Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by dhirender
“Well over 3.5 billion mobile phones are in use around the world and organizations are harnessing this technology to help overcome humanitarian challenges,” according to Timothy E. Wirth, President of the United Nations Foundation.
The recent report, Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in NGO Mobile Use, examines emerging trends in “mobile activism” by looking at […]
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Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by dhirender
Describing itself as the most revolutionary and most efficient dating service in the world, BuyUCoffee.com is an online dating community where users can actually get paid for going out on dates with other users. I wonder what this implies for the person who gets paid.
The site is for members only with a gold membership making […]
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Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by dhirender
Launching May 1, a multimedia guide linked to global positioning satellites which map the path of the erstwhile Berlin Wall is expected to make it easier for historians and tourists to visit the last remains of the Wall. The guide includes infomation and anectodes about historically significant spots along the route. The guide would be […]
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Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by dhirender
More than 800 million mobile phones were sold in developing countries in the past three years (GSM Association 2006) - in South Africa and Botswana for instance, one-third of people who do not have a bank account own a mobile phone or have access to one.
This report presents the first public findings on how low-income […]
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Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by dhirender
The website for the UTV business channel has finally launched at UTVi.com, albeit in beta.
The site has news, market updates, industry-wise updates, opinions, UTVi School, along with a community. There is also a section called Guru Blogs, which currently however has only two bloggers - I guess we can expect this to increase.
Surprisingly, there is […]
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