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The Digital Divide Doesn't Exist

NTEN

Brett Meyer, NTEN. Mohammed Diop, of Mali , presumably one of the very people OLPC wants to convince: "It is a very clever marketing tool. And who needs libraries when we have Wikipedia and Kindles? Tags: digital divide Newsletter NPTech NTEN. The digital divide doesn't exist. We can just bridge the gap, right?

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The Math Is Starting to Add Up: The Promise of Mobile

NTEN

At Geekcorps Mali, our approach was: through great engineering feats attempt to somehow lower the costs of access, while hopefully creating sustainable “business models” in the process. Tags: Data Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN IT Staff. The good news is that the math is finally starting to add up. .

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NpTech Tag: People Behind Tags, NpTech Timeline, Twitter, and More Widgets

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" Gavin's idiosyncratic timeline of circuit riders, NTEN, and other things related to the NPTech community. The post on Twitter was Kurt Voelker's twitter@nten? So, here's NTEN's response. Geekcorps Mali works to create and deploy ICT solutions that are sustainable and appropriate for Mali. technologies.

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