Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2013

Creating the World’s Largest Collection of Accessible Arabic eBooks Access to knowledge is the critical first step on the path to economic, educational, and social development. The second blog post looked at our growing Bookshare Spanish-language program. Digitally processing Arabic-language content is no easy task.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

So, we’re creating a new place where techies can find social tech applications that resonate with their personal passion for change! Our members are now downloading accessible books at a rate of more than one million books per year! CityOptions The best idea we received last year for a new project is getting underway!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 1, 2010

after my first visit to the country of Qatar. The government of Qatar hosted the conference, and underwrote travel and accommodation. As he pointed out in Doha, top companies rarely publish in scientific journals, compared to the amount of know-how they disclose in patent applications. I’m on the plane heading back to the U.S.

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