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| Jul 23, 2018 | Satélite Athena é o novo projeto do Facebook para oferecer internet | O Facebook não desistiu da ideia de levar internet a lugares remotos ou com pouca infraestrutura. Documentos obtidos recentemente pela Wired por meio de uma lei de acesso à informação dos Estados Unidos revelam que a companhia está trabalha... |
| Jun 27, 2018 | Facebook desiste de drone gigante que levaria internet a lugares remotos | Revelado como um drone com a envergadura de um Boeing 737, o Aquila não vai mais cumprir a missão de levar internet a localidades remotas. Depois de quase três anos de desenvolvimento e testes, o Facebook resolveu cancelar o projeto. A sequ... |
| Jun 30, 2017 | Gigantesco drone do Facebook faz voo de teste com sucesso | Cerca de dois anos se passaram desde que o Aquila foi anunciado e, mesmo assim, a ideia de fornecer internet a partir de um drone gigante soa estranha. Mas o Facebook não desistiu do projeto: recentemente, a aeronave completou o seu segundo... |
| May 6, 2017 | Top tech stories from India this week | 1. India’s top court is considering whether to allow the government to link the country’s biometric ID database to tax filings: The government has proposed linking Aadhaar, the unique identity number issued to over 1.2 billion Indians based... |
| Feb 27, 2017 | Facebook digs into mobile infrastructure in Uganda, TIP aims $170M to startups | While Google is using MWC to show off some of its advances in native apps on mobile devices — specifically in chat apps — the world’s biggest chat app company is doing something completely different. Today, Facebook announced that it is bui... |
| Feb 16, 2017 | Include Office Hours with Matrix Partners for SF underrepresented founders | TechCrunch is partnering with Matrix Partners for February’s Include Office Hours Program. Partners Ilya Sukhar and Anoushka Vaswani will be meeting with underserved and underrepresented founders in San Francisco. Submit your application he... |
| Sep 28, 2016 | Facebook brings app analytics to the web, schedules F8 conference for April 18-19 in San Jose | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Facebook is extending its Analytics for Apps tool... |
| Jun 14, 2016 | Twitter wants to win over new users by sponsoring public Wi-Fi networks | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Twitter has announced that it’s offering a new “enhanced” Wi-Fi sign-in experience at London’s St Pancras International railway station... |
| May 14, 2016 | The actual cost of Free Basics in Nigeria | Share this article: Recently, I was reading a book ‘Predictably Irrational’ by one of my favorite Professors of behavioral psychology in Stanford University, Professor Dan Ariely, where he discussed extensively on the irresistible power and... |
| Apr 15, 2016 | Google’s free public Wi-Fi hits 10 Indian train stations as Internet companies take control | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Back in September, Google promised to bring Wi-Fi to hundreds of train stations across India, an initiative that kicked off in Central ... |
| Mar 25, 2016 | Crossing the Line: How tech firms are pushing to control the Internet | Mobile messaging giant Line announced an interesting tidbit yesterday — the Japanese tech titan revealed plans to become a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). For the uninitiated, Line rose to prominence back in 2011 for a messaging app... |
| Mar 25, 2016 | Crossing the Line: How tech firms are pushing to control the Internet | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Mobile messaging giant Line announced an interesting tidbit yesterday — the Japanese tech titan revealed plans to become a mobile virtu... |
| Feb 8, 2016 | India Blocks Facebook’s Free Basics, Other Zero-Rated Mobile Services Over Net Neutrality | Facebook’s Free Basics — the company’s zero-rated mobile service — has been under fire in India over net neutrality violations for months, and now the country’s regulator has weighed in hard on the issue: FreeBasics and services like it hav... |
| Jan 30, 2016 | How The Growth Of Mixed Reality Will Change Communication, Collaboration And The Future Of The Workplace | Pete Sena Contributor Peter Sena II is an entrepreneur, angel investor and Yale University Venture Mentor who founded Digital Surgeons. More posts by this contributor What the coming educational VR revolution teaches us about the tech’s fut... |
| Jan 10, 2016 | Reimagining Internet.org | Hassan Baig Contributor Hassan Baig runs ClubInternet, a technology company focused on 'The Next Billion.' More posts by this contributor Peering Into The Minds Of The 4.3 Billion Unconnected The Challenge Of Connecting The Unconnected In t... |
| Dec 31, 2015 | Facebook’s Controversial Free Basics Program Shuts Down In Egypt | Free Basics, a Facebook program that gives free access to certain Internet services, has been shut down in Egypt. The news comes the week after India’s telecom regulator ordered the suspension of Free Basics as it prepares to hold public he... |
