Angelo Ramos, a key leader of the telecentre movement in the Philippines has prepared a short digital documentary/commentary giving us his personal perspective on who belongs and uses telecentres. It questions the gendered perception of how telecentres or public access points are used.



It is well done and very thoughtful, enjoy and spread the word... we are sissies and proud of… Continue

A new book entitled "SUTURING THE DIGITAL GASH: A European transnational project" has been published and it is available for download on this site (telecentre.org) thanks to the kind contribution of Gabriel Rissola from the Fundació Ciutat de Viladecans. The link to the book is below.

Book summary:

"Public Internet Centres (PICs) have been sprouting throughout Europe during the last decade; but... Are they an effective tool to… Continue

Last October, 2008: The WNDW team announced the release of the third Spanish translation of Wireless Networking in the Developing World. This is the latest contribution to the growing collection of WNDW translations, which also include English, Arabic, French, and Italian.



In the developing world, one book can often be equivalent to a library. Access to books is difficult where there are few libraries or book stores, and there is often little money to pay for them. By releasing this… Continue

Some of you may have already heard that Google finally reached an agreement with authors and publishers (settling in court for over $125 million) to be able to expand their Google Books service. Now they will start to offer their still in copyright scanned books for purchase (out-of-copyright books are free). For now this agreement is only binding in the US.



The implications of this agreement are important to people who cannot normally access prohibitively expensive books. Students,… Continue

UNESCO is launching a free practical guide to computer recycling for entrepreneurs and project sponsors, on the occasion of a conference on Digital Solidarity being held in Lyon (France). UNESCO's partners in this project are the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), French consultants Tic Ethic, non-governmental organizations, Emmaüs Solidarité Ouagadougou and Ateliers du Bocage, along with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).



The… Continue