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Google’s Boss Eric Schmidt Projects Kenya As Africa’s Tech Leader

Oluwabusayo Sotunde | Ventures | January 24, 2013

After a week’s visit to sub-Saharan Africa that included meetings in Lagos and Nairobi, Executive Chairman and former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt has labelled Nairobi as the ‘maybe’ silicon valley of Africa. Read More »

Google’s Iron Grip On Android: Controlling Open Source By Any Means Necessary

Ron Amadeo | Ars Technica | October 20, 2013

Six years ago, in November 2007, the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) was announced. The original iPhone came out just a few months earlier, capturing people's imaginations and ushering in the modern smartphone era. While Google was an app partner for the original iPhone, it could see what a future of unchecked iPhone competition would be like... Read More »

Google’s New “Moto X” Superphone Will Spy On You 24/7, And You’ll Like It

Christopher Mims | Nextgov | May 31, 2013

Dennis Woodside, CEO of Motorola, Google’s wholly owned phone-making subsidiary, walked onto a stage yesterday with the company’s rumored new superphone, and while he refused to take it out of his pocket, he confirmed that it’s real and that it’s launching in October of this year. Read More »

GSMA: mHealth Becoming Central to Healthcare IT

Sara Jackson | FierceMobileHealthcare | June 4, 2012

Mobile health is moving from the periphery of healthcare IT to dead center, according to a new report from the global mHealth research group GSMA. Read More »

Healthcare CIOs In Last With Mobile Tech

Erin McCann | Healthcare IT News | March 25, 2014

More than a quarter of chief information officers across every industry nationwide have yet to sign on with any type of mobile strategy, according to a new survey released today.

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Here's Why Mozilla Is Building A $US25 Smartphone

Keith Griffith | Business Insider Australia | May 3, 2014

Last week, Mozilla tapped Andreas Gal as its new chief technology officer...He’s intensely focused on Firefox OS, a mobile operating system with big ambitions: winning the battle for the next two billion smartphone users...

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How Mobile Apps Could Transform Rural Health Care

Clara Ritger | Nextgov | November 11, 2013

Rural residents seek services from primary care doctors and emergency rooms, which works if the patient doesn't have a chronic or life-threatening condition. But when they do, rural patients don't always have access to the most comprehensive care. [...] Read More »

How Open Data Is Transforming Democracy In Africa – And The Challenges It Faces

Tefo Mohapi | The Next Web | June 15, 2013

Kenya is at the forefront of the open data movement in Africa thanks to initiatives such as crowdsourcing software Ushahidi and government tracker Uchaguzi. Read More »

How Technology Democratised Development

Ken Banks | BBC | September 7, 2012

Over the coming weeks, A Matter of Life and Tech will feature a range of voices from people helping to build Africa’s tech future. This week, mobile innovator Ken Banks argues that technology has become a vital tool in the fight against poverty. Read More »

Humetrix Invited to Present its iBlueButton® Mobile Solutions on the Main Stage of the Health Data Initiative Forum III, Health Datapalooza.

Press Release | Humetrix | June 1, 2012

Humetrix is pleased to announce that it will be presenting its award winning iBlueButton® mobile apps on the main stage of the third edition of Health Data Initiative Forum, Health Datapalooza, which will be held at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. June 5-6, 2012. Read More »

Humetrix Receives FCC Chairman's Award for Advancements In Accessibility for SOS QR at M-Enabling Summit

Press Release | Humetrix | June 14, 2016

Humetrix, developer of the award-winning SOS QR emergency mobile platform, just received the 2016 FCC Chairman's Award for Advancements in Accessibility (AAA).  SOS QR was recognized as an important tool to help individuals with disabilities lead independent lives, during a keynote address by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler at this week's M-Enabling Summit, in Washington, D.C. Available for iOS, Android devices and the Apple Watch, SOS QR lets anyone create an emergency record that includes contacts, medical conditions, medications and allergies, and makes it available via a QR code on the device' lock screen.

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IBM Launches Humanitarian Initiatives To Help Contain Ebola Outbreak In Africa

Press Release | IBM | October 27, 2014

IBM has launched several initiatives to help curb the spread of Ebola in West Africa. They include a citizen engagement and analytics system in Sierra Leone that enables communities affected by Ebola to communicate their issues and concerns directly to the government; a donation of IBM Connections technology in Nigeria to strengthen the Lagos State government's preparedness for future disease outbreaks; and a global platform for sharing Ebola-related open data.

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IEEE Standards Association And W3C “Open Future Series” Champions More Collaborative, Interconnected Future During SXSW 2013

Press Release | IEEE, IEEE Standards Association | February 14, 2013

Global technology and open web standards development leaders unite to explore current and long-term implications of technologies like Augmented Reality, social robotics, and self-hacking... Read More »

Improving Beijing’s Urban Transportation with Crowdsourced Mapping

Anahi Ayala Iacucci | Ushahidi | June 5, 2012

In February 2011, Ushahidi’s Patrick Meier launched a novel project with the World Bank in Beijing. The aim of the project was to see how the Ushahidi platform could be used by the municipal authorities in the city to address traffic and urban transport problems in the city.

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In A World Without Open Source

Tim Yeaton | Wired | July 2, 2013

In the Star Trek episode “The Trouble with Tribbles,” we see a graphic example of how small initial changes can lead to monumental consequences over a fairly short time. [...] Read More »