Re:A device for Twitter for the developing world...
by omarchowdhury on Saturday July 03, 2010 @07:52PM
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"The benefit is to give these people a way to communicate with, learn from, and contribute to, the rest of the world - we hope to give a voice to the voiceless."
All this with 140 characters?
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Five billion people on earth have no internet access. Many are living in complete poverty, without any infrastructure, and/or under an oppressive government.
The benefit is to give these people a way to communicate with, learn from, and contribute to, the rest of the world - we hope to give a voice to the voiceless.
I picked Twitter b/c messages can be moved efficiently via satellite, and there is an existing global network of contributors to answer questions and to help.