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Cell Phone and Internet Usage Grew Despite Economy

By Dana ChivvisFeb 23rd 2010 – 6:27PM

(Feb. 23) -- Even as the global economy tanked, cell phone and Internet usage continued to skyrocket last year, according to a report by the International Telecommunication Union. In developing countries, cell phone usage reached an estimated 57 percent of the population by the end of 2009, the first year that number has...

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  • 04/29/12 In Cuba, young people long for Web access Source: The Seattle Times - Seattle WA The 24-year-old volunteer shows off the seven computers sitting on wooden desks under a painting of St. Juan Bosco in a small, 6- by 10-foot concrete room at the back of the church.
  • 04/24/12 In Cuba, young people long for a way to access Facebook Source: Miami Herald - Miami FL The 24-year-old volunteer shows off the seven computers sitting on wooden desks under a painting of Saint Juan Bosco in a small, 6- by 10-foot cement room at the back of the church.

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