.
Tags: Mobile applications, Development/design, Mobile/Wireless, Clive Longbottom, developing country, health care, PC, Development/design, Mobile/Wireless, South Africa
ITU: Standardization critical for global industry
News Technology heads from major companies call for "overhaul" of ICT standardization and offer recommendations to better address needs of industry.
Tags: Network standards/protocols, Standards, Standardization, climate change, Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., British Telecommunications, Telecommunications, Information And Communication Technology, Standards
Developers are Nokia's path to emerging markets
News Mobile maker is placing renewed focus on app creators, in hope that developer-centric strategy will drive its push into Asia's emerging markets, say top execs.
Tags: Mobile applications, Symbian, Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc., Phone, cell phone, mobile, Mobile applications, Asia, India
A US$5 solar stove for rural poor, paid for by polluters
News The Kyoto Box, an award-winning solar cooker made of cardboard, aims to reach millions for free with the help of the carbon credit market.
Tags: Green IT, Carbon Credit, Carbon Emission, Emission, Kyoto Box, Jan Bohmer, Deforestation, developing country, food, White House
Execs see technology as economic equalizer
News Intel's chairman Craig Barrett and Cisco CEO John Chambers see tech as the key to eliminating poverty throughout the world.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Web sites, Cable, Notebooks and tablets, Intel Classmate PC, Intel Corp., Chip, Cable, Pillar, developing country
OLPC slashes workforce in half, cuts salaries
News Founder of the project tasked with giving laptops to children in developing nations, blames tough economic times for restructuring.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Best strategies, Budgeting/cost control, Funding, Workforce, One Laptop Per Child Project, operating system, Salary, developing country, Microsoft Windows XP
IBM to buy Chinese e-mail company
News Big Blue has announced its intention to acquire Outblaze, a hosted e-mail and messaging business based in Hong Kong.
Tags: E-mail servers, Services, Acquisitions, IBM Corp., Hong Kong, messaging service, Tool, Messaging, messaging company, developing country
Berners-Lee unveils scheme to achieve 'One Web'
News Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has launched the World Wide Web Foundation, an initiative with the mission of spreading the Web to developing countries.
Tags: Web sites, Tim Berners-Lee, developing country, News.com, leader, Internet, blog, collaboration, Washington D.C., Benefit
US recycler, tech companies step up e-waste standards
News The country's largest recycling company is partnering with Sony and LG Electronics to meet international e-waste standards Congress has yet to adopt.
Tags: Regulations, Recycling, E-waste, Standards, developing country, technology company, Government Accountability Office, partnership, U.S., blog
Mobile banking set to boom
News The number of global mobile banking transactions is predicted to reach 37 billion by 2011, and some 612 million users will generate over US$587 billion worth of financial transactions, says analyst house Juniper Research.
Tags: Banking, Mobile commerce, Data services, Mobile applications, Mobile, Juniper Networks Inc., Mobile Banking, developing country, payment, Silicon.com
Mobile tech gets cautious praise from aid groups
News Wireless technology has its benefits, but experts seek more evidence on the true costs of installing infrastructure in the developing world.
Tags: Mobile, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile Technology, phone, developing country, financial, professor, researcher, patient, barrier
Mobile trade group pushes green initiative
News The GSMA launches an initiative with a goal of getting 118,000 new and existing bay stations using renewable energy by 2012.
Tags: Green IT, Mobile/Wireless, Base Station, Mobile, India, Renewable Energy, developing country, blog, industry, biofuel
OLPC spinoff in talks with four laptop makers
News Sugar Laboratories wants to put its Linux software on more low-cost PCs for the One Laptop Per Child initiative.
Tags: Vendor selection, Windows XP, Linux, Open-source Software, One Laptop Per Child Project, Open Source, operating system, developing country, ASUS, software
OLPC faces 'vicious' rivalry in laptop market
News news analysis One Laptop Per Child exec David Cavallo says the organization welcomes new entrants to the low-cost laptop market, but describes the response of some competitors as "unfortunate".
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Kid, One Laptop Per Child Project, Education, developing country, Silicon.com, Laptop Computer, career, laptop company, network
A click farm in the Philippines?
Blogs Like most people I know, I had no idea what a click farm was. So when someone from the BBC sent an e-mail to me a few da...
