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Ericsson and mobile communications in Africa
From Putting People First

Ericsson and mobile communications in Africa

Ericsson is getting active in African mobile communications and it’s worth checking out what they are up to (even though they don’t prove much, despite the title...

Microsoft
From Putting People First

Microsoft

Microsoft has created a virtual personal assistant that can build a relationship with its user. “Meet Laura, the virtual personal assistant for those of us who...

Mapping a new, mobile internet
From Putting People First

Mapping a new, mobile internet

Business Week reports on how a nascent industry involving the likes of Google and Nokia is pinpointing the movements and behaviors of millions of cell-phone users...

Washing Machine Model
From The Eponymous Pickle

Washing Machine Model

An example of a washing machine designed for the third world. A few years ago I was part of a panel for the World Bank that judged investment in inventions like...

Japan
From insideHPC

Japan

The Mainichi Daily News, the English-language news site of Japan’s Mainichi Newspapers, is reporting today that the new earth simulator is available for gazing...

The missing research tool
From Daniel Lemire's Blog

The missing research tool

I want to know when a new research paper… is similar to one of my papers; cites one of my papers; is relevant to my current research. Why can’t I have this...

Sociogeek survey presentation at LIFT09
From Putting People First

Sociogeek survey presentation at LIFT09

Daniel Kaplan, CEO of the Fing Foundation, presented a quite unique way — a game — to conduct an online survey during a short open stage talk at the 2009 LIFT conference...

KashKlash booklet now online
From Putting People First

KashKlash booklet now online

After the project, the collaborative website, the game, now also the booklet. KashKlash is an open forum and web project focusing on alternative economies in a...

Ubiquitous human computing will transcend geography
From Putting People First

Ubiquitous human computing will transcend geography

In an interview with Nokia’s IdeasProject renowned cyberlaw scholar Jonathan Zittrain talks about how ubiquitous human computing, which he describes as the ability...

Ethan Zuckerman on mobile news and mobile currency in Africa
From Putting People First

Ethan Zuckerman on mobile news and mobile currency in Africa

Ethan Zuckerman, a multifaceted thinker whose work focuses on the impact of technology in developing countries, and a research fellow at the Berkman Center for...

Comparing Instanbul and
From insideHPC

Comparing Instanbul and

Found at Multicoreinfo.com In well threaded applications, the best a

Real-time connections are
From Putting People First

Real-time connections are

In an interview with Nokia’s IdeasProject, social media innovator Laura Fitton talks about the most basic of human connections: our immediate physical community...

Profiling MPI applications using Sun
From insideHPC

Profiling MPI applications using Sun

From Sun’s HPC Watercooler Sun’s Yukon Maruyama and Marty Itzkowitz have published an

Carlo Ratti, Dan Hill and Anne Galloway on the
From Putting People First

Carlo Ratti, Dan Hill and Anne Galloway on the

One of the best sessions of the entire LIFT conference took place on Thursday afternoon. As half of the world is now living in cities, it’s undeniable that the...

Ramesh Srinivasan and Juliana Rotich on the power of local innovation at LIFT
From Putting People First

Ramesh Srinivasan and Juliana Rotich on the power of local innovation at LIFT

Solidarity was the first afternoon theme of the LIFT conference. One of the subtle change in the last fifteen years revolves around how collective action and solidarity...

Nicolas Nova and David Rose on change at LIFT
From Putting People First

Nicolas Nova and David Rose on change at LIFT

The entire morning of the first day of the LIFT conference was devoted to change. I selected a few presentations here that I found personally most stimulating. Note...

Copyright and Songsmith
From The Eponymous Pickle

Copyright and Songsmith

On the death of copyright by capabilities like Microsoft Research's Songsmith. The article considers the further legal implications of the Web and copyright.

Lifestream workshop at LIFT
From Putting People First

Lifestream workshop at LIFT

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The KashKlash game at LIFT
From Putting People First

The KashKlash game at LIFT

Just back from the LIFT conference and lots to blog about. My LIFT experience started off with the KashKlash game, an action-packed workshop that explored alternative...

In Store Decisions
From The Eponymous Pickle

In Store Decisions

What triggers in-store purchase decisions? To state the obvious: many things. (registration required)
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