[IAEP] Sugar in the news: picked up by BBC, AFP, IDG, eGov, Crunchgear, Boston Globe, Heise (DE), People's Daily (CN), UNIC Rio (BR), DigitalTrends, Daily Monitor (UG)

[Sean DALY]

Thanks Simon

Unfortunately Christian is travelling and was unable to post the PR.
He told me he could do so this weekend. Carlo did an Italian version
and I will work up a French version, but it's less urgent now that the
news wave has crested - useful for future visitors.

The PR is here:
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/united-nations-relief-and-works-agency-chooses-one-laptop-per-child-laptops-with-sugar-for-major-education-project-in-mideast-92403534.html

Sean



On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Simon Schampijer <simon at schampijer.de> wrote:
> On 04/29/2010 11:27 PM, Sean DALY wrote:
>> As our press release today was parallel to OLPC's and many journalists
>> consulted both, I am including links to articles which cite OLPC but
>> not Sugar by name. Also, yesterday's announcement by OLPC concerning
>> the Memorandum of Understanding with the East African Community was
>> often folded into the Palestine Territories coverage, so I will link
>> to some of those too.
>>
>> Some errors occurred (the Boston Globe found an extra 10 million XOs,
>> IDG said Activities are Windows-compatible) but most coverage has been
>> positive.
>>
>> An encouraging step: OLPC has agreed to cite Sugar in their
>> communications going forward, which will be helpful.
>>
>>
>> BBC (1): One Laptop per Child targets Middle East and E Africa
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10091177.stm
>> BBC (2): One Laptop Per Child reaches Gaza Strip
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8651580.stm
>>
>> AFP (via YNet): UN to distribute 200,000 laptops to Gaza refugees
>> http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3882775,00.html
>>
>> IDG: UN to Buy 500,000 OLPC Laptops for Palestinian Children; the
>> laptops will run Sugar, not Windows, marking a return to OLPC's roots
>> http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/195240/un_to_buy_500000_olpc_laptops_for_palestinian_children.html
>> http://www.itworld.com/hardware/106222/un-buy-500000-olpc-laptops-palestinian-children
>>
>> eGov Monitor: 500,000 Palestinian Children To Receive Laptops - A
>> Collaboration Between UN And One Laptop per Child (OLPC)
>> http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/36068
>>
>> Crunchgear: OLPC gets a boost: 500,000 units ordered by U.N. for
>> Palestinian children
>> http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/04/29/olpc-gets-a-boost-500000-units-ordered-by-u-n-for-palestinian-children/
>>
>> Boston Globe: OLPC aims to send 30m laptops to African students
>> http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2010/04/one_laptop_per_12.html
>>
>> Heise (DE): OLPC-Laptops für ostafrikanische und palästinensische Kinder
>> http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/OLPC-Laptops-fuer-ostafrikanische-und-palaestinensische-Kinder-990195.html
>>
>> DigitalTrends: OLPC Inks Deals in Africa, Middle East
>> http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/olpc-inks-deals-in-africa-middle-east/
>>
>> People's Daily (CN): UNRWA distributes laptops to Palestinian school children
>> http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90783/91321/6968177.html
>>
>> UNIC Rio (BR): Crianças palestinas recebem computadores de parceiro da ONU
>> http://unicrio.org.br/?p=579
>>
>> Daily Monitor (UG): EAC adopts one laptop per child initiative
>> http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/909080/-/wy23nk/-/
>
> Sean, and others involved, thanks for getting this press release out of
> the door. And, yes, it is important that Sugar is cited.
>
> Is the press release available online? Could not find it in the press
> category on the site.
>
> Regards,
>    Simon
>
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