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Worldreader and Opera Bring Books to 5 Million Readers in Africa via Mobile Phones

2 September, 201510 May, 2016e-Reading Software, Web Browser2 Comments

The four-month-old partnership between Opera and the literacy non-profit Worldreader is already bearing fruit. Worldreader announced on Monday that five million readers have used the app...

Worldreader Partners With Opera, Launches Web Reading App

14 May, 201510 May, 2016e-Reading Software, Web BrowserOne Comment

Opera may get most of its press for its web browser, data compression tech, and business services, but that’s not all it does. Earlier this month...

What a Difference a Year Makes – Worldreader Mobile App Now Used on 534,000 Feature Phones

10 April, 201310 May, 2016e-Reading Software, Web BrowserOne Comment

When Worldreader launched their reading app a little over a year ago, the project played second fiddle to Worldreader’s main project of getting Kindles into the...

Amazon Now Promoting an African Literacy Program on Their Homepage

31 October, 201210 May, 2016e-Reading Hardware, e-Reading SoftwareOne Comment

Amazon is well known for using their home page to promote their own products and services, including everything from new Kindles to a recent comparison of...

WorldReader Launches First Independent Kindle Repair Center

13 June, 201210 May, 2017e-Reading HardwareOne Comment

Worldreader launched in 2010 with the goal of using ereaders to improve the literacy of residents of isolated African villages, and they choose the Amazon Kindle...

Sometimes paper is better, II

30 July, 201015 November, 2019e-Reading HardwareLeave a comment

A couple days ago I posted on WorldReader.org and their Kindle pilot program. They’re working to create rural literacy programs in third world countries. I took...