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Quality vs Frequency: What’s Your Mobile Strategy?

Your customers are in the midst of a mind shift. First they get a smartphone. Then they learn that they can ask for any information and get an instant result. What’s the weather forecast? Is this dishwasher highly rated, and is it available more cheaply elsewhere? What’s the song playing on the radio in the deli? Mobile answers all these requests and reinforces,...

Mobile and web apps tackle sanitation challenges

A game and two other mobile apps that help citizens tackle local sanitation problems have won a World Bank-funded technology competition. Go to Source ...

Will the Ubuntu Phone Rock the African Software Development Market?

You’re undoubtedly familiar with Ubuntu. An open source OS powerhouse, some argue that Ubuntu has the potential to take a sizable bite out of the cost...

Mercy Corps partnership ushers in the mobile age for rural Filipino farmers

Filipino rice farmers will soon pad their mobile wallets with more than just mobile money: they’ll get on-demand farming advice, too. Though...

Mobile Opportunities in Africa – Engaging with the Next Billion

Guestpost by Rudy De Waele, CEO & Founder of Nyota Media. Part 1 I started investigating mobile in Africa, in early 2010, which resulted in the...

Implementation of product strategy with differentiated standards

This paper examines the relationships between mobile communication standards and product development strategy from a product architecture perspective....

ID Hack for International Development… Would you?

Technology is powerful. Powerful enough to make a tremendous impact on international development. The rapid proliferation of mobile phones across the world...