Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Microsoft is expanding partnerships throughout Latin America and helping to establish programs to provide technology education.The partnerships are focused on providing technology education to at-risk youth as well as people with disabilities.
Microsoft will be partnering with or expanding partnerships in Brazil, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Peru and international Latin American ...
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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 ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Cnet has an post up about the city of Miami's efforts to provide technology education to residents and small business owners. Elevate Miami is a city-wide program that provides classes and computer access centers for residents. The city works with technology partners like Microsoft Corp. to recycle old PCs, and ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
The era of global communication is upon us, and the Internet is changing the way people work, find information about their world and talk to friends and family. But many people are left behind because they can't afford a computer, have no Internet access where they live, or are just ...
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