| Dec 30, 2015 | Facebook’s Plan to Monopolize The Internet In India Should Be Defeated | Karl Mehta Contributor Karl Mehta is the founder and chief executive of EdCast, Inc. and the founder of Code For India. More posts by this contributor In the knowledge economy, we need a Netflix of education Lessons from Dharamsala on busin... |
| Dec 23, 2015 | Indian Regulator Temporarily Suspends Facebook’s Free Basics | Free Basics, a service by Facebook initiative Internet.org, is having a rough week in India. First, an email campaign by the social media network was criticized for being heavy-handed and misleading. Now Reliance Communications, one of Face... |
| Dec 17, 2015 | Facebook’s “Save Free Basics In India” Campaign Provokes Controversy | Facebook is calling on Indian users to send an email to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), asking the government agency to support its Free Basics program. The campaign, which shows up when users sign onto the social media pl... |
| Dec 10, 2015 | You can win $150,000 in the Internet.org Innovation Challenge for Africa | Share this article: The Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa will support Internet.org’s vision of a connected world. The goal of the Challenge is to recognize individuals and organizations that are working on internet-based solution... |
| Dec 10, 2015 | Facebook’s Internet.org announces $150,000 Innovation Challenge for Africa | Facebook’s Internet.org has announced the 2016 Innovation Challenge in Africa. The goal of this Challenge is to recognize developers and entrepreneurs who are using internet-based solutions to promote education and economic empowerment in c... |
| Dec 9, 2015 | Going Public Isn’t Selling Out, It’s The Best Way To Stay Alive | Sheeroy Desai Contributor Sheeroy Desai is co-founder and CEO of Gild. When Amazon went public in 1997, its stock opened 62.5 percent above the target price and the company ended its day $54 million richer than it had started it. In the thr... |
| Dec 4, 2015 | Google’s Project Link Launches Metropolitan Wi-Fi Hotzone Network In Kampala | After laying Kampala’s metropolitan fibre backbone in 2013, Google has announced the launch of the next phase of Project Link, a partnership with ISPs and mobile operators to provide wholesale last-mile Wi-Fi access throughout the city. To ... |
| Nov 24, 2015 | Facebook’s Internet.org Now Available Throughout India | Internet.org, Facebook’s initiative to provide free Internet services in developing countries, is now available to all Indians through the Free Basics app on Reliance Communication’s network. The project is meant to give people in emerging ... |
| Nov 17, 2015 | Microsoft Launches Fund for Companies to Provide Affordable Internet Access in Underserved Markets | After oxygen and food, the internet has become, arguably, the next most important thing to man. It has become so ingrained in a lot of the things we do that not a lot of people can live without it. It’s why big corporations, such as Microso... |
| Nov 12, 2015 | Jarrod and Marcus – founders of Forbidden Foods | website twitter facebook Jarrod Milani and Marcus Brown are the co-founders of Forbidden Foods – a rice foods company based in Melbourne, with a vision to “Feed The World With The World’s Best”. They pride themselves on the quality of the s... |
| Oct 29, 2015 | Facebook’s new Slideshow ads could transform how the company sells ads in emerging markets | MENLO PARK, Calif. — Facebook is working to increase its reach throughout the world, including emerging markets. To do that, it has increasingly become mindful of connectivity speeds and modifying its tools to make sure that it can reach th... |
| Oct 29, 2015 | Facebook’s new Slideshow ads could transform how the company sells ads in emerging markets | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! MENLO PARK, Calif. — Facebook is working to incre... |
| Oct 28, 2015 | Zuckerberg: 15M people worldwide can now access the Web via Internet.org | Facebook’s controversial free Internet project, Internet.org, has now brought online 15 million people who would otherwise have remained offline, according to comments from Mark Zuckerberg at a Townhall Q&A in India on Wednesday. This n... |
| Oct 28, 2015 | Zuckerberg: 15M people worldwide can now access the Web via Internet.org | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Facebook’s controversial free Internet project, I... |
| Oct 12, 2015 | Internet for all remains an impossible dream, no matter what Jimmy Wales says | From satellites, to autonomous solar-powered drones, or balloons, there have been plenty of ideas recently on how to connect up the world. Facebook, Google, large international organisations, national governments, even Bono, have laid out i... |
| Oct 6, 2015 | Facebook And Eutelsat Partner To Deliver Internet To Africa From Space | As part of Internet.org, its initiative to bring billions of people around the world online, Facebook will partner with Eutelsat to launch a new satellite that will provide Internet access to parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. Internet.org’s netw... |
