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India: Cheap Smartphones, Low Bandwidth

There are a billion people in India without Internet access, 300 million without electricity, and the same number of illiterate citizens. There also are 100 million people on Facebook, 30 million on Twitter and 50 million who use WhatsApp. Caroline O’Donovan reports on Nieman Fellow Hasit Shah’s efforts to find ways to bridge the dichotomy.

 

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