Technology
Internet on a Bike
Google and Tata Trusts partner to bring the Internet to women in rural India.
Google and Tata Trusts partner to bring the Internet to women in rural India.
A new, bipartisan curriculum aims to help US students make sense of a highly polarized country.
New platforms are using crowdsourcing and open-source technology to challenge Google’s dominance over how we see the world.
Hindi for “friend,” the Saathi Internet program enables women in rural India to help other women improve their lives and livelihoods.
Proprietary data can help improve and save lives, but fully harnessing its potential will require a cultural transformation in the way companies, governments, and other organizations treat and act on data.
The tide of China’s recent economic boom hasn’t lifted all boats. But inclusive businesses can help provide sustainable solutions for China’s vast impoverished population.
Through an online crowdsourcing platform, one foundation is reaching new types of partners who offer new types of solutions.
With the right creative approach and the help of supporter networks, nonprofits can leverage web video to engage thousands, even millions, of people on a shoestring budget.
A lack of creativity in campaign tech can stifle social change. Advocacy organizations need to take more chances with technology and think beyond existing tools to achieve greater impact.
The sharing economy can help us coordinate economy activity, but that’s not the same thing as building interpersonal trust and understanding.