SO Links: Week 21
Took last week off. Here are a few items from this past week's research:
- InfoLadies of Bangladesh Revolutionize Rural Life [Boing Boing] — Ladies on bikes with netbooks travel through the countryside of Bangladesh assisting development.
- Dell Bets on Smartphone Sales in India [WSJ | paywall] — US technology giant takes its smartphone push to India, hoping to time the forecasted burst of growth in smartphone sales there.
- China Aims to Become a Supercomputing Superpower [BBC] — Not content to develop homegrown technology for PCs and mobiles, China tunes its own supercomputer as a sign of development. Its Nebluae supercomputer is now second fastest in the world.
- Brasilia [Monocle] — Monocle Magazine's May issue focused on Brazil's rise as a global power, culturally and economically.
- OLPC—Android, Meet Mr Negroponte [ZDNet] – the OLPC's creator is now aiming for a sub-$100 tablet powered by the Android OS.
- Russia Takes a Big Step into Technology [New York Times] —NYT covers new investment in Infograd, Russia's attempt to develop its own Silicon Valley as a hedge against over-reliance on oil wealth.
Filed under //
Android
Bangladesh
Brazil
computing
Dell
OLPC
Russia
science
smartphones
technology
Women
Comments [0]