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Is Facebook Making Us Lonely? - The Atlantic theatlantic.com
Social media—from Facebook to Twitter—have made us more densely networked than ever. Yet for all this connectivity, new research suggests that we have never been lonelier (or more narcissistic)—and that this loneliness is...

Major online community on agriculture receives award e-agriculture.org
“e-Agriculture” includes 8 500 members from over 165 countries 14 May 2012, Rome – A global online community on the use of information and communication technologies in agriculture (called "e-Agriculture") run by FAO has...

Blogging and Social media for rural communities
A Sarvodaya-Fusion volunteer speaks about his experience on a blogging and social media workshop.
Educating the Next Generation on Blogging and Social Media buildingmbrand.wordpress.com
Kids who participated for the program at Udubaddawa. Kuliyapitiya I got the chance today to go on a special trip, a trip where I volunteered to share my knowledge on blogging and social media with ...

UPCOMING Conference: Is there hunger for ICTs in Agriculture? When will the pilots fly? World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR 2012),...
4 dedicated sessions on ICT and Agriculture with over 15 Speakers from Governments (India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Moldova), Private Sector ...
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AGRICULTURE COMMISSION SESSIONS World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR) 2012 16-18 April 2012, Vigyan Bhavan, Delhi, India Chair: Vikas Nath, Associate Director, Future of the United Nations Project, Canada / Switzerland...

Introducing information and communication technologies within the agricultural context could assist farmers in adapting to climate change and mitigating risks. This was recently discussed in an online forum by the World Bank...

Job title : Programme Coordinator ICT for Development Location : Wageningen, the Netherlands Employment : Full-time, international position Area : Agriculture and rural development The Technical Centre for Agricultural and...

Press 1 for modernity economist.com
MANY people know that “mobile money”—financial transactions on mobile phones—has taken off in Africa. How far it has gone, though, still comes as a bit of a shock.

use of ICTs in Ministries of Health in Africa - utilisation des TICs dans les Ministères de la santé en Afrique
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Before starting a new initiative, I'd like to check that it's not been done before..
Are you aware of a study on the ...

South Asian Mobile Conference 2012
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Dr. Hans Wijesuriya - Group Chief Executive Officer of Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka
Mr. Tomi T Ahonen - Former Nokia ...
ICT4D: South Asian Mobile Conference 2012 ict4d-in-srilanka.blogspot.com

Nominate for World Education Awards 2012, 23-24 July 2012, Le Meridian, New Delhi; Partcipate in the world’s premier platform on ...
Nominate for World Education Awards 2012, 23-24 July 2012, Le Meridian, New Delhi; Partcipate in the world’s premier platform on education thought leadership, being jointly organised by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies and Elets Technomedia Pvt. Ltd. (www.elets.in).

A Ugandan mHealth Moratorium Is a Good Thing ictworks.org
I am David McCann and when I first arrived in Uganda, I used to describe it as "the perfect storm" for aid in general, and M4D in particular. The country overall has the necessary cellular coverage for a successful M4D project....

A good introduction from Mashable, with major innovations vulgarized.
Are Online Tools the Future of Disaster Relief? mashable.com
What online tools have emerged to revolutionize disaster response? And what others can we expect as people become more connected online?

Web 2.0 Learning Opportunities, c/o In Service Training Trust (ISTT), NRDC Campus, Chelstone, Lusaka, Zambia, April 16-20; May 14-18; and...
CTA, in collaboration with the In Service Training Trust (ISTT) will run a series of 5-day Web 2.0 Learning Opportunities in Zambia. ...
