David Pogue reviews some wonderful medical apps for the iPhone, including some useful tools for the blind and deaf, in this New York Times piece. Another testament to the power of innovation when people are given a platform on which to create. And as platforms continue to open up (via Android, etc.) no doubt we will see more and better still.

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In the on again off again popularity of discussions around the Digital Divide, the New York Times chose "on again" with its coverage of the issue during this week's "Breakthrough Learning in the Digital Age" event at Google. Apparently a couple of the event's speakers approached the issue of urgency of gap filling quite differently. O one argued for an all out effort to… Continue

Another big week in broadband news. The Finns have apparently staked a claim to be the first country to make broadband access a national right. (Note: apparently Australia and a few others beg to differ). Many nations are gunning to win the broadband beauty contest, and in countries like the U.S. money is being dumped into broadband expansion because of a… Continue

some really cool stuff here including a Braille cell phone, and color sensing tablet.

Here's a rough summary of presentations from last weeks forum on Information & Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) held at Harvard University, The ever articulate and brilliant Ethan Zuckerman recaps a variety of presentations on design considerations, power dynamics, and gender, etc. in ICT, on the Global Voices blog.

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