Broadband, connectivity, Wi-Fi, accessibility and education efforts are all priorities for the ongoing efforts in developing nations and regions around the globe. Intel, along with the United Nations and International Telecommunication Union (ITU), among others, is participating this month in the Connect Africa Summit, which aims to bring together human, ...

The digital divide issue is being addressed in some pretty innovative ways by startups in India. In this video clip you will meet Babaji, who works as a security guard for Read-Inc Technologies. He has access to a laptop and has learnt how to use Microsoft applications like Excel, and ...

Ravi Venkatesan is the chairman of Microsoft. Ravi is directly responsible for marketing, sales, operational and business development of Microsoft’s efforts in India.

I caught up with Ravi at TiECon 2007 in Santa Clara, to get a comprehensive picture of Microsoft’s India operations. What is Microsoft’s broad India ...

Smart lighting makes that “old” light switch cool again. It also saves you money as you conserve power.

Ed Ryan and Scott Moulton at Control4 talk about how little, everyday tasks can become conveniences with Smart Lighting. With Control4 “scenes,” you can wake up to lights that come up ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., September 20, 2006 (PodTech News) — Intel has chosen to help develop the the IT infrastructure of the Amazon — not the online seller but a portion of the actual river. The initiative is a part of Intel’s World Ahead Program, which the company established in May and pledged more than $1 billion over the next 5 years, to bring Internet coverage to various regions around the world. This week Intel Chairman Craig Barrett will promote wireless broadband PC access in Parantins, a remote Brazilian city of about 100,000 on the Amazon River. He says the company’s aim is to introduce components of a comprehensive strategy that includes hardware and wireless capability.

Sun Microsystems’ former CEO, now Chairman, Scott McNealy kicked off a Sun session presenting Java innovations on the final day of the JavaOne developer’s conference. Before making the more serious points of his talk on how the Java community can help bridge the digital divide, McNealy made light of his ...