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Treehugger: 100+ Solar-Powered Ericsson Cell Phone Base Stations Coming to Africa - 0 views

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shared by Richard Allaway on 25 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Richard Allaway on 25 Feb 09
     
    The idea of using renewable energy to power cell phone base stations in rural areas is nothing new. The latest variation on this comes from Ericsson and Orange Guinea Conakry which plan to deploy more than 100 solar-powered base stations:
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BBC NEWS | South Asia | 'Telephone ladies' connect Bangladesh - 0 views

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shared by Richard Allaway on 08 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Richard Allaway on 08 Feb 09
     
    One pioneering scheme in Bangladesh has become famous for its "telephone ladies".
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BBC NEWS | Africa | Riding Tunisia's information superhighway by bus - 0 views

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shared by Richard Allaway on 08 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Richard Allaway on 08 Feb 09
     
    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.
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Global internet users top one billion for the first time | China is number one | The Ec... - 5 views

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shared by Richard Allaway on 01 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Richard Allaway on 01 Feb 09
     
    THE number of people going online has passed one billion for the first time, according to comScore, an online metrics company.
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UK housewives are world's top internet surfers | Technology | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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shared by Richard Allaway on 02 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Richard Allaway on 02 Jan 09
     
    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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BBC NEWS | Technology | UK housewives rule in online time - 0 views

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shared by Richard Allaway on 02 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Richard Allaway on 02 Jan 09
     
    A survey of more than 27,000 web users in 16 countries has shown that the Chinese spend the largest fraction of their leisure time online.
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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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Google Maps Distance Calculator - 2 views

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shared by Richard Allaway on 15 Feb 11 - Cached
  • Richard Allaway on 15 Feb 11
     
    A simple but very user friendly distance calculator for figuring out carbon footprints of products based on distances travelled. [Submitted by Troy Bajardi]
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