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Tag was last used: Nov 5, 2011
 
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Posted By:  jaybhatt
Posted On:  Nov 5, 2011

  Will Cheap Computer Bridge India's Digital Divide?
Indian students pose with the supercheap Aakash tablet computers, which they received during the Oct. 5 product launch in New Delhi. The Indian government intends to deliver 10 million tablets to college students across India at a subsidized price of $35. India has unveiled what its...... [view]
Posted By:  jaybhatt
Posted On:  Nov 5, 2011

  Massive Digital Divide in the Land of IT
Fallen by the wayside of urban India’s information technology (IT) superhighway, Khairat village – located just 80 kilometres from booming Mumbai – still has no access to the Internet. But thanks to the recent efforts of ‘one laptop per child’ – a...... [view]
Posted By:  jaybhatt
Posted On:  Sep 25, 2011

  e-GRAM - Bridging the Digital Divide in Gujarat
  e-GRAM - Bridging the Digital Divide in Gujarat   "The e-Gram project has brought about a revolution in the rural areas of Gujarat. But what is the e-Gram project? Varesh Sinha, Principal Secretary, Panchayati Raj, Gujarat government explains: "The...... [view]
Posted By:  jaybhatt
Posted On:  Nov 13, 2010

  Half of country’s mobile customers use internet, data service on phones
The numbers indicate the data potential that India holds: Customers who access some form of internet service on their handsets has risen 70% over the last 12 months to touch 214 million as of June 10, says telecoms regulator Trai. Analysts say this figure has risen to over 240 million as of...... [view]
Posted By:  jaybhatt
Posted On:  May 8, 2010

  A coming-out party
"In urban mediaspeak, Kumar is a ‘citizen journalist’. But unlike his urban counterparts, who are encouraged to tweet or blog on issues that are important to them, Kumar, a digital have-not, never had any dedicated space to discuss issues that were crucial to him. Interestingly, it’s...... [view]
Posted By:  jaybhatt
Posted On:  Apr 24, 2010

  India's connectivity plan to bridge digital divide
Excerpts: "After seeing its telecom network, with nearly 600 million subscribers, become the second-largest globally, India is charting an ambitious scheme to connect its vast rural hinterland as it tries to reach phone and broadband services to each of its 626,000 villages spread across 28...... [view]
Posted By:  jaybhatt
Posted On:  Apr 11, 2010

  Minister of State Sachin Pilot: Technology 'Can Be a Great Bridge' between Urban and Rural Populations
"At age 26, Sachin Pilot became the youngest member of Parliament in India when he was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha (Lower House) from the Dausa Parliamentary constituency of Rajasthan in May 2004. Today, as minister of state for India's Ministry of Communications and Technology, he is a member...... [view]
Posted By:  jaybhatt
Posted On:  Feb 12, 2010

  New Media Literacies Skills For The 21st Century Digital Citizen
"Nobody teaches us these skills, of course you need to learn them cross the street, there are a lot of attentional skills we pick up, but the attentional skills that come from being always on, always connected, have getting your answers from Google and Wikipedia – that is new and you are not...... [view]
Posted By:  jaybhatt
Posted On:  Jan 8, 2010

  How to make ICT-enabled education succeed
"ICT lies at the heart of modernising Asia’s education systems. However, technology alone will not be enough to bridge the digital divide, says Anita Dighe, Director, Directorate of Distance Learning, India. She went on to stress areas which governments need to focus on in order to deliver...... [view]
Posted By:  jaybhatt
Posted On:  Aug 28, 2009

  Indian state to replace telegram with e-post
E-post will replace old system of telegram service across the Indian state of Kerala, according to the state’s Chief Post Master General (CPMG), Dr Udaya Balakrishnan. People will send and receive messages or scanned images through email from Post Offices of the Kerala Circle of the Indian...... [view]
Posted By:  jaybhatt
Posted On:  Jul 28, 2009

  Transforming India Through Technology – session with Bill Gates
Transforming India Through Technology – session with Bill Gates -Soumitra Dasgupta "Microsoft, Windows and Bill Gates are actually synonymous. When we think computers, the first word that comes to mind is any of these three, and not necessarily in that order. So, one can well imagine how...... [view]
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  Research Insitute for the Development and Promotion of Digital Access
Submitted By:   mkoletsi
Website:  http://www.digitalaccess.gr
Phone:  00302109329380
E-mail:  info@digitalaccess.gr 		  Vision:   Digital Access vision is to promote digital access and equal digital opportunities for all in Greece and also in Europe. Basic aim for Digital Access is helping bridge the Digital Divide, a new social problem that creates......
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  Help close the digital divide
Submitted By:   esum
Committers:  38
Date Created:  2008-02-05 		Description:   There are many barriers youth face in accessing digital information from technical problems, to information literacy levels to something as basic as reading comprehension levels. There are lots of things we can do to help overcome these barriers such as improving IT infrastructure, or teaching others information related skills.
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