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Code for America

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Code for America seeks to help governments in the United States to work better for everyone utilizing the people and the power of the web. Through its Fellowship, Accelerator, and Brigade, it seeks to build a network of cities, citizens, community groups, and startups, all equally committed to reimagining government for the 21st century. Code for America is a non-profit, and a new kind of organization. Its team is made up of web geeks, city experts, and technology industry leaders. Its staff more...

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John Daly on May 20, 2013

Mobile phones unleash farmers in Uganda

Mobile phones unleash farmers in Uganda

csmonitor.com –

A powerful new mobile platform combining agriculture information and financial services specifically designed for smallholder farmers is going live in Uganda, helping farmers plow even more value from each acre. Based on AgriLife, a cloud-based platform, the platform will be accessible via mobile phone and provide two key, interconnected services: data collection and analysis about farmers’ production capability and history. It will also be an integration point for financial institutions, more...

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D C on May 20, 2013

iHub Research’s Uchaguzi Monitoring & Evaluation Brief

iHub Research’s Uchaguzi Monitoring & Evaluation Brief

research.ihub.co.ke –

During Kenya’s 2013 General Election, Uchaguzi Kenya 2013, a joint initiative between SODNET, Ushahidi, CRECO, and Hivos (with support from CIDA), was used to help increase transparency and accountability through active citizen participation in the electoral cycle. Uchaguzi was coordinated through an ICT platform, which enabled Kenyans to keep an eye on the vote and provided avenues through which they could report, with any technology available to them, any incidences significant to the more...

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D C on May 20, 2013

Citizen Election reporting in Kenya was a breakthrough in online-offline collaboration

Citizen Election reporting in Kenya was a breakthrough in online-offline collaboration

ericahagen.com –

The Kenyan elections were more than a month ago, but a debate continues in the crisis mapping community about whether the various technologies deployed to track and respond to outbreaks of violence were a confused and possibly dangerous mess, or a successful contribution to what was ultimately a peaceful (if disputed) process. DO WE REALLY NEED ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS??? Do we really need 3 maps, 7 phone numbers, and several web-forms? Is that really such a crazy bad idea to have one coordinated more...

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D C on May 20, 2013

The Umpteenth Blog on using SMS Feedback in Projects…Now with Support!

The Umpteenth Blog on using SMS Feedback in Projects…Now with Support!

blogs.worldbank.org –

With shiny apps hogging the mobile spotlight these days, one could be forgiven for forgetting about SMS (“Short Message Service” or text messaging). When equipping a project to receive and respond to complaints, it’s important to remember that all modes of communication contain tradeoffs that exclude different types of people depending on the type of message they have. Face to face prevents true anonymity. Mail is slow. Phone calls can become expensive. And just to more...

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D C on May 20, 2013

Market for feature phone apps is low-tech goldmine

Market for feature phone apps is low-tech goldmine

In the West, you might deploy a bus tracking app on your smartphone to inform you when that errant bus will arrive. But in India the mobile infrastructure is less developed. Even if it were available, many people don't have smartphones to take advantage of such apps. Feature phones, which perhaps boast basic forms of GPS, camera, MP3 player and some kind of internet access, as well as the ability to run simple apps, have become increasingly popular in the developing world. They occupy the more...

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D C on May 20, 2013

In South Africa, Organizers Combine Old and New Media to Take on Corruption

In South Africa, Organizers Combine Old and New Media to Take on Corruption

techpresident.com –

According to Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index 2012, South Africa received a score of 4.4 out of 10, with 10 being the least corrupt and 0 the most. The Corruption Watch team, many of whom are former journalists, has been keen to leverage their contacts in traditional media outlets as well. With limited budgets, this outreach is more challenging for the NGO, yet necessary in order to reach the South African public. The team has worked with local television, radio, and more...

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D C on May 20, 2013

Big Data from Cheap Phones

Big Data from Cheap Phones

technologyreview.com –

Caroline Buckee, a Harvard epidemiologist, is using detailed data on population movements - gleaned from mobile phones - to build precise new tools for fighting the spread of malaria. Buckee’s most recent study, published last year in Science and based on records from 15 million Kenyan phones, is a result of a collaboration with her husband, Nathan Eagle, who has been working to make sense of cell-phone data for more than a decade. That demonstration suggests how such data might be harnessed more...

