Running the worlds’ largest social network clearly hasn’t been keeping Mark Zuckerberg busy, so the 29 year old CEO has set himself the little side project of getting the entire planet online. Facebook, along with several other large players in the communications and social media market, including Samsung, Nokia and Qualcomm, have joined forces under a partnership called internet.org and set themselves the audacious goal of reducing the cost of data to 1% of its current level in the next 5-10 years.
Anyway, it’s easy and unhelpful to pick holes in the generosity of those who have everything. Whatever their agenda, I think most would agree that this is an exciting target and one that has real potential to make the world a fairer place.
Dan