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A View of the Cloud from Brazil

Tech Soup

It is one of the rapidly emerging " BRIC " economies, along with Russia, India and China. But ranked 96th in Internet affordability, especially for fixed broadband Internet and mobile phone Internet. Google Docs , Google Groups , and Google Maps are also very well-known and widely used.

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Hold my calls

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

Technology Review published a survey of the role of mobile technology in the developing economies this past January. Going beyond the merely anecdotal, the article tried to put some metric on the role mobile technology plays in growth in these countries. percent, or around US$12 billion for an economy the size of China.

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2014 NTC Report: The Wins, The Fails, The Ideas for 2015

NTEN

In the last month, NTEN staff have rested and recuperated (Jessica even traveled to China!), And if you’re going to spend time investing in a new tool for your online schedule and integrate it with your conference community platform, you want that to become everyone’s mobile phone home screen for the week. Talk about generosity.

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