Technology & Design
Is the UN Really Trying to Take Over the Internet?
A look at new proposals to change how our Internet is governed.
Tag: Mobile Technology
Innovative ways to use cell phones and other mobile devices for social good
Economic Development
Smartphones and Mobile Payments
The penetration of smartphones in the US has caused jockeying for position in the new mobile payments space—can this happen in developing countries too?
Technology & Design
New App for Conscious Consumers
Free2Work is a mobile app that allows shoppers to scan a product for information on human rights and other issues.
Review
Technology & Design
I, You, We
Researchers from Pew and NetLab examine how the Internet, mobile phones, and social networking are radically changing our lives.
Impact Investing
ReCoding Good: Part 8
From the Field Series: An ongoing report of the Philanthropy, Policy, and Technology Project, which explores the use of private resources for public good.
Podcast
Economic Development
Mobile and Branchless Banking
In this audio interview, Sheela Sethuraman speaks with one of branchless banking's greatest proponents and the co-founder of Eko India Financial Services, Abhishek Sinha.
Technology & Design
Coding for a Better World
SocialCoding4Good is developing an online platform to match skilled employees from the technology sector with causes that need technical help.
Technology & Design
Managing Technology for Social Change
There is a great deal of untapped potential in consistently applying existing technologies to support, and in fact, direct social change.
Technology & Design
The Power and Possibility of Simple Technology
A new study reveals how Minnesota nonprofits are using everyday technology to innovate.
Health
HP’s Cross-Sector Health Partnership in Kenya
HP’s work with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and the Kenyan government on early infant diagnosis of HIV is saving lives.