Category Archives: ICT

Wikipedia med en million donorer

By BabakF | Published: January 3, 2012

Jeg er en av dem Wikipedia er tilgjengelig på 282 ulike språk. Til sammen har disse utgavene mer enn 20 millioner artikler. Den største versjonen er den engelskspråklige, med drøyt 3,8 millioner artikler. Bokmål- og riksmålutgaven nærmer seg 323 000 artikler, mens nynorskutgaven har nesten 76 000 artikler. via digi.no.

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Old services meet new media: a tweeting cabbie’s growing business

By BabakF | Published: January 3, 2012

Rashid Temuri, who goes by “Chicago Cabbie” online (@ChicagoCabbie on Twitter) has taken what would otherwise be considered a traditional taxi business and integrated it with social media in a way that is still exceedingly rare in the service industry.

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Business and Web 2.0: An interactive feature

By BabakF | Published: November 24, 2011

Explore, track, and customize five years of survey results on how businesses use new Web technologies and tools. via McKinsey Quarterly.

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Movirtu – Building a Virtual Mobile Phone for the BoP

By BabakF | Published: November 10, 2011

Despite the growing number of mobile users worldwide, many still have to borrow phones to make a call. Such calls can be accompanied with “borrowing premiums,” escalating costs for users. So, why not give everyone a virtual number, something that they can plug into any mobile, determine how much talk time or credit they have, [...]

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Sahana Software Foundation

By BabakF | Published: August 26, 2011

    The Sahana Software Foundation is dedicated to the mission of saving lives by providing information management solutions that enable organizations and communities to better prepare for and respond to disasters. via Sahana Software Foundation.

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