Text the Vote
In a classic leapfrogging initiative, Libya has enabled its citizens to complete voter registration via digital messaging technology.
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Booked for Revival
A combination of fresh funding and e-book technology will enable publishers to give new life to out-of-print scholarly works.
Source of Opportunity
Sama Group, a social enterprise that connects disadvantaged people with digital work, is expanding its reach to the United States.
Zone of Impact
A school-based collective impact project in West Dallas, Texas, is yielding lessons on how to compile and use big data.
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Danger Ahead
The spread of technology-based platforms brings greater connectivity—but also greater vulnerability.
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Always on Call
A new, data-driven mode of confronting humanitarian disaster requires an appropriate policy framework.
High-Quality Education Doesn’t Mean High Spending
Four ways information technology is reducing costs and improving learning outcomes in Kenya that all educators can learn from.
What Net Neutrality Says About Neoliberalism
Some values are more important than giving more people access to Wikipedia for free.
Five Innovations That Will Electrify Africa
How a continent of over 1 billion off-grid customers can move from darkness to light over the next decade.
A Healthy Dose of Skepticism
There is no scientific consensus on the safety of GMOs and no evidence that their commercialization has been beneficial to society as a whole; until there is, it is prudent to just say no.