by Beth | Apr 6, 2004 | Social
On New Year’s Day, The New York Times published an article entitled “Indian Soybean Farmers Join the Global Village.”2 That article describes how and why Ravi Sham Choudhry accesses the World Wide Web to assist the people of his village to price...
by Beth | Mar 30, 2004 | Social
A cheap handheld computer designed by Indian scientists has been launched after a delay of nearly three years. The team first came up with the idea for the Simputer in 2001 to help India’s poor join the internet age. But development of the computer was hampered...
by Beth | Jan 4, 2004 | Social
According to the latest Pew Internet study 63 percent of U.S. adults now are online and many of them – especially those with several years of online experience – have built Internet use into their lives in practical ways. Findings below. – (Related...
by Beth | Dec 22, 2003 | Social
The Beaumont Foundation grants state-of-the-art laptop computers and technology equipment to schools and communityh groups serving low income populations and individuals.The deadline for the current cycle may have passed but it might be worth inquiring about the next...
by Beth | Dec 10, 2003 | Social
Information Summit Opens With Call To Fight Poverty – “”Over 70 percent of all Internet users live in the world’s richest countries, where only 16 percent of the globe’s population lives,” Secretary General Yoshio Utsumi of the...
by Beth | Dec 10, 2003 | Social
For a representative sampling of 7 positions (pro and con) taken on a UN conference in Geneva going on at the moment . These are particularly interesting in light of Pope John Paul’s challenge to the Vincentian Family to search for “underlying causes and...
