Decoding Programming Languages
Lots of people are learning to code independently, but with so many programming languages available, it’s difficult to know where to start. Aspiring coders must choose between dynamically-typed languages like Javascript, Ruby, Python and PHP, which are more flexible, and…
Refugees on Rails Rethinks Refugee Support
Anne Kjær Reichert and Weston Hankins, from Berlin, wanted to help the 600,000 refugees that entered Germany this year. They also noticed that Berlin didn’t have enough coders to fill the growing demand of its startup sector. Lots of Europeans…
Facebook Helps Blind Users Experience a Whole New Part of their Newsfeeds
Facebook’s accessibility team, headed by Jeff Wieland, has been working on ways for Facebook to interpret the increasing amount of visual content on news feeds for blind users. While screen readers can be used with Facebook, the number of photos…
A Smart Way to Transform Africa
Rwanda hosted this year’s edition of the Transform Africa Summit between 19 October and 21 October in Kigali. This is the second Transform Africa; this year’s theme was “Accelerating Digital Innovation” and it was organized and supported by the Government…
Could a Coding Bootcamp Change your Life?
Coding bootcamps are all the rage today, offering prospective students the opportunity to earn six-figure salaries after just a few months of intensive study. To many, this sounds too good to be true. In this article, we investigate the strengths…
Open Source Accessibility
Accessible technology has become a key issue in the tech world. Copyright licensing has prevented this technology from developing quickly enough to meet the demand of the over 3 million persons with a motor neuron disease or quadriplegia around the…
Looking to Learn to Code in the Philippines?
The Philippines is an emerging tech destination, particularly for those engaging in tele-working opportunities around the world. Interested in joining this sector in the Philippines? Here are some good places to start. First, the coding bootcamp model has officially come…
All-Girl Incubator Sparks Social Change
Outbox Incubator, a programme developed by Stemettes, is a South London incubator exclusively for European Girls. It brings together up to 115 young women (between the ages of 11 and 22) from around the EU to develop their businesses, which…
ICT Awards for Women in South Africa
Black Information Technology Forum Kwazulu Natal, recently hosted its annual awards for women in ICT. The ceremony, on 9 November in Durban City Hall, aims to encourage women, particularly black women, in the IT sector in the country by acknowledging…
3D Printing Revolutionizes Education for Persons with Disabilities
3D printers are revolutionizing education for the blind and visually impaired. We’ve compiled a list of some of some of these projects. For the Denvar School for the Blind in India, think3D built 3D printed diagrams of diagrams in science…
