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Globalab Blog has a great guide to Mobile 4 Dev
Submitted by Commons on Tue, 01/27/2009 - 10:34.
IN BRIEF: Mobile Phones and International Development
Crowdsourcing and Competitions
Submitted by Commons on Mon, 01/26/2009 - 19:16.
IN BRIEF: Crowdsourcing and International Development -- Originally described by journalist Jeff Howe in 2006, it is hard to talk about the internet these days without hearing the word "crowdsourcing".
Communities
Submitted by Commons on Fri, 01/23/2009 - 16:32.
The Communication Initiative – “Where communication and media are central to social and economic development”
Mapping
Submitted by Commons on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 22:22.
Thank you to Patrick Meir of iRevolution for this excellent collection of links from his blog post, “Field Guide to Humanitarian Mapping”
Web 2.0
Submitted by Commons on Fri, 10/24/2008 - 00:10.
Are you new to this whole “Web 2.0” business? Never heard of Twitter? Not sure how to use RSS? Unclear what makes a blog more than a diary? Well hopefully these breakdowns and "In Plain English” videos will give you some clarity.
Social Networks
Submitted by Commons on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 23:56.
From “In Plain English”: Social Networking
Social Media
Submitted by Commons on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 23:28.
"Social media is information content created by people using highly accessible and scalable publishing technologies. It is intended to facilitate communications, influence interaction between peers and with public audiences.
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