BBC News - European commissioner calls for 'digital champions'

This BBC technology article - European commissioner calls for 'digital champions' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15544517 - is interesting and shows what a good example Martha Lane Fox and her role is for other countries. The article discusses the social benefits of enabling more people to be online and reducing exclusion.

"Neelie Kroes, the European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, has called on EU states to appoint digital champions similar to the UK's Martha Lane Fox.

Ms Kroes said the lastminute.com founder was "doing a great job" at convincing UK adults who did not use the internet to change their minds.

Talking to the BBC, Ms Kroes said it was vital to deal with the 30% of Europeans currently not online.

She said EU states needed ministers with specific digital portfolios.

Ms Kroes made the comments at the inaugural London Conference on Cyberspace.

She took the opportunity to emphasise the social benefits of being online."

Charting the Digital Revolution

I've written an article for Huliq news based on this BBC news article, about a very interesting series, and interactive project the BBC are working on -

Russell Barnes Producer, Digital Revolution

"It was just 20 years ago that a young computer programmer called Tim Berners-Lee approached his supervisor at CERN with a blueprint for linking information online that we know today as the World Wide Web."

"...Digital Revolution (working title), a landmark series of programmes for BBC Two that examines precisely this question." - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8144570.stm.

My article on this topic written for Huliq News - http://www.huliq.com/1/83418/charting-digital-revolution.