Tag Archives: mobile

Amazing – Indian $35 Aakash Android!

November 3, 2011 – 2:47 pm

Editors of this article in Venture Beat take a sneak peak at Aakash. The 7-inch android tablet, entirely produced in India, will be distributed at a government subsidized price of $35, making it the world’s cheapest Android device.  The Indian government aims to put between 10-12 million of these in the hands of [...]

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M4ID Awarded MacArthur Foundation Grant!

September 1, 2011 – 1:38 pm

We are thrilled to announce that MacArthur Foundation has awarded M4ID a three year grant to support organizations working on reproductive and maternal health in leveraging social media and new communications technology in their programmes.  The project focus is on India, Nigeria and Mexico.
There are immense opportunities in this field and we really look forward [...]

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Near Field Communications

June 7, 2011 – 11:31 am

We are currently really interested in the variety of mobile use options presented by near filed communication (NFC), which allows devices to seamlessly and intuitively communicate with one another, enabling an easy, convenient user experience.
NFC is basically a set of short-range wireless technologies, typically requiring a distance of 10 cm or less, the [...]

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New project links Facebook+SMS in support of maternal health in crises settings

April 20, 2011 – 7:46 pm

A new M4ID-designed Facebook and SMS communications initiative, Mama: Together for Safe Births in Crises, was launched today in New York by the Women’s Refugee Commission. The project addresses an important information gap for maternal health workers in emergencies, as identified by WRC research.
Through Mama, health workers are now able to identify themselves as maternal [...]

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Design of new Global Campaign

January 4, 2011 – 1:15 pm

M4ID is thrilled to, together with our partner Family, be designing a new global maternal health focused campaign for the Women’s Refugee Commission.  The aim of the campaign is to engage and support a community of experts working on maternal health issues in humanitarian settings.  Building on extensive research, we’re developing a REEAN (reach, entice, [...]

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Jet Li urges 4.1 million fans to support WHO campaign

December 7, 2010 – 9:02 pm

Jet Li has joined our WHO campaign for safe hospitals is disasters and has urged his 4.1 million Facebook followers to do the same.  As an tsunami survivor and an ardent supporter of disaster preparedness, he is a very fitting spokesperson for this Asian-focused campaign. We are really grateful for his endorsement and look forward [...]

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Newly Launched mWomen to Address Mobile Gender Gap

October 8, 2010 – 1:32 pm

Hillary Clinton, joined by Cherie Blair, yesterday launched the new mWomen initiative,  which aims to bridge the mobile phone gender gap identified in a recent GSMA study.  The study found that in total, 300 million fewer women than men in developing countries owned a mobile.  The initiative’s goal is to reduce this by 50% in [...]

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Text messages save mothers’ lives in Rwanda

August 16, 2010 – 3:17 pm

A recent CNN article highlights interesting use of mobile technology in Rwanda, where the government has issued nearly 500 mobile phones to community health care workers in the rural Musanze district.  Through a text message, health care workers can register expectant mothers with a local clinic, where doctors track their progress.  Subsequent queries, complications or [...]

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Text message donations – lessons learnt

February 11, 2010 – 1:57 pm

The impressive text message donation response to the deadly Haiti earthquake disaster has resulted in fundraisers throughout the non-profit world analysing relief groups’ experience with mobiles.
To hear a good summary of lessons learnt, listen to the podcast released by The Chronicle of Philanthropy where Wendy Harman, social media manager at the American Red Cross, and Geoff [...]

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Online Search Tools for Missing People in Haiti

January 22, 2010 – 11:22 am

The Extraordinaries help people complete micro-tasks for organizations, causes or individuals through mobile phones or web browsers.  In response to the Haiti earthquake, they have set up an online service where people can upload, search and identify missing people through pictures and tag people in photos to help in the identification of individuals.  Images of [...]

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