On November 20th, the International Day of Children’s Rights, Text to Change and War Child started an SMS-campaign in Uganda: “Let me Live and Learn with Dignity: Stop Corporal Punishment Now!”. At the moment there is no law that stipulates and enacts a full ban on corporal punishment in Uganda. As a consequence, children all over the country [...]
A global industry group says Africa is the fastest growing mobile phone market in the world. In a report released Wednesday, the Groupe Speciale Mobile Association (GSMA) said the continent is also the world’s second largest mobile market by connections, after Asia. The GSMA said Africa outpaced all other mobile phone markets in a three-month [...]
NEXT time you’re tapping off a private text message or sensitive email in a public place, consider this: someone could be reading every letter you type from up to 60 metres away. “We can be in the second floor of a building and read a phone on the ground,” says computer vision researcher Jan-Michael Frahm, [...]
A new medical identification bracelet that came on the market Tuesday uses text messaging to convey detailed medical information to first responders. The TextID bracelets from the medical jewelry company Hope Paige are engraved with an identification number that, when sent via text, can access an individual’s emergency information, including an extensive medical history, current medications [...]
