Britain faces ‘superfast digital divide’

The good news is that 90% of Brits will  be enjoying over 30mbps by 2020. The bad news is that if you live in the countryside amongst the cows and sheep, you won’t. Therefore, this is an example of the digital divide…read on http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15679101

The World’s Cheapest Tablet

Amazingly, only 7% of Indian children graduate from High School. India is a land of incredible inequality despite enjoying one of world’s largest economies.

Yet, new media is being touted as a way of helping people progress. The latest innovation is an incredibly cheap tablet, costing 40 dollars. With further government subsidies, the tablet represents quite an affordable piece of technology and it could potentially help close the digital divide.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/oct/06/cheap-tablet-computer-india-schoolchildren