Archive for April 8th, 2008

Internet access for all in UK? Bollocks.

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

A few years ago, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair proclaimed that there would be "universal internet access for all who want it." This goal was set for 2005. According to this recent article on Silicon.com, around 35 percent of homes in the UK do not have access to Internet, ...

Smartphone program connecting kids facing cuts

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

A North Carolina school district partnered with Qualcomm's Wireless Reach Initiative and Arlington, Virg., based Digital Millennial Consulting to provide some 9th graders smart-phones with internet access in a pilot program. The K-Nect Program, as it's called, is an attempt to address three issues at once: Getting at risk kids ...