Archive for December, 2005

December 13

Story of a Google Foundation Grantee

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“We have developed a “Same-Language Subtitling” (SLS) methodology, which provides automatic reading practice to individuals who are excluded from the traditional educational system, or whose literacy needs are otherwise not being met. This is an educational program rooted in mass media that demonstrates how a specific literacy intervention can yield outstanding, measurable results, while complementing […]

December 2

Growth in IT spending

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Next year will bring moderate growth in IT spending, which will push many vendors into taking the plunge and developing some disruptive business models.
“A critical new ingredient we’ll see (in 2006) is the acceleration of disruptive business models; ‘open innovation’ in IT product and service development–the open-source effect–and online delivery of IT as a service–the […]