Group items tagged ict - IB Geography Global Interactions

BBC News - Audio slideshow: On the map - 2 views

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Map Kibera - 2 views

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shared by Matt Podbury on 21 Jan 11 - Cached

Matt Podbury on 21 Jan 11

Local population of Kibera mapping their own settlement.

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Why the Web Is Useless in Developing Countries - And How to Fix It - 6 views

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BBC News - Nokia at crisis point, warns new boss Stephen Elop - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-12403466

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Matt Podbury on 10 Feb 11

Competition within the mobile phone industry

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

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Matt Podbury on 10 Feb 11

Cuba welcomes new internet cable link with Venezuela

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A special report on global leaders: Tribes still matter | The Economist - 3 views

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shared by Kathleen Noreisch on 12 Feb 11 - No Cached

Kathleen Noreisch on 12 Feb 11

How global leaders tap into diaspora networks

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IT and Social Media Empowering Girls - AlertNet - 1 views

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shared by Richard Allaway on 01 Mar 11 - No Cached

BBC News - Stock trades to exploit speed of light, says researcher - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...science-environment-12827752

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Internet censorship: who controls what | World news | guardian.co.uk - 2 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...nternet-freedom-of-information

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shared by Kathleen Noreisch on 08 Mar 11 - Cached

BBC NEWS | Technology | New Africa broadband link 'ready' - 7 views

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shared by Richard Allaway on 24 Sep 09 - Cached

Richard Allaway on 24 Sep 09

A new high-speed undersea cable connecting East Africa with the rest of the world is poised to go live, Kenya's top internet official has told the BBC.

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The Doctor Is Only an SMS Away | GOOD - 2 views

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shared by Richard Allaway on 03 Sep 09 - Cached

Bringing Faster Internet to Southern and Eastern Africa - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...10cable.html

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shared by Richard Allaway on 12 Aug 09 - Cached

Web in trouble? The hidden cables under a Cornish beach feeding the world's internet | ... - 1 views

www.dailymail.co.uk/...h-feeding-worlds-internet.html

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shared by Richard Allaway on 10 Jul 09 - Cached

East Africa gets broadband: It may make life easier and cheaper | The Economist - 2 views

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shared by Richard Allaway on 22 Jun 09 - No Cached

Richard Allaway on 22 Jun 09

THE Horn of Africa is one of the last populated bits of the planet without a proper connection to the world wide web. Instead of fibre-optic cable, which provides for cheap phone calls and YouTube-friendly surfing, its 200m or so people have had to rely on satellite links. This has kept international phone calls horribly overpriced and internet access equally extortionate and maddeningly slow.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">THE Horn of Africa is one of the last populated bits of the planet without a proper connection to the world wide web. Instead of fibre-optic cable, which provides for cheap phone calls and YouTube-friendly surfing, its 200m or so people have had to rely on satellite links. This has kept international phone calls horribly overpriced and internet access equally extortionate and maddeningly slow.</div>

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Who's Connected How? | GOOD - 5 views

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shared by Kathleen Noreisch on 28 May 09 - Cached

Kathleen Noreisch on 28 May 09

Technology connects us more and more each day. Who are the most and least connected people in the world?

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