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Digital Inequality Improves in 2017: Report

SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Digital inequality between people living in rural areas, as well as those aged 55 and older, and the general population improved last year, a report showed Tuesday. According to the report by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Information Society Agency, the level of online information [...]

Global Internet Inclusion Could Lift 500m Out of Poverty, and Add over $6trn to Global GDP

LONDON, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Global inclusion in the Internet could bring seven percent of the world’s population – 500 million people – above absolute poverty levels, and add US$6.7 trillion to global economic output, according to a new study by Strategy&, PwC’s strategy consulting business. The study, for Facebook, encompassed 120 countries over [...]