Achieve Internet, a San Diego-based Web design firm, started in 1998 without any employees. It has since grown into a 15-employee company that designs sites for clients including Disney and DC Comics, and its growth is due in large part to its expertise in Drupal.

Five-year-old Loyalty Lab has some big names on its client roster and recently expanded into a new vertical: the transportation industry. With its focus on helping companies keep their valuable customers, Loyalty Lab may be one of the fortunate companies to find its services even more in demand during difficult economic times.

'When one looks at computer science in particular, however, the proportion of women has been falling. In 2001-2, only 28 percent of all undergraduate degrees in computer science went to women. By 2004-5, the number had declined to only 22 percent. Data collected by the Computing Research Association showed even fewer women at research universities like M.I.T.: women accounted for only 12 percent of undergraduate degrees in computer science and engineering in the United States and Canada granted more...

'The online tools used by the campaigns were so powerful that they left an entire new political media ecology in their wake, empowering tens of millions of citizens. These citizens are no longer just passively receiving and following the news but also creating and delivering it, as well as organizing their own campaigns on behalf of candidates and issues. The communities they’ve formed have raised a bucketful of money and wielded a truckload of influence.' The article provides illustrative sta more...

A two-day National Telecentre Conference began at the Rural Development Academy in Bogra on 10 November 2008 with a view to reducing the gap between urban and rural communities.

The the government has taken up a number of initiatives to integrate information communication technology (ICT) into the national economic development strategy. Manzurul Alam, chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) stated that new WiMAX players will play very significant role to roll ou more...

People apparently use Google to search for information on respiratory infections during epidemics. Google.org's philanthopic unit reports that it has been able to track the outbreaks of flu like disease a week to ten days before they have been reported by the U.S. Center for Disease Control.

It's official. Or so it seems. Already the most active handset manufacturer in the developing world, Nokia today made an announcement which places it well and truly at the heart of the international development effort. It's a move which mirrors their 'developed world' strategy - a move from out-and-out hardware supplier to one of a more inclusive services-based outfit.

Facebook, the social networking site, has an application called causes that allows users to raise funds and create online rallies. It was used in a get out the vote effort for the U.S. election. 1,745,754 people participated, generating 4,919,071 status messages. This is thought to be the largest online rally ever conducted. 70 percent of the participants included support for Barack Obama in their messages, 21 percent support for John McCain, and seven percent did not specifically endorse a cand more...

Call for Panels & Workshops: 3rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2009)
http://www.ictd2009.org

Proposals deadline: 2 November 2008

The 3rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2009) will be held 17-19 April 2009 at Carnegie Mellon's state-of-the-art campus in Doha, Qatar. This conference will act as a focal point for new scholarship in the field of ICT and more...

The International Secretariat of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) is organising an international Symposium entitled « 25th Anniversary of AMARC: Development and empowerment through Community Radio ». The Symposium will be held November 7, 2008, at the McGill Faculty Club and Conference Centre, 3450 McTavish Street in Montreal, Canada.

The International Symposium will reflect on AMARC’s 25 years learning, and explore contemporary challenges to the Community Rad more...