On my recent trip to Kampala, the vibrant capital of Uganda, I saw an advertisement by Vodacom promoting reduced roaming rates when travelling in South Africa, DRC, Mozambique, Lesotho, and the 5 East African Community member states. This is good news for regional business.
Even more excited I am about a deal between Orange Uganda and Wikipedia allowing subscribers to access Wikipedia for free. "Any customer with an Orange SIM and mobile...
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Le statut des TIC en éducation : cas de la Côte d'Ivoire
Séhi Antoine Mian Bi
Résumé
À partir d'une recension d'un corpus d'articles scientifiques, de rapports, d'ouvrages numériques et de thèses portant sur les TIC et l'éducation en Côte d'Ivoire, nous avons voulu rendre lisible de l'évolution du statut des TIC dans le secteur de l'éducation et de la...
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1. to use the Robin Hood story -as a "universal" type of story that exists in different cultures.
2. it's a popular story in the west - currently relevant - in terms of financial crisis and Robin Hood movement/ Tobin tax - and austerity
3. it's a popular story in China - eg Jin Yong novels and "wuxia" - Jin Yong is most popular novelist in China
4. in India - Veerappan is a similar character
(though very recent)
5. I'm thinking of...
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1. Old and new
What I'm delivering is a combination of an existing book and AR - it's a combination of old and new.
I want AR to breath new life into the old dog (novel)- to extend it into the world of the new (media)
2. Involve my subjectivity
I want to approach this project in an artistic way, and not marketing or commercially driven
I want to be irrational, illogical, unpredictable
I don't want to accept the technology as it's...
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Some thoughts about AR - from the perspective of an artist using technologyLooking at AR - how it's being used - artistically, commercially, scientifically, professionally - lots of examples here: http://delicious.com/davemillerukWhat is the promise of AR?Why the hype/ excitement?What is AR good at doing?What is it bad at doing?What would happen if I tried to stop AR from working? If I make it do things it's not intended for?Interesting...
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- needs to be interesting to young Chinese students- I am looking for a short traditional tale or legend about one of these themes:- subject ; brotherhood, sisterhood - as most Chinese of this generation are single children and have no brothers or sisters- or "the greater good" - making sacrifices for the country - the community - very Chinese- these fit with UNESCO ideals - promoting harmony - social cohesion - and cultural diversity
I am...
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A recent post on impact of mobile phones on the poorest of the poor refers to multiple studies on information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D), linking increased mobile phone adoption with positive trends in economic and human development indicators.
Zimmerman and Meinrath (2012) showcase in their article new mobile phone-based money services like M-PESA to inform about an often ignored downside effect, as these mobile...
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The Tsunami wave of Facebook arrived in Mozambique, contributing at local level to overcome the widespread phenomena people linking access to internet to access to a computer. Since last year the two mobile telecom providers – mCel and Vodacom – advertise their mobile 3G technology linked with the use of Facebook. It also relates to an earlier post Africa: Ranked #2 in mobile subscriptions about internet access in neighbouring South...
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"what is the most popular mobile phone operating system in China? The winner is Symbian, which has more then 50% of the market, and Android ranked second, third is iOS. Unexpectedly, Windows Mobile has some good share in China... We believe the next version of this data research will be more interesting to look at. Android will be invading Nokia market share, Apple really need something like “iPhone Lite” to compete at the low...
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"what is the most popular mobile phone operating system in China? The winner is Symbian, which has more then 50% of the market, and Android ranked second, third is iOS. Unexpectedly, Windows Mobile has some good share in ChinaTaken from: http://micgadget.com/13543/interesting-report-on-china-mobile-phone-industry (july 2011)