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D C on May 20, 2013

Challenges for Community Radio in India's Rural Development

Challenges for Community Radio in India's Rural Development

blogs.worldbank.org –

India’s 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017) talks of challenges emanating from the economy’s transition to a higher growth path, the structural changes that come with it and the expectations it generates. These parameters are more critical for an estimated 833 million people in India who continue to live in rural areas and a very large proportion of whom, both men and women, are either wholly or significantly still dependent for their livelihood on farm as well as non-farm activities. A grant of more...

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D C on May 20, 2013

The Problem with Our Data Obsession

The Problem with Our Data Obsession

technologyreview.com –

In his trenchant new book, To Save Everything Click Here, Evgeny Morozov, a writer for Slate and The New Republic, uses the Eightmaps episode to support his claim that “Internet-centrism” is warping our view of what’s truly important. Transparency is ascending at the expense of other values, Morozov suggests, mainly because it is so cheap and easy to use the Internet to distribute data that might someday prove useful. And because we’re so often told that the Internet more...

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D C on May 20, 2013

Mobile Privacy Disclosures: Building Trust Through Transparency

Mobile Privacy Disclosures: Building Trust Through Transparency

In the fourth quarter of 2012, consumers worldwide bought approximately 217 million smartphones, which weigh about four ounces and fit in the palm of the hand. Consumers derive enormous benefits from these devices, which are used to make audio and video phone calls, buy movie tickets, check traffic on the regular commute, browse a digital library while waiting for an appointment, and connect with friends for spontaneous get-togethers. The mobile ecosystem has changed in other ways, too. The more...

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D C on May 20, 2013

ICT4Ag 2013 Conference, Kigali, Rwanda 4-8 November, 2013: Call for Content Opens!

ICT4Ag 2013 Conference, Kigali, Rwanda 4-8 November, 2013: Call for Content Opens!

Co-hosted by CTA and MINAGRI, and supported by an impressive array of international organisations working in the fields of ICTs and agriculture, this conference taking place in Kigali, Rwanda on 4-8 November 2013, offers participants the opportunity to discover exciting opportunities and cutting edge technologies. Proposals are being solicited from interested resource persons under a broad range of session topics within the field of ICTs and agriculture. If interested in submitting a content more...

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Giacomo Rambaldi on May 20, 2013

A website that helps save your electricity bill

A website that helps save your electricity bill

livemint.com –

Abhishek Jain has come a long way since he left a high-profile job in Deloitte to help Indians save electricity at home. His online initiative, bijlibachao.com, not only helps analyse electricity bills but also calculates how a consumer can save money by choosing the right colour for a room and correctly placing appliances. “An electricity bill is a confusing entity. If the bill is Rs. 2,000 - 3,000, let’s go pay it, but how it gets to Rs. 2,000 - 3,000 no one knows, and one just goes and pays more...

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D C on May 19, 2013

Civic Engagement in the Digital Age

Civic Engagement in the Digital Age

pewinternet.org –

Social networking sites have grown more important in recent years as a venue for political involvement, learning, and debate. Overall, 39% of all American adults took part in some sort of political activity on a social networking site during the 2012 campaign. This means that more Americans are now politically active on social networking sites (SNS) than used them at all as recently as the 2008 election campaign. At that point, 26% of the population used a social networking site of any kind. more...

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D C on May 19, 2013

Digital Panchayat: Vital to Shape India's Future

Digital Panchayat: Vital to Shape India's Future

defindia.net –

The soul of India lives in its villages. More than 69 percent of 1.21 billion Indians, i.e. nearly 830 million people live in different villages. While the urban population has been dramatically increasing in India since the last decade, the rural economy and life is still central to India's existence and identity. This country cannot develop without developing its villages. The digital revolution in each and every Panchayat is a must in a bid to make India’s growth inclusive. Without this more...

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D C on May 19, 2013

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