The future of the internet digital divide
Communications of the ACM
Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web by Its Inventor
Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web by Its Inventor
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The Information Revolution and Developing Countries
The Information Revolution and Developing Countries
Reflections on free and open software
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Information Technology and Development
Can the mobile web bridge the digital divide?
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Web science: a provocative invitation to computer science
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Building the Mobile Web: rediscovering accessibility?
Universal Access in the Information Society
IT diffusion in developing countries
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Mobile web: reinventing the wheel?
ACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing - 20 years after Dexter Hypertext Reference Model
Web science: an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the web
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Digital inclusion with the McInternet: would you like fries with that?
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One laptop per child: vision vs. reality
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Revitalizing computing education through free and open source software for humanity
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Emerging markets: How ICT advances might help developing nations
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Guest Editorial Mobile Technology in Education
IEEE Transactions on Education
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This paper considers the recent development-related initiatives championed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). More specifically, it examines the mandate of the Mobile Web Initiative (MWI) and Mobile Web for Social Development (MW4D) interest group with respect to their connections with the broader Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) movement, and, to a lesser extent, the concurrent focus on Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS). Through a close review and discussion of the technical literature, and an evocation of critical perspectives related to ICT4D, foundational material is introduced towards considering the emancipatory potential of these initiatives as a core research question. Ultimately, it is argued (albeit tentatively given the evolving nature of these very-current projects) that this work remains important to the research community, but its integration within the broader agenda for international development requires further consideration. Accordingly, the paper concludes with a series of questions that can further inform research in this field.