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The Promise of Mobile Technology

William Brindley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Nethope, ict4d, Mobile World Congress, GSM Association, Humanitarian Aid, Africa, Technology News
William Brindley

This year's Mobile World Congress agenda examines how mobile communications have changed healthcare through its seminars on remote monitoring and the technology of mobile health.

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The Impact of Cell Phones on Psychology, Community, Culture, Arts and Economics

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Mhealth, Cell Phones, Sms, Gps, Noah Samara, Psychology, XM Radio, Pakistan, Berlin, University of Southern California, Eric Schmidt, Arts, App, Kosta Grammatis, China, Iran, Jim Luce, Grand Theft Auto, Russia, Refugee Programs, Millennial Generation, Barcelona, Florie Brizel, Google, IsraelSun.Com., Fortune 500, Germany, World Space, Africa, Economics, GSM Association, Jerusalem, Laurent Hoffmann, Peace Building, Mobile Telephony, Community, Skype, Apurv Mishra, Cellular Towers, Brazil, Haiti, Mobile World Congress, Culture, TED Fellow, American Idol, Deutsche Telekom, Big Brother, Mobilology, Mbanking, Meducation, palomar5, Business News
Jim Luce

To harness power, one must first acknowledge power. To some people, the ubiquitous cell phone is still 'just' a phone. To others, it is so much m...

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Introduction to mFinance: Cell Phone Banking

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Mobile Messaging, Diarmuid Mallon, Sms, Cell Connectivity, Ushihidi 4636 Project, Thought Leaders, Global Citizens, Legacy Infrastructure, London, Oiww, Jennifer Caukin, Jim Luce, Barcelona, Google, GSM Association, Bill Dudley, Chile, Financial System, Skype, Ignacio Mas, Cell Phone Banking, New York City, HSBC Account, Unbanked, Developing World, CharityHelp International, Mobile Technology, Orphans International Worldwide, Gates Foundation, Mfinance, Digitel, Sybase, Business News
Jim Luce

Growing up in Ohio as a young teen, I would take my savings account passbook to the bank and deposit my earnings from snow shoveling or grass mowing. ...

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Goodbye, Western Union? Overseas Remittances Now ATM to ATM

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Multi-National Corporations, Switzerland, Brooklyn, XO Machine, Technology, Western Union, Notebook Industry, Automated Banking, Vital Wave Consulting, Cell Phone, Singapore, Manhattan, Haiti Earthquake, Dr. Andreas Stehmann, Jurgen Samuel, Wincor Nixdorf, Evens Anozine, Cash Remittance Transfer, Classmate PC, Mobile Phone, Moneygram, One Laptop Per Child, Barcelona, Developing-Country Markets, Turkey, Philippines, Germany, Automated Check-Out, GSM Association, Brooke Partridge, Education, Intel, Sicap AG, Haitian Diaspora, Second-Order Impact, Queens, Cam, Connectivity, Healthcare, New York City, France, Fonkoze, Palo Alto, Un-Banked, Atm, Mobile Technology, Senegal, Cash Remittances, Ncr, Business News
Jim Luce

Cash remittances allow people living in cash-hungry countries to receive funds from friends and relatives in cash positive-countries. Before the eart...

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