| Oct 5, 2015 | Facebook will use satellites to bring broadband to large parts of Africa | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. In its latest effort to open up Internet access to developing markets, Facebook has partnered with French satellite company Eutelsat Co... |
| Sep 27, 2015 | India’s Modi talks with Zuckerberg about the importance of women and social media in democracy | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! MENLO PARK — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ... |
| Sep 26, 2015 | Ahead of UN address, Mark Zuckerberg issues call for universal Internet access | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Mark Zuckerberg has issued a call to action to pr... |
| Sep 25, 2015 | Facebook renames Internet.org to ‘Free Basics,’ opens up to more developers and web services | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Facebook’s polarizing and somewhat controversial ... |
| Sep 25, 2015 | Facebook renames Internet.org to ‘Free Basics,’ opens up to more developers and web services | Facebook’s polarizing and somewhat controversial billion-dollar free Internet project, Internet.org, is today seeing some pretty big changes. The two-year-old project to bring Internet access to four billion people who currently don’t have ... |
| Sep 18, 2015 | The Corporate Battle For Global Internet Connectivity | Emily Calandrelli Contributor Emily Calandrelli is a producer and the host of FOX's Xploration Outer Space. More posts by this contributor 2016 is the new hottest year on record – how NASA takes the planet’s temperature Moon Express raises ... |
| Sep 16, 2015 | Free internet may not come free in Africa | |
| Sep 13, 2015 | Mark Zuckerberg hosting town hall Q&A with India’s Prime Minister Modi on September 27 | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has been... |
| Sep 1, 2015 | LotusFlare gets $6M from Social+Capital, others to make mobile Internet more accessible | Getting people in developing countries connected with the rest of the world involves more than just providing infrastructure — it’s about making sure that those users understand what they can do with the data. It’s estimated that there are ... |
| Sep 1, 2015 | LotusFlare gets $6M from Social+Capital, others to make mobile Internet more accessible | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Getting people in developing countries connected with the rest of the world involves more than just providing infrastructure — it’s abo... |
| Jul 31, 2015 | Facebook: Our drones will use lasers to deliver 10Gbps Internet access | reader comments 56 with 49 posters participating, including story author Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Facebook has made significant progress in a project to build solar-powered drones that can deliver ... |
| Jul 30, 2015 | Facebook’s massive new drone will beam the Internet down to developing countries | It’s been repeated frequently that Facebook’s mission is to connect everyone around the world, but the state of the current Internet only gets it so far. Chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg has decided to carry the banner to promote wha... |
| Jul 27, 2015 | Healthcare startup announces partnership with Facebook’s Internet.org to help build mobile network of blood donors | A World Health Organization report noted that 75 low- and middle-income countries say they collect fewer than 10 donations per 1,000 members of the population. Socialblood seeks to boost the number of voluntary donations through a social ne... |
| Jul 27, 2015 | Facebook Plans To Boost Internet.Org And Courts More Operators To Offer Free Internet Service | Alexandra Burlacu, Tech Times 27 July 2015, 10:07 am Internet.org launched last year and Facebook is now celebrating the one-year milestone with plans to scale things up, welcoming more mobile networks. Facebook first launched Internet.org ... |
| Jul 27, 2015 | After Internet.org Backlash, Facebook Opens Portal To Court More Operators | Facebook is marking the one-year anniversary of the launch of its Internet.org service, which enables free mobile access to a selection of web services in emerging markets, with a push to bring more mobile operators into the project. One ke... |
| Jul 27, 2015 | After backlash Facebook opens Internet.org for all mobile operators | Facebook is celebrating one year of the introduction of the Internet.org app in Zambia – the first country where this service was introduced. This endeavor has been quite successful for them as they have worked with over a dozen mobile ope... |
| Jul 27, 2015 | Facebook’s Internet.org Free Basic Services are bringing Africans online | Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new... |
| Jul 18, 2015 | Think Outside The Valley: How Tech Companies Can Change The World | Claire Hough Contributor Claire Hough is a VP of Engineering at Udemy, an online learning marketplace. A handful of tech heavyweights did something remarkable earlier this week — they came together for the betterment of society. As partners... |
