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Chris Haddad on API Branding for Improved Community Reach

Chris Haddad | OStatic | July 12, 2013

In this special guest post for OStatic, Chris discusses the value of API branding and open APIs for improving community reach... Read More »

Coffee Farmers to Receive Warnings on Storms Via Texts

Sam Wakoba | HumanIPO | May 9, 2012

More than 7500 coffee farmers in Kenya could start receiving message prompts with warnings on storms and plagues by the end of the year, says IICD. The automated SMS system that connects farmers mobile phones to a central computer is expected to enable farmers around Nairobi and Mount Kenya receive the messages on the phones through an early SMS warning system. Read More »

CollabNet Selected by AlwaysOn as an AlwaysOn Global 250 Winner

Press Release | AlwaysOn, CollabNet | July 24, 2012

CollabNet...today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the AlwaysOn Global 250 winners. Inclusion in the AlwaysOn Global 250 signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players in the Global Silicon Valley.
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Computerworld Honors 2013: Critical Health Data Sent To Rural Ghana Via Mobile

Mary K. Pratt | Computerworld | June 3, 2013

This mobile health platform, the 21st Century Achievement Award winner for health, aims to improve the availability and quality of healthcare services in rural Ghana and demonstrate best practices. Read More »

Connecting People, Improving Lives: FrontlineSMS Version 2

Patrick Munyi | iHub | June 11, 2012

The accessibility of mobile, and particularly the power of SMS as an information management medium, offers unprecedented potential for connecting communities who have previously been hard to reach. This is now having a positive impact on lives across the world.

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Connecting People, Improving Lives: The Global Launch of FrontlineSMS Version 2.0

Florence Scialom | FrontlineSMS | June 6, 2012

Here is the latest FrontlineSMS newsletter, updating our community on recent activities and upcoming events. Read More »

Continua Health Alliance Adds Major Communications Providers To Growing International Membership Roster

Press Release | Continua Health Alliance (CHA) | December 11, 2013

Continua Health Alliance today announced that two major communications providers -- China Mobile and Verizon Enterprise Solutions -- have joined the Alliance, adding to a roster of mobile members, including ATT, KDDI, Korea Telecom (KT), NTT DOCOMO - Mobile, NTT, Orange, Telefonica, Telus and Vodafone, that are leading Continua's worldwide efforts to advance interoperability for mobile health devices and systems. Read More »

Continua Health Alliance Aims To Cure Top Telehealth Industry Challenges

Sharon Hess | Embedded Computing Design | May 1, 2013

Striving to cure telehealth challenges - including connected health equipment ease-of-deployment, integration of telehealth data into care providers' normal workflow, and meeting changing patient needs - is all in a day's work for the nonprofit Continua Health Alliance... Read More »

Cooking Up A Menu Of Services: Responding To User Needs For Mobile Engagement Support

Amy O’Donnell | FrontlineSMS | November 28, 2012

The FrontlineSMS team is pleased to announce a new level of premium support and consultancy services to help users  design mobile engagement strategies, build capacity for professional adoption and automate communication workflows. Read More »

Coordinating FrontlineSMS Use in the Upcoming Kenyan Elections

Dave Algoso | FrontlineSMS | March 25, 2012

With the next general election now set to occur in March 2013, peacebuilders and democracy advocates in Kenya are looking for innovative ways to monitor election results and violence. Kenya’s high levels of mobile penetration and literacy create ideal conditions for a platform like FrontlineSMS. Read More »

Couchbase 2.1 Improves Open Source NoSQL Database Health

Sean Michael Kerner | Database Journal | June 28, 2013

Couchbase Inc is out this week with a new release of its namesake open source NoSQL database technology. Read More »

Cytta Connect™ Technology Receives Resounding Response And Secures Illustrious Advisor

Press Release | Cytta Corporation | June 10, 2013

Cytta Corp. (OTCQB: CYCA), creator of the CyttaConnect™ Open Source mobile medical monitoring technology, announces that it is currently discussing multiple implementations of its proprietary Cytta Connect™ system into several different US medical markets. Read More »

Dadaab: Using Mobile Technology For Large Surveys In Emergency Settings

Anahi Ayala Iacucci | Internews | March 22, 2012

In August 2011, Internews led a joint communication and information needs assessment with Radio Ergo / International Media Support (IMS) and Star FM of Kenya, with significant support from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). This assessment aimed at understanding the information needs of refugees in Dadaab and exploring ways to improve the flow of communication between refugees, aid agencies and host communities. Read More »

Demand Better: Making Government More Open And Accountable

John Kachuba and Elissa Yancey | Soapbox | August 27, 2013

When President Obama extolled the virtues of open data in government in a 2010 speech before the United Nations, he created opportunities for hackers, entrepreneurs and governments at all levels to embrace innovation through radical shifts in information exchange. [...] Read More »

DeSalvo Touts Interoperability, Blue Button At Consumer Health IT Summit

Katie Dvorak | FierceHealthIT | September 15, 2014

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT jumped into National Health IT Week in the District of Columbia by placing the focus on the consumers' role in their own healthcare...

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