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The digital divide: can technology really help end poverty?
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Two-thirds of the world's population don't have the Internet, and tech giants like Facebook and Google are attempting to change that by offering free Internet to remote countries and villages around the world. - photo by istockphoto.com/pixelfusion3d
Facebook launched a new app last week, but it’s only available in Zambia where only about 11 percent of the population uses the Internet. The app, Internet.org, is an effort to connect “every one of us. Everywhere,” its slogan touts.