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Google’s executive chairman is preparing to travel to a single place where Google isn’t a known brand – North Korea. Eric Schmidt is reportedly preparing for a “private, humanitarian mission”, led by former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson.
According to Associated Press, the trip could take place as early as this month and would be the first by a top executive from Google to a country considered to have the most restrictive Internet policies on the planet.
If you’ve been following the news lately, you know that the country’s leader Kim Jong Un called for a modern-day “industrial revolution” in a New Year’s Day speech to the nation, pushing science and technology as a path to economic development for the impoverished country. However, giving citizens open access to the Internet has not been part of the North’s strategy thus far. In that sense, perhaps Schmidt’s visit to the country could help push reforms. We can only hope something like that will happen…
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
