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The Delightful People from Aga Khan
12 August 08 02:07 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   

I had the opportunity to participate in a signing ceremony today between Microsoft and the Aga Khan Development Network , a group of agencies administering a broad set of programs in education, health, and social development. Shown here is a photo of Read More...

Filed under: Unlimited Potential, NGO, Education, Relevance, Digital Divide, ICT4D

ICT4D Explained
12 August 08 07:38 AM | jamesu | 0 Comments   

ICT4D, or "Information and Communication Technologies for Development" is the name for the multidisciplinary academic approach involving the application of high tech to address international development problems. Kentaro Toyama - who leads Microsoft Read More...

Filed under: Unlimited Potential, NGO, Relevance, Access, ICT4D

OLPC in the News (Part 2)
05 December 07 02:17 PM | jamesu | 1 Comments   

Well, I will be flying out to Cambridge next week for my first meeting with some of the people at the OLPC , and I have to say I am looking forward to it. Some of my UPG co-workers from Microsoft have been meeting with the OLPC team for about a year now, Read More...

Filed under: Unlimited Potential, NGO, Intel, Education, Relevance, Access, ASUS, OLPC, Affordability

Beyond Stories
15 November 07 11:00 AM | jamesu | 0 Comments   

Yesterday I attended AMD's 50x15 partner summit in Sunnyvale, California. 50x15 is AMD's equivalent to Microsoft's Unlimited Potential, with the idea that 50% of the world's population can achieve access to the Internet and computers by the year 2015. Read More...

Filed under: Unlimited Potential, NGO, Relevance, Events, Digital Divide, 50x15