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Software for the other five billion
Insight perspective If businesses want to win over the five billion people without computers, they must adapt their approach. Here are seven assumptions not to make.
Tags: Business applications, Protocols and platforms, Personal applications, Microsoft Corp., Graphics, Quocirca, distributed system, Literacy, Clive Longbottom, software
Philippine SMS tax 'burden' and 'dangerous'
News Country's lobbyist groups and carriers strongly oppose government-proposed tax on SMS messages, saying it will increase communications cost.
Tags: Legal, Mobile platforms/communications, Taxes, Philippines, income tax, mobile company, telecommunications company, U.S. Congress, tax, Income
Mobile banking tapped for growth in India
News Subscriber base for mobile banking services remain low but micro-banking model is making inroads among Indian villages via NFC, say market players.
Tags: NFC (near-field communications), Banking, Mobile platforms/communications, Applications and tools, ATM, Banking, Phone, cell phone, bank, mobile
Why don't we want to pay our teachers more?
Blogs In March 2007, I got the opportunity to visit the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai. It was interesting to visit ...
And now...public relations in the blogosphere
Blogs The new media is growing mightier by the day, and bloggers are the new pressure group in the virtual world. That's also ...
ITU: S'pore has lowest ICT cost
News Singapore offers world's lowest rates for making mobile phone calls and surfing the Web, finds International Telecommunication Union (ITU) study.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Outsourcing, Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile, Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific, Information And Communication Technology, Singapore, Broadband, mobile telephony
HP researchers develop browser-based darknet
News Company has come up with idea for encrypted communications network that could prove useful for businesses that want to keep files confidential.
Tags: Business applications, Web sites, Hewlett-Packard Co., Security, Conference, Web Browser, Cryptography, grid computing, Server, JavaScript
Indian govt delays plans for unrestricted VoIP
News Plans to fully liberalize India's voice over IP market are on hold, and will likely remain in limbo until government finalizes 3G license auction, analysts say.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, VoIP, Regulations, Mobile, India, Telecommunications, IP, phone, telephony, 3G
Terengganu to spend RM13m on IT programs
News The Terengganu Tengah Development Authority (Ketengah) will spend about RM12.85mil to develop IT programs for its rural villages.
Citigroup, Insead launch regional financial learning hub
News The online learning hub will provide downloadable teaching materials and feature online discussion boards, and will be offered free to users for the first year.
Tags: Web services, Workplace
Pakistan gets US$424m in software development contracts
News Pakistan's private sector recently received software development contracts totalling Rs26 billion (US$424.8 million), the minister for science and technology, Professor Attaur-Rahman said.
Short Take: S'pore launches IT Literacy Program
News The Ministry of Manpower and Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) have developed and launched The National IT Literacy Program to help equip Singaporeans with basic computer and Internet skills.
Digital divide has not disappeared
Insight If you read only the big picture statistics, you might be fooled into believing that the digital divide has indeed been bridged.
Tags: Workplace
S'pore leads world in PC, Net penetration
News Computers and Internet access are becoming commonplace in Singapore homes, thanks to free surfing plans and the government's promotional efforts.
S'pore leads world in PC, Net penetration
News Computers and Internet access are becoming commonplace in Singapore homes, thanks to free surfing plans and the government's promotional efforts.
