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This animation, from the World Mapper website, shows the growth of Internet users around the world from 2000 to 2007.
The Worldmapper website provides many maps on different subjects. Some maps are animated, like the one above, which shows how global use of the internet has grown.
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An animation, from the BBC website, that shows how the internet has grown from 1998 to 2008. The map includes brief annotations to highlight points of interest for each year.
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Lots of interesting facts and figures about technology...
The digital divide is " a term used to refer to inequalities in access to ICT.
Such inequalities can be seen between:
(Source: Guinness, P., 2011. Geography: for the IB diploma. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.)
This interactive map illustrates internet speeds around the globe.
This video features a discussion of the 2013 Global Information Technology Report (GITR), including analysis of Singapore's position in the number 2 position in the GITR's Network Readiness Index.
Find out more here: INSEAD: Closing the Digital Divide: Connectivity is Just the start
This diagram highlights some new considerations with regard to the digital divide.
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Click on the image below to access this fascinating interactive map of internet usage around the world.
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