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September Events Round-Up

Posted on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 07:59

[NEW EVENTS ADDED] After a slow August, September is bursting with events. Mark your calendars, there's something for everyone this month! And, as always - if you know of other events of note for this community, please add them in the comments!
Our Events:
23 September, Women and Mobile Tech Salon (New York, NY, USA) MobileActive is hosting a tech salon this month to discuss mobile tech and the particular needs of women to improve their lives, health, and economic status.
We will have short talks by women leaders in the mobile tech-for-social-change field. Register here!

The Mobile Minute: Radio and Awesome Mobile Metrics, Email via SMS in the Philippines, and the Decline of the US Landline

Posted on Mon, 08/23/2010 - 12:17

The Mobile Minute is here to keep you up-to-date on mobile and ICT news. Today's Mobile Minute covers National Public Radio's (NPR) metrics in America, why FM radio could be coming to your mobile handset, the decline of landline phones in the US, a program that delivers email over SMS in the Philippines, and why advertisers should use mobile marketing in developing countries.

The Mobile Minute: Native Apps vs. Web Apps, A Texting Habits Infographic, and Defining "Mobile" Technology

Posted on Wed, 08/18/2010 - 11:53

Today's Mobile Minute brings you coverage on the debate between native apps and web apps, an Android application that uses Spyware to mine GPS data, questions about how to define "mobile" devices, an infographic that details texting habits in the US and around the world, and a controversy over a mobile water-finding app for people crossing the Mexico/US border. 

The Mobile Minute: RIM Caves in India, Mobile Ownership Numbers, Thoughts from Tech@State

Posted on Wed, 08/11/2010 - 16:04

Today's Mobile Minute covers the unfolding BBM security controversy, Ushahidi's new Crowdmap online platform, a roundup of mobile apps for the disabled, a break down of what mobile ownership numbers actually mean, and the take-away on mobile remittances from the Tech@State conference.

Press One for Freedom Fone, Press Two for Farm Radio: How Stations Use Integrated Voice Response

Posted on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 16:03

Two years ago, Bev Clark, the co-founder of Kubatana.net, was awarded a large grant as part of the Knight News Challenge for Freedom Fone, an open-source software platform for distributing news and information through interactive voice response (IVR) technology.  Freedom Fone was officially launched in late February of this year and has since been downloaded about 200 times, said Amy Saunderson-Meyer of Freedom Fone.

Mobile Minute: Blackberry Ban Updates, a Mobile Youth Survey, and a Financial mServices Risk Matrix

Posted on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 12:02

We've got news on Saudi Arabia's and the United Arab Emirates' moves to ban BlackBerry, the release of the TakingITMobile mobile youth activism survey, a review of livestreaming services for mobiles, USAID's mobile financial services risk matrix, and a report that reveals the niche uses for location-based mobile services.

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