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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...
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...
Look! Windows on the OLPC XO!
15 May 08 04:00 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
Today Microsoft and the OLPC are announcing support for Windows on the OLPC XO computer. The two organizations will work together on several pilot programs in emerging market countries starting next month, and the offering will RTM in August or September. Read More...
OLPC in the News (Part 2)
05 December 07 02:17 PM | jamesu | 0 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...
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...
Will the Digital Divide Widen Before it Narrows?
19 October 07 11:18 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
October 19, 2007 I had a scary thought in Budapest today. What if the digital divide widens before it narrows? The thought occurred to me on Day 2 of our launch event here. I was attending a meeting of an informal group working on a program called "EUGA", Read More...
UPG Launch in Budapest
19 October 07 10:40 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
October 18, 2007 We held our big press event in Budapest on Thursday and Friday this week. With most Microsoft events, we try to hold on to some important piece of "news" that we unveil at the show in order to make it easier for journalists Read More...
Buchalost
17 October 07 11:34 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
October 17, 2007 I began the morning in Bucharest today by going for a run and getting terribly and completely lost. I mean 45 minutes of " Do you speak English -- do you know where the Howard Johnson's Hotel is? " lost. The team ended the day Read More...
Snowing in Moscow
15 October 07 06:40 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
A group of us are in Central and Eastern Europe this week, starting with two days in Moscow. It's snowing. The highlight of our day yesterday was the official opening of an IDEA Center, a community-based computer center targeting unemployed, seniors, Read More...
More from Omar Dengo
10 October 07 07:01 AM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
In an earlier post , I talked about a visit I made to the Fundacion Omar Dengo, an NGO in Costa Rica. Eduardo Monge was kind enough to send me some more information. Below is a photo of their new facility in San Jose along with a photo of their resident Read More...
Fundacion Omar Dengo
05 October 07 02:49 AM | jamesu | 0 Comments   
Tuesday, October 2nd. While I was in Costa Rica I had the opportunity to visit with Eduardo Monge and Clotilde Fonseca at the Fundacion Omar Dengo , an NGO focused on discovering new ways to use technology to improve education. They've been doing this Read More...
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