April 2011
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African countries are trying to “cheat history,” as one senior UN official I met put it. Barely literate people in the poorest villages, places where there are no schools and the life expectancy is under 50 due to lack of health infrastructure, use mobile phones to listen to the radio, send money, buy and sell >>>
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Apple has made it possible for almost anybody – a jealous spouse, a private detective – with access to your phone or computer to get detailed information about where you’ve been. Pete Warden Apple’s iPhone contains a secret file which keeps track of everywhere you go, say researchers. 110420 Guardian >>>