| Jul 10, 2015 | The first .org domain was registered 30 years ago today | For most people, July 10, 1985, isn’t a particularly notable date in history. But Web geeks with a penchant for milestone moments might know that was the day the .org domain was born. 30 years ago today, the Mitre Corporation, an American n... |
| Jul 10, 2015 | The first .org domain was registered 30 years ago today | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! For most people, July 10, 1985, isn’t a particula... |
| Jul 7, 2015 | Mark Zuckerberg’s 4 mind-bending predictions for the future | Mark Zuckerberg hosted a Q&A session on his social network last Tuesday where he took on questions from a huge audience, including the likes of Stephen Hawking, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Arianna Huffington. During the session he stated ... |
| Jul 2, 2015 | Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook Will Use Lasers To Deliver Fast Internet To Remote Places | Don Melanson, Tech Times 02 July 2015, 11:07 am Facebook, Google, and others haven't exactly been shy about their plans to connect what many call the "next billion" people to the internet, and each have been touting plenty of uniq... |
| Jun 25, 2015 | Why Yahoo's Top Security Guy Just Ditched for Facebook | Yahoo's head of security Alex Stamos announced on Friday that he was leaving the relatively old internet giant for Facebook, a younger internet giant. The 36-year-old security veteran joins the social network as the Chief Security Officer, ... |
| Jun 19, 2015 | A new space race is on to bring the internet to the whole world | The race is on to get billions of people connected to the internet via a global network of satellites. Europe’s Airbus announced this week that it is to design and build up to 900 satellites for the privately owned OneWeb Ltd, which include... |
| Jun 18, 2015 | A new space race is on to bring the internet to the whole world | |
| May 21, 2015 | Facebook's Plan To Be The Compuserve Of Developing Nations Faces Mounting Worldwide Criticism | What began as some squabbling over the definition of net neutrality in India has evolved into a global public relations shit show for Facebook. As we’ve been discussing, India’s government has been trying to define net neutrality ahead of t... |
| May 14, 2015 | After giving startups over $100M in FbStart benefits, Facebook announces new partners and prelaunch track | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Facebook today announced second year details of its FbStart program with even more benefits, eight new partners, and an additional trac... |
| May 14, 2015 | After giving startups over $100M in FbStart benefits, Facebook announces new partners and prelaunch track | Facebook today announced second year details of its FbStart program with even more benefits, eight new partners, and an additional track for prelaunch startups. The company also revealed that since launching the program, it has distributed ... |
| May 13, 2015 | Facebook Introduces Instant Articles | Instant Articles is designed to give a faster and interactive experience for reading articles in Facebook’s News Feed, according to a news release from the company. “Instant Articles”, according to Facebook will reduce the amount of time it... |
| May 7, 2015 | In defense of Facebook’s Internet.org: Beware the ‘privacists’ | Facebook’s Internet.org initiative is running into vicious criticism for allegedly stomping on developers’ privacy rights for its new vision to connect the poorest parts of the world to the Internet. The major criticisms we have seen come f... |
| May 5, 2015 | Tone Deaf Zuckerberg Declares Opposition To Zero Rated Apps An 'Extremist' Position That Hurts The Poor | Last month we noted how Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been getting a crash course in net neutrality over in India, while the government fields public comment over new neutrality rules. The debate has been particularly heated in regards t... |
| May 5, 2015 | Facebook’s Internet.org May Be A Poisoned Chalice | There is no free lunch, goes the saying. As it turns out, there is no free Internet, either. Facebook, to its credit, launched Internet.org to try to bring free Internet access to people in emerging economies who may not otherwise be able t... |
| May 5, 2015 | Facebook запускает платформу Internet.org для разработчиков | Отдел новостей 5 мая 2015, 08:30 Facebook запускает платформу Internet.org для разработчиков Оставить комментарий |
| May 4, 2015 | Facebook Opens Internet.org To Developers: How Can You Participate | Judy Mottl, Tech Times 04 May 2015, 10:05 am Calling all developers: Facebook wants and needs your help for a new online content and application platform geared toward helping those not on the Internet get on the Internet. In launching the ... |
| May 4, 2015 | Facebook’s free Internet for the poor leaves out high-bandwidth sites | Faebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook reader comments 172 with 91 posters participating, including story author Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Facebook's Internet.org, which aims to give impoverished peo... |
