http://goldsteinreport.com/ RSS feed for the Digital Divide category. en-au Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:47:11 +1000 Copyright: Goldstein Report 2005-2006 http://goldsteinreport.com/page?id=rss 120 http://goldsteinreport.com/images/site/rsslogo2.jpg http://goldsteinreport.com/ http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20503 Google has a truly sky-high idea for connecting billions of people to the Internet -- 12 miles in the air to be exact -- through giant helium balloons circling the globe that are equipped to beam WiFi signals below. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20503 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:45:55 +1000 Digital Divide http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20370 Google is planning to develop high-speed wireless networks in sub-Saharan Africa with the help of high-altitude balloons that can transmit signals across hundreds of square kilometres. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20370 Wed, 29 May 2013 19:03:39 +1000 Digital Divide http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20345 Google Inc. is deep into a multipronged effort to build and help run wireless networks in emerging markets as part of a plan to connect a billion or more new people to the Internet. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20345 Sat, 25 May 2013 21:11:45 +1000 Digital Divide http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20250 The Internet Society today published a new study, 'Lifting barriers to Internet development in Africa: suggestions for improving connectivity,' which examines the factors hindering Internet development in Africa and explores possible remedies. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20250 Sat, 11 May 2013 19:18:59 +1000 Digital Divide http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=19907 There will soon be as many mobile cellular subscriptions as the 7 billion people inhabiting the planet, according to figures released today by the United Nations, which show that strong sustained demand for information and communication technology services is being encouraged by falling prices for broadband Internet. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=19907 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 10:45:49 +1100 Digital Divide http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=19630 Two reviews have found little evidence that mobile phone technology is having a great impact on managing disease http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=19630 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:39:59 +1100 Digital Divide http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=19418 The management of information and communication technology should be "transparent, democratic, and inclusive," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said of a major meeting organised by the United Nations International Telecommunication Union. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=19418 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 22:43:28 +1100 Digital Divide http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=19164 Helping developing countries build their citizens' access to the Internet is akin to giving them a tool that boosts their chances of achieving sustainable economic growth, a senior United Nations official told a global meeting on Internet governance today. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=19164 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 22:54:18 +1100 Digital Divide http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=19146 While citing the rapid development and growth of the Internet, a top United Nations official today urged greater efforts to bridge the ongoing digital divide and ensure that everyone around the world can harness its benefits. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=19146 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:14:19 +1100 Digital Divide http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=18674 There are seven billion people in this world and only 1.2 billion computers -- but close to six billion cellphones. That makes the commercialization ability and growth potential for the mobile Internet massively greater than that of the PC-based Internet. China, the world's biggest Internet market, recently surpassed the U.S. in smartphone activation, and the mobile browser is once again coming to the forefront. Here's why. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=18674 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:57:25 +1000 Digital Divide