Here’s a roundup of the various articles on this news– Cnet- One Laptop per Child undergoes final beta version BBC UK- ‘$100 laptop’ production begins Gizmodo- Try the $100 OLPC Operating System at Home
Month: July 2007
Google Apps Office Suite For Non Profits
A few weeks old but I’m cleaning out my newsreader… Google is opening up its educational tier of Google Apps to nonprofit organizations within the United States. Registered 501c3 nonprofits will be able to use and deploy the educational version of Google Apps, which gives organizations unlimited users, free phone support, API integration, and e-mail… Continue reading Google Apps Office Suite For Non Profits
New York Times On The Digital Divide
Here’s a great article in the New York Times detailing the lack of internet infrastructure in Africa: Attempts to bring affordable high-speed Internet service to the masses have made little headway on the continent. Less than 4 percent of Africa’s population is connected to the Web; most subscribers are in North African countries and the… Continue reading New York Times On The Digital Divide
Earth2Tech- New Blog About Technology, Innovation, and Climate Change
There’s a new blog on our radar– To put it cogently, Earth2Tech is a blog that covers green tech. The new blog published by the Gigaom team was covered in this weekend’s New York Times. The blog is “devoted to the business of clean technologies, its innovations and everything else,†he explained on his main… Continue reading Earth2Tech- New Blog About Technology, Innovation, and Climate Change
OLPC Used To Surf Porn
When the idea of the OLPC was introduced to the public, many naysayers said that the computers would be used to fuel 419 scams and other non-educational habits. Fast forward to today and we have our first report that school children in Nigeria are using the OLPC to browse for porn. The computers will now… Continue reading OLPC Used To Surf Porn
GreenDimes Helps Reduce Junk Mail By Up To 90%
GreenDimes is a new service that aims to reduce the amount of junk mail for their members: GreenDime’s site says it has “tens of thousands of members†and the annual fee is $36 per year (a dime a day). For that price the company says it will reduce your junk mail by a 75% to… Continue reading GreenDimes Helps Reduce Junk Mail By Up To 90%