Microsoft, Huawei Go After African Market With New Windows Phone

It’s part of a new strategy by the software giant to create products specifically for African consumers.
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Google and Boston Consulting Group Partner for a Study of a Potential New Internet Economy

Two years after the Arab uprisings, the Internet is quietly and increasingly growing as a central platform of economic development around the globe.
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What if Scientology had sponsored a series about happiness? Or the need for humanitarian relief in Africa? Or stories of the world’s greatest free-thinkers?

Shane Snow, chief creative officer for Contently, a branded-content platform, writing at Nieman Journalism Lab about how the Church of Scientology (and The Atlantic) might have approached its sponsored content campaign differently

Baidu Builds a Mobile Browser for Emerging Markets, and Gets Orange to Pre-Install It

Baidu and Orange are announcing today a mobile browser partnership designed to address users in Africa and the Middle East.
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Something to Be Thankful For: Brett Bullington’s Recovery Path Is Made by Walking (Video)

The beloved Silicon Valley exec and investor is on the mend.
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IBM’s Newest Research Lab Is in Africa

IBM sees big growth and big opportunities in a region once derided as hopeless.
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An E-Reader Revolution for Africa?

It is time for a vocabulary lesson in Bernard Opio’s sixth-form class at the Humble Primary School in Mukono, Uganda. One new word the students have already learned this year is “Kindle.”

Yahoo Beats Q1 Expectations (as Expected) — Now, Will New CEO Outline More Strategery on Investor Call?

An upside non-surprise as we await pearls of wisdom from new CEO Scott Thompson.
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