m.ogle » telephone reference http://micheleogle.net So many books, so little time... Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:18:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Question Box Answers Calls in Africa Where Web Can’t Reach – NYTimes.com http://micheleogle.net/2009/11/question-box-answers-calls-in-africa-where-web-can%e2%80%99t-reach-nytimes-com/ http://micheleogle.net/2009/11/question-box-answers-calls-in-africa-where-web-can%e2%80%99t-reach-nytimes-com/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:19:33 +0000 Michele http://micheleogle.net/?p=116

The premise behind Question Box is that many barriers keep most of the developing world from taking advantage of the wealth of knowledge available through Web search engines, said Rose Shuman, the service’s creator. That could be a drag on economic development.

“So I was thinking, why not bring the information to them in a way that’s most convenient and useful to them?”

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