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Nokia Money to provide financial services to the unbanked

It exists in TanzaniaReports from friends indicate to be that such a service is already in place in Tanzania and perhaps in other neighbouring countries.RE: Nokia Money to provide financial services to the unbankedNo "think" about it. This will have enormous impact. For some time now, many in developing economies...

Tags: Financial Planning, Financial services, unbanked, Nokia Corp., financial service, Tanzania

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

Instrumenting social responsibility

Instrumenting social responsibilityGratitude & HopeDennis, I'm so grateful; you can pimp me anytime :) Interestingly, my first post on the Epic Change blog was entitled Serendipity. I revel in its many blessings, and hope that other kind folks like you find it serendipitous to donate, volunteer & lend their...

Tags: Blogging, Instrumenting, Tanzania

Discussion threads 2008-05-02

Additional Resources

Your tech cast-offs could benefit new project in Tanzania

Got a piece of technology you want to give away? Well, that's not small beans to Smallbean, which is collectively gadgets for schools in Tanzania. by Heather Clancy

Tags: Bean, Benefits, Human Resources, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-11-17

Maldives taking their final dive?

Change is the constant here.Just move'm and move on.RE: Maldives taking their final dive?The sky is falling, send money!!Or to be more precise:"I, Fuller, have this Anxiety and Gaia Religion. Now YOU JUST SHUT UP and pay me for some carbon credits! Because that will S.A.V.E. the planet and the...

Tags: Maldives

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

U.N.'s Ban Ki-moon warns of 'abyss" and 'widespread disaster'

Dear Mr Fuller you have to understand a few thing WEll even if i find your post always refreshing and deeply educating you must understand this until there hurrican lvl 6and 7 or twister force 6 or 7 or all coastal area will be under...

Tags: Ban Ki-moon

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

A Twitter driven social experiment

According to my Twitter account, I have 3,852 followers. I follow about 1,500. I have no idea how many are active, passive or dead though I'm sure someone out there will have a tool that tells me. Anyhoo - over the weekend I tried an experiment...

Tags: EPIC, Twitter, Stacey Monk, Web Site Development, Blogging, Internet, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-06-01

Introduction of Open-Source e-Learning Environment and Resources: A Novel Approach for Secondary Schools in Tanzania

The concept of e-Learning is now emerging in Sub Saharan African countries like Tanzania. Due to economic constraints and other social and cultural factors faced by these countries, the use of Information and Communication Technology ICT is increasing at a very low pace. This paper discusses the initiatives made so...

Tags: Open Source, Information And Communication Technology, Strategy, Management

White papers 2008-10-08

Let there be light: dissigno spurs off-the-grid development

This is one of those posts that I should have written many, many weeks ago because the green technology that's involved is of a type that will have an impact on much, much more than simply a corporate IT environment. Since I'm in a do-gooder mood this evening, this is...

Tags: Green Technology, Lamp, Vertical Industries, Free Trade, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Human Resources, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-22

A portable solar-powered ECG unit

A student from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich has built a portable electrocardiogram ECG unit powered by solar energy. This system is intended for use in developing countries. The system has been named 'Kadiri' which means 'make possible' in the Tanzanian language Kiswahili. The idea for such...

Tags: ETH Zurich, ECG, Adamczyk, Free Trade, Telecom & Utilities, Engineering, Finance, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-07-27

Now I know we're in a recession

Now I know we're in a recessionPricingYou can't sell coffee at those prices in a mainstrean coffee chain on a long term basis. Certainly not when it's either a coffe or a gallon of regular unleaded :-) A Sophie's choice indeed.Well, Starbucks in Vienna, Austria, EU, does (Starbucks is more...

Tags: Auto Industry, Starbucks Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

"Family Guy" creator and Google team up

"Family Guy" creator and Google team upUh, How is this good?Is this part of Google's BS "do no wrong"? That family guy show isnt exactly one of the most family friendly shows out there. Honestly, it sucks. I wouldnt have a thing to do with the...

Tags: Team management, Google Inc., family guy, team

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

Year-round school

Year-round schoolyes short breaks are acceptablewell i do agreee that short breaks are better option well i'm a tech too who implement CAE Computer Aided Educationin schools, wat i realize that after installing & implementing the sw the teachers come up with many suggestion and correction so they wouldn't wait...

Tags: OK Here, school year, Year-Round, Year-round school

Discussion threads 2008-06-24

Currency (UIQ3) (Mobile)

FEATURES - 137 currencies; - conversion between any given currency; - retrieving currency rates using an Internet connection.STARTUP AND SETTING RATES1. Start the application 2. In Options/Settings, select your Base currency, and your Internet access point you should do it only once 3. Add or remove currencies to the list...

Tags: Mobile, Currency, Internet, Sales Force Management, Sales

Software downloads 2008-06-23

Google intentionally blocking PayPal from App Engine?

Google intentionally blocking PayPal from App Engine?RE: Google intentionally blocking PayPal from App Engine?I seriously doubt they were doing it deliberately, it's not like they could have done it without people realising.And as for anonymously bashing ebay, they were arguing against ebay cutting off other payment methods hardly surprising. They...

Tags: cloud computing, Google Inc., App Engine, PayPal

Discussion threads 2008-06-11

Psystar: I smell a rat

Psystar: I smell a ratPsyStar : Only the front-endI think that the tree doesn´t let you see the forest. Who cares about PsyStar itself? For all that matters they might just be a guy with a notebook at a Coffee table, close by the window. The real problem (the BIG...

Tags: Psystar, rat

Discussion threads 2008-04-16

Fring first out of the gate with iPhone VOIP client

Fring first out of the gate with iPhone VOIP clientDoes Fring support the iPod Touch?Hey Jason,Wondering if fring supports the jailbroken iPod Touch with the mic mod.I was checking out SIP for the iPod/iPhone VOIP functionality.YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmUPRrrxoVcRE: Fring first out of the gate with iPhone VOIP clientFring first out...

Tags: Telephony, iPhone VoIP, iPhone VOIP client, Apple iPhone, Fring, VoIP

Discussion threads 2008-04-16

Development of an Interactive e-Learning Management System (e-LMS) for Tanzanian Secondary Schools

e-learning, as defined to be the use of Information and Communications Technology ICT for supporting the educational processes, has motivated Tanzania to apply ICT in its education system. Tanzania secondary schools in rural areas are geographically and socially isolated. Rural Tanzania secondary schools face a number of problems including ways...

Tags: School, Information And Communication Technology, E-learning, Training And Certification, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management

White papers 2008-04-16

Indonesia blocks access to YouTube over anti-Koran film

Indonesia blocks access to YouTube over anti-Koran filmjust read the KoranYou don't need a film to tell you that it promotes violence, just read it:) Several good violent lines have been posted out of sections of the Koran, it's their holy book after all, kill all the infidels! :)censor IndonesiaOh...

Tags: Microsoft Word, Word processors, Koran, anti-Koran, YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-04-09

If I Were to Design Windows 7

If I Were to Design Windows 7I license OS X from Apple and dump Vista...How could a company put so much money and so much time into an effort and come up with something so lame and mediocre? There's only one company that really knows how to design operating systems,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Aero, Design Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-07

Yahoo vs. Microsoft: Thanks for the letter Steve; Now give us more money or get lost

Yahoo vs. Microsoft: Thanks for the letter Steve; Now give us more money or get lostI'd rather see Apple buy them out...At least with Apple, they would be guaranteed to be infused with some true innovation on top of what they already have. Microsoft would suck the life force right...

Tags: Corporate governance, Investment, Financial accounting, MICROSOFT TODAY, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-04-07