News and Notes Roundup: Jan. 6

By Evan Summers | January 06, 2015

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Welcome to the first NDItech News and Notes Roundup of 2015. Although it may seem weird to our usual crowd that we’re posting this Monday tradition on a Tuesday, we promise that this week’s roundup is worth the wait. As always, tweet or email (@nditech/[email protected]) with any tips for future roundups.

This week’s “Tech History” begins way back on January 6th of 1838, the day when Samuel Morse first demonstrated his telegraph system, beginning a revolution in the world of long-distance communication. Many years later, another communications revolution of sorts began when Steve Jobs introduced the Phone on January 9th, 2007. This announcement came exactly six years after Jobs introduced another game-changing platform - iTunes.

Now, time for the links:

Popular Tech News:

  • Web blocking by Indian government causes anger

  • Customers sue Apple over shrinking iOS 8 storage

  • Heart emoji and hashtag are 2014’s ‘most popular words’

  • Google lobbying for opening up of vacant spectrum, potentially cheaper airwaves

  • Toyota looking to spur wider use of hydrogen power for vehicles

ICT and Development:

  • 2014’s country-by-country ICT highlights in Africa

  • Inflatable incubator aims to help save premature babies and reduce infant mortality

  • What tech will take off in developing countries in 2015?

  • Linking technology and democracy in Myanmar

  • How technology changes language and the way we speak

Mobiles:

  • Mobile app promises to speed Ebola response in Guinea

  • Could the $29 Nokia 215 help change mobile internet access in developing markets?

  • Homework goes mobile for secondary school pupils in Lesotho

  • Big Data comes to transport planning: how your mobile phone helps plan that rail line

  • Tech companies are looking to break down the barriers between apps

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