Mobile phones for Development cooperation

MKFC Stockholm College and Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences call for everyone interested in developing new mobile solutions to join in online collaboration to innovate and develop new approaches and solution to the use of mobile technology in MLearning, MHealth and MBanking.
The Nordic countries as knowledge nations have the responsibility to enhance democracy and human [...]

Chile relief efforts coordinated from Kenya, using online mapping tool

Within an hour of the massive earthquake in Chile, relief efforts were coordinated from as far away as Kenya – 12,000 km from the location of the quake. How is that possible? The answer is a crisis group called Ushahidi and its effective online mapping tool, reports BBC.
Ushahidi, which means “testimony” in Swahili, was [...]

Mobile health solutions for West Africa

MHealth Alliance (picture source) and Orange Healthcare team up to develop mobile health solutions for West Africa.
At the GSM Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Orange Healthcare announced last week that they will be joining the mHealth Alliance, a partnership which leverages rapid advances in mobile technology to improve public health, health care systems and patient [...]

Kevin Kelly tells technology’s epic story

In this wide-ranging, thought-provoking talk from TEDxAmsterdam, Kevin Kelly muses on what technology means in our lives — from its impact at the personal level to its place in the cosmos.

Kevin Kelly has been publisher of the Whole Earth Review, exec editor at WIRED, founder of visionary nonprofits, and writer on biology and business and [...]

New technology changing the ways in which we learn

New technology has always played a big part in changing education and the ways in which we learn. And perhaps more so now than ever. BBC has explored three new, unique initiatives in education technology.
The first example is from Bangladesh, where a scheme called The Janal Service gives anyone with access to a mobile phone [...]

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