Those living in the developing countries of the world know all about two things…being off the grid and constant power-outages. This can be a potential nightmare for software developers, web developers and bloggers alike. The solution? Desktop software applications like Google Gears that allow for the use of web applications offline. Wordpress 2.6, the most recent upgrade to one of the world’s most popular CMS’ recently rolled out this revision which adds support for Gears. For more watch the video…

About the Author: Jonathan Gosier (Founder) is an American-born software developer, writer and social entrepreneur. He currently lives in Kampala, Uganda where he is working on two fronts: to encourage western businesses and investors to engage African entrepreneurs and to encourage the adoption of computers, programming and use of the internet in the developing regions of Africa. He is a huge advocate for promoting the ways in which a semantic web will benefit emerging economies in the world.

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