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Federal CIO On Adopting Emerging Technologies

Eric Chabrow | GovInfoSecurity.com | February 24, 2013

U.S. Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel says he likes to make this point in his speeches: "The securest data center is the one that's unplugged from the network, but that's not going to get you the service that you need." Read More »

Federal CIO Outlines Next Steps

J. Nicholas Hoover | InformationWeek | February 21, 2013

With Obama's first term in the rearview mirror, federal CIO Steven VanRoekel is looking for ways to continue to improve federal IT even in the face of looming budget cuts. Read More »

Ford Goes Open Source To Speed App Development

Doug Newcomb | Wired | March 1, 2013

In the ecosystem gamble of “open” or “closed,” Ford is putting all its chips on open. At this week’s Mobile World Congress, Ford announced it’s releasing the proprietary source code for its Sync AppLink platform to Genivi, an automotive-centric open source alliance. Read More »

ForgeRock Announces New Products That Put Connected Identity At The Centre Of Everything Online

Press Release | ForgeRock | December 4, 2014

New Additions to ForgeRock Identity Platform Provide Features and Tools to Better Secure Customer Identities and Deliver Personalised Services and Products..

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Foxconn Backs Firefox OS Play

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | ZDNet | June 3, 2013

Can the open-source, Linux-based Firefox mobile operating system become a mobile-space player? The question is far from answered but Mozilla has a new supporter: major electronics contract manufacturer Foxconn. Read More »

Freematics - Vehicle Telematics With Open-Source Hardware

Stanley Huang | Kickstarter | January 19, 2014

Making it possible, accessible, and affordable to carry out vehicle telematics projects with open-source hardware and mobile gadgets Read More »

From Farming To Films: How The Web Is Changing Africa

Juliet Ehimuan | The Guardian | August 25, 2012

Technology started to influence the way Africa develops in a big way with the introduction of GSM services in the late 1990s. A mobile revolution has positioned Africa as the fastest growing region on Earth for the telecoms industry, and with it has come a significant shift... Read More »

From Ushahidi To Al Jazeera: The Role Of Mobile In Kenya’s Elections

Stuart Thomas | Memburn | March 4, 2013

The people of Kenya will today start voting in a presidential election. Things have been tense in the lead up to polling day and mobile will play a critical role in both the monitoring and reporting of the situation on the ground. Read More »

FrontlineSMS V2.0: A Powerful Tool for Achieving Positive Social Change and Health Improvement in Developing Countries

By Crista Herr | July 1, 2012

Good news from the software sector: FrontlineSMS Version 2 is here at last! Two years in the making, the updated version is simpler, more intuitive, and easier to utilize. It also adapts more easily to individual needs and systems, and has already met an enthusiastic response from the SMS community. And with all it has to offer, the new software should prove a valuable contribution in the effort to achieve positive social change in developing countries around the world. Read More »

FrontlineSMS-Radio used in edu-tainment initiative to engage Cambodian youth in civic responsibility

Emily Cholette | FrontlineSMS | December 21, 2012

I’ve been volunteering with the FrontlineSMS:Radio project and recently had the pleasure of speaking with Colin Spurway of BBC Media Action [...]. Colin is the Project Director of Loy9 (pronounced ‘Loy Pram-booun’), a multimedia initiative in Cambodia geared towards encouraging youth participation in civic life through the use of a television series, phone-in radio shows, online discussions and roadshows. Read More »

Geeksphone Revolution Switches Between Android And Firefox OS

Rich Trenholm | CNET | February 12, 2014

Change is hard. Fortunately, sometimes you can make a change without giving up on the past completely -- and that's the case for the new Geeksphone Revolution, which lets you try out Firefox OS without burning your Android bridges. Read More »

Google Android Software Is Not As Free Or Open-Source As You May Think

Charles Arthur and Samuel Gibbs | Business Insider | January 30, 2014

Some mobile and tablet manufacturers are being charged six-figure fees by third party testing facilities for a license to use Gmail, Google Play and other parts of Google's mobile services, the Guardian has learned. Read More »

Google Glass And Other Devices Presenting New Crop Of Privacy Risks

Rick Kam | Government Health IT | August 14, 2013

Scarcely a day passes when we don’t hear about some new electronic gadget designed to make our lives more productive, convenient, healthy, or entertaining. Read More »

Google Planning Wireless Networks To Connect The Next 1B People - WSJ

Dan Rowinski | ReadWrite | May 24, 2013

According to reports, Google plans on building cellular networks in Africa and Asia to connect the next billion Internet users. Read More »

Google To Fund, Develop Wireless Networks In Emerging Markets

Amir Efrati | The Wall Street Journal | May 24, 2013

Google Inc. is deep into a multipronged effort to build and help run wireless networks in emerging markets as part of a plan to connect a billion or more new people to the Internet. Read More »