News and Notes Roundup: Dec. 15

By Evan Summers | December 15, 2014

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A black and white picture, of one of the first airplanes attempting to take flight.

Another weekend has come and gone and that wonderful Monday tradition is upon us. That’s right, it’s time for another edition of the NDItech News and Notes Roundup. As always, please tweet or email (@nditech/[email protected]) with any hot tips for future roundups.

Before we move on to the links, let’s take a look at “This Week in Tech History.” Ten years ago to the day, on December 15, 1994, the first commercially developed web browser, Netscape Navigator 1.0, was released. Exactly one year later, the world saw the launch of AltaVista, which became the first world wide web search service to gain popularity. And of course we should mention that one of technology’s crowning achievements, the Wright Brothers’ first powered flight, took place on December 17, 1903.

Now, time for the links:

Popular Tech News:

ICT and Development:

Mobiles:

  • Tanzania’s safe motherhood texting service enters 3rd year with ½ million registrants

  • Development of app by young girl in Dharavi highlighted in #MumbaiStories campaign

  • International Data Corporation’s top 10 ICT predictions for Africa in 2015

  • 5 smartphone innovations coming in 2015

  • The Mobile internet revolution and barries to digital inclusion

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