Myanmar Embraces Internet for the Masses

As cheap mobile technology ignites an Internet revolution, new homegrown apps are blossoming in Myanmar. Myanmar web surfers were once paradigms of patience and ingenuity as they dodged and weaved through the former military regime's communications blocks in decrepit backstreet Internet cafes. But commuters in Myanmar's biggest cities can now be seen tapping away on smartphones as an online awakening sweeps the country, fuelled by the loosening of junta-era ...