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Bridging the rural-urban divide with technology, collaboration and bold ideas

Tue, 14th Nov 2017
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What needs to be brought into focus now is that issues of inequality and lack of access are not limited to emerging or developing economies.
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Icelandic language at risk due to voice command tech

Mon, 24th Apr 2017
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Fewer than 400,000 people speak Icelandic, and linguists are hypothesising that this is how the language dies.
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Digital divide and climate change: Huawei outlines their commitments

Fri, 12th Aug 2016
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Huawei pledges action on climate and digital gaps, revealing eco-goals and tech outreach in their latest sustainability report.
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Threat or opportunity? Digital disruption divides SME sector

Tue, 12th Jul 2016
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Australia's SMEs are split on digital disruption: 25% see it as an opportunity, while 29% perceive it as a threat, signalling a need for better understanding.
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The huge digital divide: 68% of Asia-Pacific residents still not connected to net

Tue, 21st Jun 2016
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The huge extent of the global digital divide has been uncovered, showing that 57% of the world's urban population are unconnected to the internet.
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UN Report: Technology can be a hindrance on right to education

Mon, 20th Jun 2016
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United Nations Special Rapporteur warns that digital technology in education can be dangerous and widen inequality gaps, furthering digital divide.
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State of Connectivity 2015: A report on global internet access

Wed, 24th Feb 2016
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At the end of 2015, estimates showed that 3.2 billion people were online. This means that globally, 4.1 billion people were still not internet users.
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Radical approach by Microsoft NZ opens up refurbished market

Fri, 19th Dec 2014
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Kiwi resellers are jumping on board a Microsoft initiative which enables them to get Windows OEM software at half price for refurbished computers.
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How I teach my Mother... Computers

Wed, 19th Jun 2013
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Witnessing the setup of this machine and watching her switch from a ten-year-old PC to a Macbook Pro has been the highlight of my week.
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Two billion people online by 2011

Thu, 21st Oct 2010
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Global internet users set to hit 2 billion by 2011 as ITU reports a surge in online access, particularly in developing countries.