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Happy Holidays with an Uplifting Video of iPods in Education in Rwanda
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The Public Access, Private Mobile report studied the interplay of shared access and the mobile Internet for teenagers in Cape Town.
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How to Use Data Visualization for Immigration Advocacy
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Free Zone is Google Stepping Up its Game to Challenge Facebook in South Africa
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The Top 6 Technology Challenges in International Development
Let us be honest with ourselves. Most of the shiny, flashy new technology is not designed for the developing world we care about.
Technology is designed for the...
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