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Rapid Prototyping

How do you know if a communications service will work for the people it’s meant to work for?

The Web In Translation

Over the past few months I have come to appreciate how difficult navigating the web in a second language can be.

The Paper Book is Dead…

As laptops have replaced typewriters will e-books replace paper books?

Mobile Broadband

Is mobile broadband valuable to low-income consumers?

Broadband Adoption in Low-Income Communities

Our report on broadband adoption commissioned by the FCC is now available from the Social Science Research Council.

Four Conversations on Greening ICT

Two architects, an artist, an analyst and an activist go deep on the promises and perils of information and communication technologies vis-à-vis the environment.

In Praise of Payphones

While our mobile phone culture seems to be contributing to the swift death of payphones, there are times when they are nice to have.