| May 4, 2015 | Facebook launches Internet.org as a platform for developers in response to net neutrality criticism | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Internet.org, the collaborative project launched ... |
| May 4, 2015 | Facebook launches Internet.org Platform and opens up to more developers | The aim behind Facebook's Internet.org program is to bring internet access to the wider world. While an undeniably praise-worthy venture, it came in for criticism for going against the principles of net neutrality. Today the company launche... |
| May 4, 2015 | Facebook Launches Internet.org Platform and it is Open to Developers | Facebook has announced its Internet.org platform, an open program for developers to create services that will integrate with internet.org. This move aims to lower the barrier to internet access in developing nations. According to Facebook’s... |
| Apr 23, 2015 | Mark Zuckerberg’s Internet.org Will Roll Out In Nigeria Next Month | Share this article: Nigeria is the next stop for Mark Zuckerberg’s Internet.org, following successful launches in Zambia, Kenya and Ghana. Next month, the internet.org app will roll out in Nigeria. The roll out in Nigeria could be on more t... |
| Apr 17, 2015 | Internet.org Is About To Launch In Bangladesh, Will Allow People To Visit Selected Websites For Free | Following recent visit of Deepti Doshi, who is looking after Strategic Partnership at Facebook, Internet.org, free internet service of Facebook, will be launched in Bangladesh on 21st April, 2015. Internet.org, which is now has a mobile app... |
| Apr 16, 2015 | Facebook’s Internet.org sees defections over alleged harm to net neutrality | Facebook's Internet.org app for India. Facebook reader comments 71 with 34 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Facebook's Internet.org project, which aims to give impoverished people aro... |
| Mar 18, 2015 | Humans: The Next Platform | Geoffrey Woo Contributor More posts by this contributor The Evolution Of The Biohacking Ecosystem Smart Regulation For Smart Drugs Michael Brandt Contributor More posts by this contributor Humans: The Next Platform Nootropics Aren’t Just Fo... |
| Mar 16, 2015 | This App Lets You Piggyback Facebook's Free Internet to Access Any Site | In countries like Zambia, Tanzania, or Kenya, where very few have access to the Internet, Facebook is bringing its own version of the net: Internet.org, an app that gives mobile users free access to certain sites such as Google, Wikipedia ... |
| Mar 11, 2015 | The Internet Is Flat, Now What? | Alec Oxenford Contributor Editor’s note: Alec Oxenford is founder and Americas CEO of OLX, a global online classifieds platform. The Internet is getting very flat, very quickly, and traditional roles in its economy have already been thrown ... |
| Mar 5, 2015 | In the race between Google and Facebook over global connectivity, everyone is winning | BARCELONA, Spain – There are still 4 billion people in the world who are not online. Figuring out how to address that problem and why it matters was one of the main themes this week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. But while the g... |
| Mar 5, 2015 | In the race between Google and Facebook over global connectivity, everyone is winning | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. BARCELONA, Spain – There are still 4 billion people in the world who are not online. Figuring out how to address that problem and why i... |
| Mar 2, 2015 | MWC: Zuckerberg, mobile carriers talk bottom line benefits of Internet.org | Speaking on stage at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Monday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spoke passionately about bringing Internet connectivity to as many people in the world as possible. But he and executives from several mobile carri... |
| Mar 2, 2015 | MWC: Zuckerberg, mobile carriers talk bottom line benefits of Internet.org | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Speaking on stage at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Monday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spoke passionately about bringing Internet... |
| Feb 25, 2015 | The top 5 themes we’ll see at Mobile World Congress 2015 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Mobile World Congress has emerged as the premiere event in the mobile telephony space. It’s not the biggest event for app makers, but m... |
| Feb 25, 2015 | The top 5 themes we’ll see at Mobile World Congress 2015 | Mobile World Congress has emerged as the premiere event in the mobile telephony space. It’s not the biggest event for app makers, but most of the handset makers, infrastructure companies, and wireless carriers will be represented there in s... |
| Feb 24, 2015 | Opera Adds Free Apps To Its Android Data Savings App Opera Max | Last year mobile browser company Opera launched Opera Max, a data-compressing Android app that let users save money on their mobile data. Now, to drive more usage of the product, Opera is adding another feature to Max: apps you can use for ... |
