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DLA2: The Internet and the Next Billion (Digital Lives Asia)
Category: Business
Duration: 01:01:31
Publish Date: 2018-03-05 17:00:00
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Podcast highlights:

  • 02:05 The "Next Billion" comes online - The number of new internet users around the world in 2017 was 248 million. What does that mean for tech companies around the world?
  • 10:36 Can you use Facebook if you're illiterate? Simon explores the options. What does that mean for companies like Facebook, Google etc who want to tap the "Next Billion"?
  • 47:10 There are a large amount of social media users in Indonesia, but half of them are not online! What’s going on?!

Podcast notes:

  • 00:05 DLA2 - Digital Lives Asia with Graham Brown and Simon Kemp
  • 00:50 If you missed the last episode of DLA, you can listen to it here: DLA1: Insights into the Evolving Digital Lives of Asia
  • 02:05 The "Next Billion" comes online - The number of new internet users around the world in 2017 was 248 million. What does that mean for tech companies around the world?
  • 04:12 Have these new users ever seen or used the internet before?
  • 06:35 There are 4 barriers to people coming online.
  • 09:25 In certain places of Africa, the literacy rate is still below 50%. For females, it drops down-to 11%.
  • 10:36 Can you use Facebook if you're illiterate? Simon explores the options. What does that mean for companies like Facebook, Google etc who want to tap the "Next Billion"?
  • 14:10 You don't need to read human language to use technology, you could train a monkey to push buttons.
  • 19:30 Female literacy rate in India is 67%, which means, 37% of 1.2 billion can't read...
  • 22:30 A lot of Indian women are putting their profiles up as male, just to avoid some kind of harassment. We're getting round to Simon's dating experiment on Shaadi.com
  • 28:35 You have less opportunities to meet the right partner in India, there is less social mobility, so online services like social media offer real avenues for a good match.
  • 30:42 An interesting story about female employees when Graham had an office in Kerala, India.
  • 36:02 In Bhutan, the TV was introduced in 2003; it was banned until then. Bhutan always talks about "Gross National Happiness". Did the introduction of media make their lives happier?
  • 40:10 Is there any place in Asia, where there are people who are not online?
  • 47:10 There are a large amount of social media users in Indonesia, but half of them are not online! What’s going on?!
  • 55:56 If you could have the opportunity to go somewhere rural, where would you go? Simon reveals his first choice
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