An Australian offshoot of the One Laptop Per Child project is developing a new device for children that will convert from a tablet…
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The disruption of education: How technology is helping students teach themselves
Mobile technology and social networks aren't just disruptive to existing industries like communications and media, they are also helping the change the way that students learn and how education is delivered both in North America and around the world. And the disruption is just beginning.…
Read MoreMeet InToTally: the startup that’s souping up Vodafone’s 3G networks
A GigaOM exclusive: A tiny company you have never heard is about to have an outsized impact on the global mobile industry. Global giant Vodafone is using a technology developed by a small Silicon Valley/Madrid startup called InToTally to supercharge its 3G networks.…
Read MoreBBC mulls new effort to kickstart computer education
The BBC played a huge part in the British computer boom of the 1980s by supporting local manufacturer Acorn. Now, with the U.K.'s computer education under criticism, it is considering whether to take on a similar role in the 21st century.…
Read MoreMeet the $25 Computer — But Is Low-Cost Computing Enough?
British researchers have built a cheap, fully-functioning computer the size of a USB stick. But while efforts to bring low-cost computing to the masses are laudable, do they misunderstand the reality of the way the world uses computers in the 21st century?…
Read MoreAlan Kay: With the Tablet, Apple Will Rule the World
Alan Kay, credited with inventing the concept of the laptop in 1968, has been lambasting computer makers for not maximizing its potential ever since. One device might get close to even Kay’s high standards: The tablet computer that Apple is expected to unveil tomorrow.…
Read MoreBattle of the Vaporware Tablets
Do you know what tablet computers and jetpacks have in common? It’s not a kerosene-burning jet engine strapped to your back, though…
Read MoreRumor Has It: Apple Sharing Tablet Info With Australian Media?
The tablet rumor mill is heating up, which is in keeping with the early 2010 release date that’s been mentioned in earlier…
Read MoreFormer OLPC Security Guru Headed to Apple
It may not have the charitable underpinnings of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative, but Ivan Kristic couldn’t have asked for…
Read MoreBruce Sterling On OLPC, Mobile Phones
I have been skeptical about both OLPC and the netbooks (which I think are nothing but really really cheap laptops) because I…
Read MoreTED: Negroponte Says OLPC Started Netbook Craze; Will Open-Source Its Hardware
Nicholas Negroponte, founder of One Laptop for Child, today at the TED Conference claimed credit for instigating the rise of netbooks. He…
Read MoreOLPC Scales Back, Cuts 50 Percent of Staff
Nicholas Negroponte, the promoter of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, says that economic hard times have hit the OLPC effort, and…
Read MoreVid-Biz: TiVo, Charity, Christian the Lion
No Decision in TiVo Contempt Case; a federal judge failed to make a decision in TiVo’s request to find Dish Network in…
Read MoreAT&T Mobility Chief: New 3G iPhone Is a Game-changer
The new 3G iPhone is a game-changer, according to Ralph de la Vega, president & CEO of AT&T Mobility. Just hours after the heavily anticipated unveiling of the device, I chatted with de la Vega about the iPhone, its impact on location-based services, enterprise mobility and of course, the wireless web revolution that he believes it will unleash. Continue Reading…
Read MoreFake Steve has Real Tip: Beware VCs with 'one pair of glasses' syndrome.
I’m daily consumer of The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, mostly for its entertainment value, but there is also often real business…
Read MoreWhat you can learn from the sad fate of OLPC
LESSON: Your mission is the goal. Your model is the method. Do not confuse these two things. The sad story of the…
Read MoreThe Unintended Consequences of OLPC
Things aren’t going terribly well for the “One Laptop Per Child” project, reports The Wall Street Journal. The project, which started as…
Read MoreOLPC Has A Network Problem
I have been fairly skeptical of the One Laptop Per Child project, not because it’s not a worthy cause, but because it…
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