In Monrovia, Liberia a unique form of journalism exists where the news is written out daily on a chalk board for everyone to read as they pass by. Alfred Sirleaf established his chalkboard news service called “Daily Talk” in May of 2000, when he saw a need for direct, free and accessible reporting. Because of [...]
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If I could be anyone at this moment, it would definitely be Jan Chipchase, Nokia researcher extraordinaire. Chipchase travels around the world and focuses on user centered design for mobile phone in third world countries. I’ve been following his blog for a while now, and was excited to read Sara Corbett’s article ‘Can the Cellphone [...] Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access – a new technology aimed at providing wireless data over long distances for both point-to-point links and full mobile cellular access implementation. It is effective for enabling the delivery of last mile wireless broadband access as an alternative to cable and DSL. For this reason, it is not surprising that [...] The Kaywa Reader is a 2D Barcode Reader to install on your mobile phone. Once installed, you can scan 2D Barcodes and the content of the 2D Barcode is then immediately resolved on the phone. This idea is not new at all, semacodes have been around for a while. What I really liked about this [...] Blyk is a pan-European free mobile operator for young people, funded by advertising. Launching first in the UK market in mid-2007, with other markets to follow. They offer brands an opportunity for direct engagement with 16-24 year old audiences, offering real-time feedback. Their claim is that the mobile advertising industry will be growing fast in the [...] Taken from Gnanapriya C and Puneet Gupta’s online paper on relevance of mobile based information services in India: Infosys mobility solutions with a strong Indian context: 1. Insurance for Rural India One of the more significant challenges that organizations face, including those [...] “Will it rain today?” Apparently mInfo, a Shanghai-based mobile search startup, is working on a service that will be able to answer such a question on our phones. They intend to understand natural language queries inputed by users on their mobile phones, and to deliver highly relevant answers. The service allows you to retrieve search [...] GupShup is an SMS based mobile application which attempts to bring social networking to the mobile world. It was introduced by Webaroo, who’s founder is Rakesh Mathur. People can create, manage or contribute to groups by either using the GupShup website or by sending an SMS to a local mobile phone short code. This application [...] In the Chinese city of Xiamen, authorities have halted construction of a chemical plant after residents sent more than 1 million mobile phone text messages protesting possible pollution dangers. What is interesting here is that in such a regime where people have limited power when getting together physically to protest, ubiquitous technology such as SMS [...] What happens when technology merges with religion and culture? A whole new brand of opportunities which enable us to extend beliefs and stay connected even from a distance. This new service I read about allows believers to send wishes using an SMS messages to be posted at the Kotel (the Western Wall) in Jerusalem. For those [...] |
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