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Kathleen Noreisch

GOOD » Where Does the Internet Come From?» - 4 views

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    Last year, important internet cables connecting Europe to Asia were mysteriously severed, resulting in days of outages for millions of internet users. It was a stark reminder that, no matter how instantaneously our information seems to travel, it is, in fact, moving through cables on the bottom of the ocean. And, while the internet might seem like the cutting edge of technology, it's interesting to note that information has been traveling this way since the first telegraph cables were laid across the Atlantic ocean in the 19th century.
Ian Gabrielson

50 things that are being killed by the internet - Telegraph - 8 views

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    "50 things that are being killed by the internet The internet has wrought huge changes on our lives - both positive and negative - in the fifteen years since its use became widespread."
Richard Allaway

Internet: Last piece of fibre-optic jigsaw falls into place as cable links east Africa ... - 1 views

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    Leap in capacity will allow cheap internet access and knowledge at speed of light
Kathleen Noreisch

AudienceScapes - 1 views

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    This website has some great data on various developing countries' rates of adoption of ICT (in particular, mobile phones, internet, radio and television) - click on "country profiles" to see which countries are available. While there is slightly less data available for Haiti, Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique, the dedicated mini-sites for each of the other countries include data on access to various forms of "traditional media" (newspapers, radio) and "new media" (internet and mobile phones). There is also data on usage of the various forms of media by age group, gender and socio-economic status. I particularly like the annotations on the graphs, which will hopefully help students focus on the key data and show them how annotations can help add clarity and further information to figures (graphs, maps etc).
Jessica Burger

Internet access for Africa - 1 views

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    TED lecture on internet innovation in Africa
Matt Podbury

BBC News - Cuba welcomes new internet cable link with Venezuela - 0 views

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    Cuba welcomes new internet cable link with Venezuela
Matt Podbury

BBC News - TV's white spaces connecting rural Africa - 6 views

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    Spread of technology into rural Kenya- Internet
Roger Groenink

Mobile services in poor countries: Not just talk | The Economist - 2 views

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    Examine the changes in a transport, internet ortelecommunications network in terms of the extension oflinks and nodes and the intensity of use at a national orglobal scale.Describe the role of information and communicationstechnology (ICT) in civil society and the transmission andflow of images, ideas, information and finance.
Matt Podbury

ICT Access for Africa: Intel, UN and ITU Efforts to Globalize Broadband | Connected Soc... - 2 views

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    Bringing Broadband Internet Provision to LEDC's
Richard Allaway

BBC NEWS | Africa | Riding Tunisia's information superhighway by bus - 0 views

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    This bus, like many others, has been transformed into a mobile internet centre, and it travels around Tunisia teaching students of all ages how to log on, surf the net, and obtain information electronically that can help them in their studies and in finding jobs.
Richard Allaway

UK housewives are world's top internet surfers | Technology | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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    Global poll also reveals six out of 10 adults in UK have gone on to meet up in 'real life' with someone they met online.
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