Neowin News Feed for: Poverty

Virgin Media O2 announces the National Databank to tackle connectivity poverty

Paul Hill — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 22:06:01 +0000

Virgin Media O2 has teamed up with Good Things Foundation to launch the National Databank, a source of free data for those who could not otherwise afford it. They want to connect 255,000 people. Read more...

UK: Asda and Vodafone partner to give kids connected laptops

Paul Hill — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 14:24:01 +0000

The supermarket Asda is going to supply 7,000 Dell laptops to schools around the country to help disadvantaged kids get online to access education at home. Vodafone will provide mobile internet. Read more...

How rich are you compared to the rest of the world?

Ben Buffone — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0000

Are you in the top 1%? You'd be surprised. "Global Rich List" has relaunched, allowing you to compare your wealth with the rest of us here on earth. Read more...

Microsoft uses headlines to read the future

Paul Ferson — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:34:35 +0000

Microsoft Research, in cooperation with the Technion Institute of Technology in Israel, is working on a system to potentially divine the future from newspaper headlines and other sources. Read more...

UN, Google and Cisco team up against Global Poverty

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:19:53 +0000

The United Nations, Google and Cisco have put together a global campaign, the Millennium Development Goals, that tracks progress towards decreasing global poverty by 2015. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched the project, called MDG Monitor,... Read more...