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When Kyle Wiens was a computer science undergraduate student at California Polytechnic State University, he needed to fix his Apple laptop, so he looked online for a repair manual. To his chagrin, he couldn’t find one. “I discovered that Apple was using...

The title of this column, Mobile for Good, seems like a bit of a misnomer for the crop of news I'm sharing this month. We've got net neutrality violations disguised as benefits, app security flaws, and a difficult-to-repair hot new phone. But being aware...

Yuji Toyozato clutches his ringing phone and panics. He has no idea how to answer it. How could he be so stupid? He’s owned the thing for two damned months, but still feels like a baby holding a grown-up’s toy. As the ringtone becomes louder...

Draft paper submitted to Digital Asia Journal‘s first thematic issue “Revisiting the Emancipatory Potential of Social Media in Asia”. NB. This is work in progress. For the final version please see Digital Asia Journal in due course...

We compiled a bibliography on the digital divide (including gender gaps) and ICTD. Please let us know if we missed anything interesting and we would be glad to add it! 1. Allen, Steven G. 2001. “Technology and the Wage Structure.” Journal of Labor Economics...