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...about $32 - and that was touted as a bargain. Other firms offer unlimited but extremely slow Internet connections, barely capable of making Skype calls, for about $40 per month. "No one can [guarantee] there will be a 90% drop next year, but hopefully there will be," says Christopher Stork, senior researcher at Research ICT Africa, a technology analysis firm based in South Africa. "That's the minimum we would expect, but in the long term, it would be much, much cheaper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broadband Finally Comes to East Africa | 7/24/2009 | See Source »

...villages. Nor does it measure the myriad ways in which people will take advantage of speedy Internet access to create businesses or offer services that, before Thursday, would have been too costly to fund. "The demand for bandwidth can't be based on current prices and current demands," says Stork. "As soon as prices drop, many more applications come up and create more demand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broadband Finally Comes to East Africa | 7/24/2009 | See Source »

...that was long, long ago. Now fathers sing to their babies in utero, come to birthing class, coach mom through delivery (as opposed to the days of the hospital stork clubs, where fathers smoked and paced while mothers delivered their offspring). They can buy strap-on breasts, so they can share in the bonding without the sore nipples. And baby toupees, for those sensitive about hairlessness. I can't help thinking that the increased engagement of fathers has some direct connection to the increased availability of baby gadgets, since having two fanatically engaged parents offers twice the target for retailers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parenting Advice: What Moms Should Learn From Dads | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

...goes out there and plays older girls and how she handles herself against people who have been playing college squash for two or three years.” Freshmen Bethan Williams and Alexandra Zindman both gained comfortable wins, with the latter dropping only two points. Senior Emily Stork returned from injury to win her match, 9-4, 10-9, 9-5, in the No. 9 position, ensuring that the Crimson came away with the sweep. While the victory was never in doubt once play began, it was important for the team to make a statement after Wednesday?...

Author: By Jay M. Cohen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Undefeated W. Squash Shuts Out Cornell | 12/2/2007 | See Source »

...reknit Japan's broken families. Saimura notes that the health ministry just began funding a new service that will dispatch volunteers to visit the homes of new parents and provide support if they're struggling. The program is tragically too late for some children, but it sure beats the stork cradle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan's Parent Trap | 5/24/2007 | See Source »

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