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Digital Divide in the UK? : In the News
Britons admit they just can’t live without home internet
- Source: The Guardian
12th July 2010
Domestic web connection joins holidays, mobile phones and fridge-freezer among necessities of modern life, Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds
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Martha Lane Fox appointed new UK Digital Champion
- Source: Race Online 2012
- 1st July 2010
As part of the Government‟s drive to increase transparency and accountability, the Prime Minister has announced that the internet entrepreneur, Martha Lane Fox, will be the new „UK Digital Champion‟.
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Terry Wogan on the benefits of surfing the web
- Source: BBC News
- 13th May 2010
Terry Wogan discusses the benefits and importance of tackling the high numbers of Britains who are not online.
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Digitally deprived kids face bleak future
- Source: WebUser.co.uk
- 29th April 2010
Children in the UK without access to the internet will earn less money and become a burden to the country, according to a new report.
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Rutland Telecom offers villagers fast broadband
- Source: BBC News
- 14th April 2010
A UK village which raised £37,000 to set up its own network offering 200 homes the super-fast broadband that BT could not deliver has been launched.
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Google to produce internet guide … in a leaflet
- Source: The Guardian
- 29th March 2010
Google, one of the world's most prominent evangelists for all things digital, has turned to one of the most traditional of old media routes to try to persuade more British people to go online: it is printing a leaflet.
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Mixed reaction to fast net pledge
- Source: BBC News
- 22nd March 2010
Labour plans to wire up UK homes with super-fast broadband have met with a mixed response. Experts want more details about what "super-fast broadband" means and how the plan would be implemented.
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Audio: The politics of broadband
- Source: BBC Radio 4
- 11th March 2010
The Conservatives have unveiled their technology manifesto, promising to extend superfast broadband to most of the country.
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