Will the Next President Fix the Digital Divide?
Hillary Clinton has a plan; Donald Trump doesn’t. But digital connectivity has never really been about national scope.…
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Predicting #Terrorism With Social Media
A new study of how pro-ISIS groups form and die on a Russian Facebook clone shows that the…
How Did Kansas City Become Google’s Internet Guinea Pig?
The city’s infrastructure helped, but the aggressive organizing of non-profits made it work. By Rick Paulas (Photo: zachwerner/Flickr)…
Why Getting Pacific Island Nations on the Internet Is Difficult
And why telecommunications executive Denis O’Brien—the 219th richest person in the world—thinks Google and Facebook should start financing…
The Rickety Smartphone Bridge
As a point of connectivity for low-income populations, the phone is less useful, more expensive, and ultimately more…
The Internet Makes Us Sound Dumb
But don’t worry—our brains are pretty malleable. By Jared Keller (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) Americans have always panicked…
The Town That Made Its Own Internet
In Greenfield, Massachusetts, 40 percent of the town’s residents didn’t have access to Internet, so the mayor hired…
Why Doesn’t More Stuff Go Viral?
Blame human cognitive limits, according to one computer scientist. By Nathan Collins (Photo: Peter Hellberg/Flickr) Most people will…
Is Global Internet Growth Slowing?
Yes, but more people than ever are online, creating a “small base problem.” And the rural areas left…
How Non-Profits Help Close the Digital Divide
A tour through the nitty gritty details of getting as many people as possible connected to the Internet.…