The Associated Press: Intel Quits One Laptop Per Child Program: "Intel Quits One Laptop Per Child Program
By MAY WONG – 10 hours ago
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Citing disagreements with the organization, Intel Corp. said Thursday it has abandoned the One Laptop Per Child program, dealing a big blow to the ambitious project seeking to bring millions of low-cost laptops to children in developing countries."
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GuideStar - News - Articles - Is Your Organization Ready for On-line Social Networking?
GuideStar - News - Articles - Is Your Organization Ready for On-line Social Networking?: "Is Your Organization Ready for On-line Social Networking?
Now that user-generated content—blogs, video, discussion groups, chats, and so forth—is the norm and users expect their Web experience to provide interactivity in addition to information, many nonprofits are faced with deciding when and how to use on-line social networking as part of their Web presence.
The simple brochureware site (one that just contains information about the organization) and direct donation site of the past are no longer enough. Fortunately, it is not necessary to build your own on-line social networking site. But you do need to know how to become part of an existing community, and tie it to your existing Web presence, to use social networking effectively."
Now that user-generated content—blogs, video, discussion groups, chats, and so forth—is the norm and users expect their Web experience to provide interactivity in addition to information, many nonprofits are faced with deciding when and how to use on-line social networking as part of their Web presence.
The simple brochureware site (one that just contains information about the organization) and direct donation site of the past are no longer enough. Fortunately, it is not necessary to build your own on-line social networking site. But you do need to know how to become part of an existing community, and tie it to your existing Web presence, to use social networking effectively."
THISDAY ONLINE
THISDAY ONLINE: "Greeted with fanfare and kudos when its prototype PC was shown off by Nicholas Negroponte and United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan more than two years ago at the World Symposium on the Information Society in Tunis, the One Laptop Per Child project is now beset by waning orders and competition from commercial vendors that threaten to sideline the nonprofit effort, reports IDG News Service."
So farewell then, OLPC CTO (and dm.ca) | Computerworld Blogs
So farewell then, OLPC CTO (and dm.ca) | Computerworld Blogs: "It's the first IT Blogwatch of 2008: in which The One Laptop Per Child project loses its CTO. Not to mention a (Canadian) copyright carol...
Agam Shah reports:
The One Laptop Per Child project suffered a blow this week, with Chief Technology Officer Mary Lou Jepsen quitting the nonprofit to start a for-profit company to commercialize technology she invented with OLPC ... Jepsen was responsible for hardware and display development for the rugged and power-saving XO laptop, designed for use by children in developing countries."
Agam Shah reports:
The One Laptop Per Child project suffered a blow this week, with Chief Technology Officer Mary Lou Jepsen quitting the nonprofit to start a for-profit company to commercialize technology she invented with OLPC ... Jepsen was responsible for hardware and display development for the rugged and power-saving XO laptop, designed for use by children in developing countries."
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