Gadgetell | Tech News, Reviews, and Interesting Things

Subscribe to our content for free: (?)
Get our Daily Email
Articles about cuba

Microsoft blocks IM service to countries deemed hostile to the U.S.

by Sue Walsh on May 23, 2009 at 10:46 AM

Continue Reading »

Despite high price tags Cubans line-up to purchase first legal computers

by Robert Nelson on May 4, 2008 at 06:04 PM

It was just a little over a month ago now that the Cuban Government decided to begin easing up on restrictions with electronics, namely computers, and as we have already seen Cuba citizens lining up for cell phones, the same is happening with computers. Reports of “more than a dozen… Continue Reading »

Tightly controlled Internet access does not stop Cuban bloggers

by Robert Nelson on Apr 29, 2008 at 02:23 PM

The Internet access while tightly controlled does not seem to be stopping Cuban bloggers from telling their story. Computers have just recently became legal for Cuban citizens to own and even with the hard to come by Internet access many are turning towards the web to share their story. Some… Continue Reading »

Cuban citizens snapping up cell phones

by Robert Nelson on Apr 26, 2008 at 09:04 AM

Since cell phones were first made available, and legal, Cuban citizens have been furiously purchasing new cell phones. Its been just about ten days now and Cuba’s telephone company is reporting that they have sold 7,400 new cell phones, about 740 per day. While I can expect a lot of… Continue Reading »

Cubans get a hold of their first mobile phones

by Elisabeth Young on Apr 15, 2008 at 02:36 PM

After the recent end of the cell phone ban in Cuba, locals have been lining up to get their very first mobile phones. Monday morning, Cuban locals were eager to get their mobile phones from state-owned phone offices after many decades of being deprived of hi-tech gadgets. Reforms in Cuba… Continue Reading »

Recently blocked Cuban blog wins Spanish digital journalism prize

by Robert Nelson on Apr 6, 2008 at 11:24 AM

Its always nice to see a happy outcome, a Cuban blogger, who recently had her own site blocked by the Cuban government has won an award for that very site. Yoani Sanchez who writes the Generacion Y blog as a journal of her daily life in Cuba was given the… Continue Reading »

Cuba ends ban on cell phones

by Robert Nelson on Mar 29, 2008 at 07:03 PM

Following up on the recent announcement to lift the ban on computer and DVD player sales, the Cuban Government has decided to lift the ban on cell phones. While Cuba has not been a cell-phone free country, the available phones have been primarily used by government officials, foreigners and those… Continue Reading »

Cuban blog gets blocked by Cuban authorities, Internet access is still very much limited

by Elisabeth Young on Mar 25, 2008 at 05:12 AM

It was just a few short weeks ago that the good news came about how the Cuban government was beginning to ease up a little by allowing their people sales of computers and video players. While they may be allowed to purchase (assuming they can afford one) a computer, it… Continue Reading »

Cuba having a change of heart; decides to allow computer, DVD player sales

by Robert Nelson on Mar 15, 2008 at 10:16 AM

While most of us take the latest and greatest computer for granted, or at least the fact that we are easily able to purchase a computer. Not to mention we seem to be very worried about the next-generation movie players and have all gotten caught up in the recent format… Continue Reading »

Masthead
Executive Editors
Editor
Associate Editor
Special Features