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How much would an iPhone have cost in 1991?

Feb 6, 2014

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in History, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Trends: Economic

Tech Policy Daily: How much would an iPhone have cost in 1991? Amazing! Today’s iPhones have the same capabilities (and more!) than 13 distinct electronics gadgets, worth more than $3,000, found in a 1991 Radio Shack ad. Buffalo writer Steve Cichon was the first to dig up the old ad and make the point about…

Kenya’s mobile telephones: Vital for the poor

Nov 12, 2012

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in Africa, Business, Economic Development, Microenterprise, Poverty, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet)

Economist: Kenya's mobile telephones: Vital for the poor AFRICA'S "mobile decade", when telephones at last reached most corners of the continent, has meant a huge improvement in the lives of the poor. But quantifying it is hard. How useful can a mobile phone be to someone living on less than $2.50 a day, the World…

Saturday Links

Nov 10, 2012

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in Business, Current Affairs, Gender and Sex, Generations, History, Links – Saturday, Politics, Public Policy, Social Media, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet)

Here are the links for this week. 1. Ever thought about starting your own blog? Michael Hyatt has some advice: My Advice to Beginning Bloggers 2. Is gender inclusive language taking hold? Good News, You Guys Everyone! English Is Becoming More Inclusive 3. How New Yorkers Adjusted to Sudden Smartphone Withdrawal 4. Paying for What…

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How much would an iPhone have cost in 1991?

Kenya’s mobile telephones: Vital for the poor

Saturday Links