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Atan | rains | markets
Laptops and Local Trains
When I first heard the news, I was reminded of chaiwalas on local trains who chant, “chaiiii, chaiiiii, chaiiiii” and sell just the right amount of delectable tea in earthen cups for a very sweet price. Has the day come?…
partnerships | NComputing | Nicholas Negroponte
[Op-Ed]: The (Il)Logic of Laptops and Education
At several points during his presentation at MIT yesterday, Nicholas Negroponte mentioned prominent figures in passing – Kofi Annan, Steve Jobs, the Prime Ministers and Presidents of dozens of countries – but at no point did I think he was…
Education | OLPC | ITC
NComputing starts its account in India
TC-I readers might remember that Vinay had interviewed Stephen Dukker, Chairman & CEO of NComputing a couple of months ago. At that time Dukker was raring to make a mark in the Indian market. Last Monday, NComputing started on its Indian…
Developing World | Stephen Dukker | CSR
[TC-I Changemaker]: NComputing makes $70 PC for the Poor
primary schools | Technology | IDG
OLPC logs onto India, finally
After weathering multiple rebuffs, Nicholas Negroponte’s much touted One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project has finally found a foothold in India, in the form of ADAG (Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group). The Digital Bridge Foundation, part of ADAG, is providing…
One laptop per child | Social ROI | eChoupal
One virtual desktop per child?
A startup from France has embarked on developing a way for individuals to have their own private virtual desktop regardless of where they are located as a means to provide increased access to the benefits of computing technologies to those…
