Post Archive for May 2011

Submitted just last week, WebGL Globe, an experiment authored by the Google Data Arts Team, utilizes WebGL (used to power HTML5) to merge Google search volume by popular language by latitude/longitude.
21 stories from the past week including: censorship, kiosks, e-books, fibre, Paul Kagame, co-location, mobile apps, e-commerce, gender gap, e-governance

The BarCamp: Great discussion, great nationalism, great progress, great logos. Explore an interactive timeline listing the 50+ African “unconferences” (plus more that are on the way!)

Of over 1,000 global projects available at GlobalGiving, roughly 18 directly involve computer technology in Africa. Find out what even $10 can provide for a lab, school, or center.

Enter ZedFibre, a relatively small one-man Zambian blog that shares ICT action from Zambia. Zed has remained silent since mid-April, however.

Recently, Praekelt released a short video overview of the mobile technology landscape in Africa, delivering pertinent statistics that accurately describe the momentum behind mobile.