| Feb 13, 2015 | Facebook Launches internet.org in India | Facebook is going full throttle with the internet.org initiative as it has recently introduced accessible internet connection in India. This initiative which is in partnership with Reliance Communication, a telecommunications company in Ind... |
| Feb 12, 2015 | The 8th Annual Crunchies Awards | The 8th Annual Crunchies Awards ceremony took place on February 5th at the Louise M Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. In case you missed the chance to watch it online, you can watch it here: Welcoming the winners Showcasing and rewa... |
| Jan 23, 2015 | Facebook Announces Launch of Internet.org in Ghana | On Wednesday, Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg announced the launch of internet.org app in Ghana in partnership with Airtel. The partnership will enable Airtel customers in Ghana have free access to the internet for services on health, edu... |
| Jan 22, 2015 | Internet.org launches in West Africa | Share this article: Mark Zuckerberg today announced the launch of Internet.org in Ghana, West Africa. The global initiative was launched by the Facebook founder along with global players to make the internet available to everyone on earth f... |
| Jan 19, 2015 | Google said to be in talks to invest in SpaceX at $10B valuation | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! SpaceX has gone where most startups never have: t... |
| Jan 19, 2015 | Google said to be in talks to invest in SpaceX at $10B valuation | SpaceX has gone where most startups never have: to space. And it looks like Google may well want in on the excitement. According to a report this morning from The Information (subscription required), Google is close to putting a substantial... |
| Jan 16, 2015 | Facebook Expands internet.org to Colombia | US-based social media giant, Facebook, has expanded its internet.org project to Colombia. The internet.org project is a global partnership between technology leaders, non-profits, local communities and experts to connect more than two-third... |
| Jan 15, 2015 | UC Web Partners With Facebook For In-Browser Mobile Notifications | UCWeb, which makes the world’s largest third-party mobile browser by pageviews, has partnered with Facebook in India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Russia and other markets so users there can get the social network’s notifications directly in UCBrows... |
| Jan 15, 2015 | Mark Zuckerberg calls the ‘a-ha!’ moment a myth | This post is in partnership with Entrepreneur. The article below was originally published at Entrepreneur.com. By Geoff Weiss, Entrepreneur.com During Mark Zuckerberg’s first-ever trip to Bogata, Colombia — where he touched down yesterday t... |
| Jan 12, 2015 | Mark Zuckerberg Will Be Grilled at 1st International Town Hall Q&A in Bogotá on Jan. 14 | Christian de Looper, Tech Times 12 January 2015, 05:01 am Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be holding the first International Town Hall Q&A in Bogotá, Colombia, on Jan. 14. The Facebook CEO announced the event through a blog post, sayi... |
| Nov 1, 2014 | The Challenge Of Connecting The Unconnected | Hassan Baig Contributor Hassan Baig runs ClubInternet, a technology company focused on 'The Next Billion.' More posts by this contributor Reimagining Internet.org The Challenge Of Connecting The Unconnected Editor’s note: Hassan Baig is an ... |
| Oct 29, 2014 | Internet.org App Brings Free Facebook, Wikipedia, BBC, Local Info Access To Tanzania | The cost of data access is one of the top obstacles to the developing world getting on the web, so today Internet.org gave free data access to basic web services and local resources to Tanzania with the release of its Internet.org app throu... |
| Oct 23, 2014 | Zuckerberg Speaks Chinese, Internet Soils Itself | Mark Zuckerberg may only own one hoodie, as far as we can tell, but he is multilingual. The Facebook founder was interviewed at business school Tsinghua University today and answered all questions in Mandarin, to the delight of the audience... |
| Oct 12, 2014 | Facebook’s Internet.org Works With Carriers To Speed Up Networks, Indonesia First | Facebook has long been promoting the the idea of free, zero-rated mobile services in emerging countries to drive more Facebook (and wider mobile data) usage. Now, its Internet.org initiative has crafted another way to promote growth: by wor... |
| Oct 9, 2014 | Internet.org Offers $1M Prize For Apps That Make People In India Want The Web | “A recent survey that we did shows that 69% of people in India who are not connected, if you ask them why they’re not connected, what they say is that they don’t know why the Internet would useful for them”, Mark Zuckerberg explained today ... |
| Oct 7, 2014 | Testing a $35 Firefox OS phone—how bad could it be? | reader comments 225 with 165 posters participating, including story author Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Hey! You there! You've got it pretty good, you know that? While you're sitting there using your I... |
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