Category Archives: Mobile

On my radar: accessnow.org Protecting the Net in 2012

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Tobias Eigen

I just received the mailing below from Brett Solomon at Access Now, and it has gotten my mind spinning on how much work there is to do to “protect the net” and the now billions of people around the world … Continue reading →

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Did You Know – Mobile Stats for Africa 2011

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Tobias Eigen

I came across this handy visualization again today at http://vanstokkom.blogspot.com/2011/09/did-you-know-30.html – worth sharing and thinking about from time to time.

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The Human Rights Imperative for Grassroots Empowerment through ICT

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Tobias Eigen

I just spent two days at the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference. Over 500 people came together to “examine and explore how the human rights and high tech sectors can better plan for and manage the human rights implications of … Continue reading →

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ICT peer learning as it actually happens (confessions of an eavesdropper)

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Tobias Eigen

Today I had the remarkable experience of eavesdropping on ICT peer learning as it actually happens – from person to person. Usually I don’t eavesdrop and it’s not really something I should be blogging about, but in this case I … Continue reading →

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Today’s discovery: five.sentenc.es – treat all email responses like SMS text messages

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Tobias Eigen

I received an email today with a link to http://five.sentenc.es in the footer. Not only do I love this idea of sending and receiving shorter emails, but I love how people are inspired to set up initiatives like this. So … Continue reading →

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The extraordinarily irritating world of US mobile phone carriers and smartphones

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Tobias Eigen

Since moving back to Bainbridge from Berlin, I have been on the lookout for a new handy. In Berlin, I had a Motorola Milestone (aka Droid in the US) and Vodafone Callya prepaid without a contract that docked me a mere 15 … Continue reading →

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Open Data is data that can be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone.

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Tobias Eigen

Last week I participated in the Open Data for Development Camp in Amsterdam. I joined a remarkable group of ~130 development practitioners, funders, NGO leaders, consultants and technologists all brought together by the shared vision of opening up our data … Continue reading →

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Now trying – New Google Docs app for android

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Tobias Eigen

This looks great! Includes optical character recognition so you can take a picture of a document and edit it immediately. I look forward to trying it out on my Motorola Milestone. A Googler (google): Access & edit Google Docs faster … Continue reading →

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