Emerging, developing countries gain ground in the tech revolution
People in emerging and developing nations are quickly catching up to those in advanced nations in terms of access to technology.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
People in emerging and developing nations are quickly catching up to those in advanced nations in terms of access to technology.
Many people around the world consider free expression in cyberspace to be a fundamental right.
Only about a fifth of India’s roughly 1.2 billion people are online, according to a recent Pew Research Center report, and the world’s biggest technology companies are clamoring for this large, untapped user base. Facebook recently tried (and failed) to implement its “Free Basics” internet program, and Google is also vying for the vast Indian […]
In our survey of thousands of people across 32 emerging and developing nations, we found some notable data points that might have been lost in the fray.
Our new report looks at how people perceive the internet’s impact on their lives, how many people access it and who they are, and what people do online.
Within a remarkably short period of time, some developing nations are catching up to the U.S. in technology use.
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