Technology Gap part2

A worrying picture.

I've blogged previously about how I have a constant niggle in my mind whilst I'm accessing all this wondrous web 2.0 stuff on the net that there are huge areas of the world which are now lagging further and further behind.

This map from Martin Varsavsky's blog (he's the chap who invented the Fon social wifi router) just illustrates my point perfectly. It's to do with the popularity of the various social networking sites around the world. Almost a whole continent (Africa) is missing out and even China with its huge push for modernisation is barely touched.

I find it all quite sobering.

UPDATE: but there is light at the end of the tunnel.  Check this bbc article