How Does the New Haitian Sûrtab Tablet Measure Up?
Since 2013, consumers have had their eye on a new Haitian-made tablet, known as the Sûrtab. It’s price and weight may seem ideal, but how does it measure up...
Will Mobile Technologies Solve Energy Poverty in India?
Geetanjali is a 20-year-old Indian girl; she comes from a poor family; and her dream is to open her own designer shop when she graduates from college. Thanks tomobile...
9 Criteria to Evaluate an Existing Software Code Base
One of the services Sonjara offers is a Technology Evaluation. Usually a client has inherited an existing website or application and they need an independent evaluation...
Technology Salon: How Are We Making Affordable Broadband Internet Access a Reality?
San Francisco Technology Salon: Sign Up to Get Invited
We all know that broadband connectivity is an accelerant for social and economic development. The last year...
Introducing Inveneo’s Solar-Powered WiFi Hat Initiative: The WiHat
In an effort to increase the reach of existing networks and contribute to efforts to connect the next billion Internet users, Inveneo has come up with a simple principle...
The Best Practices in the Use of ICTs in Development Are…
How are advances in communications technologies driving transformational change in development? United Methodist Communications recently published a discussion...
How to Ensure Long-Term Sustainability for a Computer Lab
Thanks to funding from the Internet Society Community Grant Program as well as from the Information Society Innovation Fund (isif.asia) a computer learning...
The Moral Dilemmas of E-Waste
E-waste is growing. Computers, phones and other electronic devices are increasingly being discarded, as StEP’s e-waste world map shows. Planned and perceived obsolescence...
What Is the Inveneo “Self-Contained Site Survey Tool”?
Through the course of deploying wireless links in developing countries around the world, Inveneo engineers have discovered quite a few useful tips and tricks that...
Bringing Internet to the World’s Villages
Very often I hear criticism of ICT projects in the developing world. While a lot of this criticism has justification, or a lack in sustainability, by far the largest...