In India, Poverty Inspires Technology Workers to Altruism
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Corporations have made India a laboratory for extending modern technological conveniences to the worldâs poor.
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A survey shows that more workers are relying on technology to do their job while on the move.
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FARIDABAD, India -- Ashok Gupta's modest plastic-packaging factory is the oldest in town, and its age shows. The root of all his problems is electricity.
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One Laptop Per Child, an ambitious project to bring computing to the developing worldâs children, is reaching out to the public through an interesting marketing campaign.
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A number of signs point to increasing demand for tech workers, but not all the clouds have been driven away.
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TechWeb - An Indian Institute of Technology professor--and open-source evangelist--discusses the role of Linux and open source in India.
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Innovative ideas and technology provide many ways to give--time, money or both.
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In countries where A.T.M.âs are few or nonexistent, cellphones are helping microlenders bring financial services to poor and remote areas.
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Technology employees are donating slightly more money to the Republican party.
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'Prosperity theology' is empowering people to help themselves out of poverty.
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In the Indian state of Kerala, remittances from global capitalism are now a central part of the local economy.
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The new Tata Nano will sell for $2,500, making it affordable for some of India's poorer people.
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InfoWorld - Red Hat&#160;is to help the communist government of Kerala, in southwestern India, to deploy open-source software in its e-governance and literacy efforts.
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Working in poverty-stricken areas gives corporate travelers an up-close look at global problems such as disease, illiteracy or injustice. It also puts them in a position to bring about change.
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Mysore, Jan. 28 (DN)- The initiatives and the voluntary involvement of individuals for noble cause of lessening the burdens of the deprived sections of the society does not necessarily limit to its own place by ...
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Group proposes outsourcing to underutilized, lower-cost IT workers in outlying areas of the U.S. rather than offshore.
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Americans know a good deal when they see it. Today a group of  leading scientists and practitioners from several fields -- agriculture,  medicine, economics, education, engineering -- is making a proposal to  the world. If  rich and poor countries will follow through on the promises  they have made over the past five years  to fight extreme poverty and disease -- and rely on the best science and technology in doing  so -- the world can save millions of lives and extricate hundreds of millions of  its poorest people from the trap of extreme poverty. The cost is a mere 50 cents out of every $100 of rich-world income in the coming decade.