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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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YouTube turns 5 and expands in to South-Africa

May 18, 2010 – 12:12 pm

Google announced through it’s blog that YouTube has launched a  South Africa version. YouTube is teaming up with South African broadcasters to fill the new version with locally produced content, as well as educational content from universities, such as the Rhodes Journalism School.  While YouTube is of course available to anyone on the Internet , [...]

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Registrations open for the annual non-profit video awards

February 25, 2010 – 12:56 pm

DoGooder is organizing it’s 4th annual non-profit video awards in collaboration with See3 Communications and YouTube.  The winners will be treated to great prices including:

Featured video on the YouTube homepage
Prizes from Flip Video and Nonprofit Technology Network
Recognition at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Atlanta on Saturday, April 10, 2010
A $2,500 donation from the [...]

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