Tryggvi Thayer, Ph.D.
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Global Alliance for ICT and Development
The inaugural meeting of the newly established Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID) starts next week, June 19th. This is certainly an interesting development and I’m anxious to see what comes out of the meeting. I think that the … Continue reading
Chinese blog tops popularity list
Things have been slow around here. I’m in the midst of a relocation from the US to my home in Iceland and though Iceland is supposedly a leader in terms of connectivity, it takes 2 weeks (!!!) to get my … Continue reading
Posted in ICTs, Information Society, Internet
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African’s pay on average 90 times more than Americans for Internet
This is just very, very sad: CNN.com – Official: Africans pay $1,800 for 1GB of data – May 18, 2006.
Q&A with $100 laptop Negroponte
Just in case you’re still missing something regarding the $100 laptop: RED HERRING | Q&A: Nicholas Negroponte
Posted in Development, Education, ICTs, Leapfrogging development
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New Global Alliance for Information Technologies and Development
There was a fair amount of disappointment with the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). As far as the two primary issues that were expected to be addressed by the summit, internet governance and the Digital … Continue reading
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Bill Thompson on Open Source in India
Seems like there’s a lot of talk about open source software in regards to development these days. The BBC’s Bill Thompson has an interesting story on open source software in India: BBC NEWS | Technology | India lays down ‘open’ … Continue reading
