IRS Announces Tax Refund ‘App’ for iPhone
(Wall Street Journal) — Wondering when you’ll get your tax refund? Well, now there’s an “app” for that. The Internal Revenue Service on Monday announced its first smartphone application, part of its...
View ArticleHaiti’s Mobile Money Revolution
(The Root) — NPR reported over the weekend on a development in Haiti’s slow earthquake recovery: “mobile money” networks that allow cell phones to serve as debit cards, and more. In a country where we...
View ArticleNielsen: Smartphone Ownership Higher Among Minorities
(CNET) — Almost a third (31 percent) of all mobile phone users in the United States own smartphones, but their adoption is higher among specific minority groups, says a report out today from Nielsen....
View ArticleDestroying the Texting Trail
(Wall Street Journal) — A new messaging service aims to keep your secrets safe. TigerText Inc., which can send texts that vanish from both the sender and receiver’s phone after a select period of time...
View ArticleDisaster Recovery Gets a Mobile Makeover in Haiti
(Fast Company) — Jokebed Auguste, a 31-year-old single mother from Mirebalais, in Haiti’s Central Plateau, has come to see her cell phone in a whole new light. A team leader in one of the cash-for-work...
View ArticleTech Tools for On-the-Go Entrepreneurs
(Wall Street Journal) — If you’re an entrepreneur, “desk job” is likely not in your vocabulary. Chances are, you’re constantly on the move, servicing clients, meeting with vendors and keeping tabs on...
View ArticleHow Cellphones Are Changing Africa
(Time) — Cell phones have taken all the world forward, but they are positively transforming Africa. Lack of infrastructure — few hospitals, landlines and roads; little power, education or running...
View ArticleWhy Sub-Saharan Africa is the Continent’s “Silicon Savanna”
By Alexis Garrett Stodghill Most Western news about Africa focuses on the seeding of al-Qaeda terrorism in nations like Yemen, or revolutionary battles against dictators like Muammar Gaddafi. But there...
View ArticleTech Talk: A Low-Cost iPhone Could Be Coming!
A lower-priced iPhone could be in the works. It would be in emerging markets like China first, but could the US be far behind?
View ArticleIntel Reps YOLO In Africa, Bringing a New Smartphone to the Continent
The phone adds to a thriving mobile industry that continues to grow across the continent.
View ArticleGoogle Glass Looks Cool, But It Will Take A Lot Of Getting Used To
Google Glass is amazing technology, but you'll have to get accustomed to making it a part of your daily life.
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