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Mobile developers, integration, and discovery are what count now
September 14, 2012 Editor 0
The iPhone 5 may or may not be the most beautiful handheld device, but it barely matters anymore. Competitors have rendered its beauty and craftsmanship irrelevant. Amazon has received the message and responded with its latest set of tablets, and Google has responded with the Motorola Droids and the Nexus 7. These devices now have […]
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FINAPPSPARTY 2012: AROUND THE WORLD 2nd EDITION
September 9, 2012 Editor 0
What is it? One of the leading international events for developers and creators of mobile applications in financial services. It is a unique experience with the top national and international developers. After the success of the 1st edition, the FinAppsParty is broadening its horizons and going international:
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More than just a Blipp on the virtual landscape
September 8, 2012 Editor 0
THE best ideas in business often germinate in a pub. Outlandish concepts somehow seem more sensible when viewed through the bottom of a pint glass. When Ambarish Mitra, an entrepreneur, suggested to Omar Tayeb, a computer-science graduate at Imperial College London, that technological trickery could alter the still portrait of the queen on a British […]
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Social enterprise app takes on gender violence in Africa
August 9, 2012 Editor 0
Showcasing social enterprise’s new resources in the mobile era, Anne Shongwe—a 25-year South African development veteran—has partnered with UNWomen, Nokia, and other institutions to combat gender-based violence in Africa through an awareness-spreading mobile app.
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Crowdsourcing An Application Repository
July 27, 2012 Editor 0
By Rhoda Omenya, Anne Salim and Albert Otieno At iHub Research, we have begun an inventory of all the applications that have been created by Kenyans for use in Kenya. With so many applications (apps) being developed by the hour, there has been a need to have a central reference point, where developers and consumers […]
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Two Questions on the Sustainability of Grameen’s Android App for Farmers
September 26, 2011 Editor 0
The Grameen Foundation Center launched a comprehensive Android phone-based project for Ugandan farmers recently, that could significantly improve farming processes, but how sustainable is the initiative?
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