Europe, South Korea, dominate global IT development (Update)
North European countries and South Korea have the fastest and most widespread telecoms and computer growth in the world, the UN's telecomunications agency said on Monday.
View ArticleGoogle unveils SMS service for Africa
Google on Monday unveiled a new service designed to provide information via SMS text message to mobile phone users in Africa, where cell phones are prevalent but Internet penetration is low.
View ArticleIndia eyes Internet revolution to reach rural areas
India said Thursday it aims to sharply expand its national broadband network as it seeks a "revolution" to bring high-speed Internet to the country's rural heartland.
View ArticleRussian firm builds web empire at home and abroad
It's a company with a stake in Facebook, the leading position in one of the world's fastest-growing Internet markets and a listing on the London Stock Exchange.
View ArticleInternet frauds jump in S.Korea: police
The number of arrests linked to online fraud in South Korea, one of the world's most wired countries, increased by more than 50 percent in the past two years, police warned Wednesday.
View ArticleNew undersea cable lands in Sierra Leone
An undersea telecommunications table landed in Sierra Leone on Monday, part of a 17,000-kilometre fiber optic line that aims to connect countries along the west African coast to Europe.
View ArticleAmazon makes India debut with Junglee.com
(AP) -- Amazon.com is coming to India, with the Thursday launch of Junglee.com, a watered-down version of its global shopping portal.
View ArticleFor many Indonesians, 'Fesbuk' is the only Internet
Indonesia, a developing Muslim nation which claims the world's third-largest community of Facebook users, has become a showcase for the social networking site's global power and reach.
View ArticleInternet use promotes democracy best in countries that are already partially...
Although use of the internet has been credited with helping spur democratic revolutions in the Arab world and elsewhere, a new multinational study suggests the internet is most likely to play a role...
View ArticleS.Africa behind other African states in Internet access
Internet penetration in South Africa, the continent's economic powerhouse, is low compared to other leading economies in Africa due to high broadband cost and a lack of infrastructure, a study said...
View ArticleBrazil's vibrant high-tech industry urged to go global
Boosted by strong government incentives, Brazil's high-tech industry is showing solid domestic growth but experts say the country's startup entrepreneurs must go global and shun copycat solutions.
View ArticleIraqi officials venture into world of the Internet
Smiling shyly, Wassan Saleh admitted to being the face of a vast problem across Iraq's bureaucracy that officials are now trying to remedy: she had never used a computer.
View ArticleTajikistan blocks US-funded news website
(AP)—Tajikistan has blocked a popular U.S.-funded news website, only days after barring access to social networking site Facebook for featuring content allegedly insulting to the Central Asian nation's...
View ArticleTajikistan renews Facebook access ban
(AP)—The Central Asian nation of Tajikistan has blocked social media website Facebook for the third time in twelve months.
View ArticleMobile phones to match globe's population in 2014
The number of mobile telephones worldwide is set to catch up to the globe's population next year, the United Nations' telecommunications agency said Thursday.
View ArticleGoogle chairman Eric Schmidt to visit Myanmar
Google chairman Eric Schmidt will visit Myanmar next week, highlighting increasing Internet freedom in the former pariah state just weeks after a controversial trip to communist North Korea.
View ArticleWeb revolution awaits Google chief in Myanmar
For years Myanmar's paranoid junta blocked websites such as Gmail and YouTube. However, when Google chairman Eric Schmidt visits this week, he will find a small but flourishing Internet community.
View ArticleOne in two Swiss users accepts a lack of privacy on the Internet
Eighty-five out of every 100 people in Switzerland have access to the internet. Internet usage is on the rise, with even 70 percent of senior citizens going online. However, the concerns about using...
View ArticleSupport strong for open Internet in developing world
Support is strong across emerging and developing countries for an Internet without government censorship, a US survey showed Wednesday.
View ArticleFacebook's Internet.org expands in Zambia
(AP)—Facebook's Internet.org project is taking another step toward its goal of bringing the Internet to people who are not yet online with an app launching Thursday in Zambia.
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