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Category Archives: Mobile Phones
The Future of the Mobile Lies in the Developing World
This excellent article by Erica Kochi, the co-lead of Tech Innovation at UNICEF, talks about creative uses of mobile phones in emerging economies like India, China and various countries in Africa, as well as the future of the mobile market … Continue reading
Posted in Design Challenges, Interesting Ideas, Mobile Phones
Tagged china, emerging economies, India, mobile phones, RapidSMS, Silicon Valley, UNICEF
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mPowering’s Antipoverty Mobile App
A new nonprofit organization, mPowering, uses existing mobile technology and infrastructure to empower the poorest of the poor (those living on less than $2 a day). The organization, which has begun work in India and Nepal, uses an incentive-and-award approach … Continue reading
Posted in Design!publiC, Mobile Phones
Tagged eliminate poverty, empowerment, mobile technology, mpowering, rural india
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The Mobile Web, According to East Africans
Erik Hersman unpacks Vodafone’s recent research into how the internet is being used by mobile phone users in East Africa. The following are the types of content that are most important to consumers in East Africa, according to our interviewees: … Continue reading
Mobile Phones and Gender Dynamics
Melissa Ulbricht at MobileActive.org has posted an article arguing that mobile phone sales to women have the potential to upset existing gender dynamics, with the possibility of an increase domestic violence towards women. The evidence that this is happening is … Continue reading
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