From yesterday until Thursday, Barcelona is the world center for consumer technology. It began in this city the Mobile World Congress 2015, the year’s biggest techno fair. And the conference Mark Zuckerberg and his controversial Internet.org project, was the highlight of the first day.
People, people, innovation, gadgets, money, and more people. This could summarize this huge shows that stormed the city, while its authorities had to design a special traffic plan and hospitality. There are over 90,000 attendees, nearly 2,000 exhibitors, 4,000 journalists and analysts and 160 government delegations; among everyone, from more than 200 countries. The fair is next to the city center, in the Gran Via de Fira de Barcelona in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat. And there shall come and thousands of people all the time. In metro, bus, taxi, walking. So much the fuss they built two tubular pedestrian bridges linking the subway station and the fair, stepping over an avenue.
The Fair has the size of two La Rural together, divided into eight wards . And the salt is in the 3. There are the huge stands of Sony, Huawei, LG, Samsung, Intel, Qualcomm and Microsoft, among others. And let test their new smart watches, tablets and smartphones for everyone; heavy user, basic, medium range, for kids and even for adults (smartphones that do not appear, combining mail and Web with large keys, touch technology and cover).
The expectation causes large industry personalities are present to tell theirs. Yesterday was the turn of Mark Zuckerberg. Eight minutes after six o’clock, the founder of Facebook began speaking before an audience that did not have an empty chair. And he spoke of Internet.org, the project led his company to bring connectivity to those who can not pay for the service. “We are working to bring Internet and communications worldwide. The great thing is getting people to grow with the Internet, with a computer. We want to globalize these services, “Zuckerberg said.
The project Zuckerberg and commenced operations in some countries, for example in Colombia and Zambia. In all cases is that Facebook is associated with an operator and local government, to provide Internet access to low-end cell who can not afford fertilizer. But critics are many: Internet.org is a closed Internet. Offers users Facebook, Google, Wikipedia and some services, which goes against the idea of net neutrality, which advocates an open network where people choose where to navigate.
“When travel I want to know how connectivity is established worldwide, “the richest girl in the world, according to Forbes has more than 33 billion dollars.
Others go further and say Facebook He is looking for “new customers” because in markets where already installed is touching the roof of growth. It is “a joke that is priority connectivity to hunger, poverty and disease transmission, shot a few months ago Bill Gates against Zuckerberg plan.
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