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Department of State announces Global Connect Conference to bridge digital divide
As part of the Global Connect Initiative, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Catherine Novelli announced on December 16, 2015 that...
Sharing the benefits of the Internet across the digital divide
Digital technologies have transformed markets, given rise to new industries and connected people in ways that would have been unimaginable a generation ago.
Getting connected: People use balloons, the sun and white space to...
“A world without Internet would be like a world without light.” Millions of people around the world are using new ideas to get their Internet access.
Building the Internet
Researchers at different universities funded by the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency laid the groundwork for the network of networks.
Lost as a boy, man uses Google Earth to find family
Saroo Munshi Khan was five years old when he strayed from his home in Madhya Pradesh, India. Lost and too young to find his...
WI-FI is hot worldwide and getting hotter
From Bangladesh to Indonesia, the Philippines to remote regions of Africa, Wi-Fi hotspots improve quality of life for citizens by expanding opportunities to connect...
India set for an internet boom
India has 120 million Internet users, according to Online and upcoming: The Internet’s impact on India, a report by McKinsey & Company (December 2012),...
12 things you may have missed about how the Internet helps...
Global Voices — Citizen media stories from around the world Since 2005 Global Voices has been a platform for trending news and feature stories. News...
Turkey’s E-commerce boosts its GDP
An estimated 1.7 percent GDP boost came from Turkey’s Internet economy in 2011. Its total 8.5 percent GDP growth that year made Turkey the...