by Jenny Adlem | Sep 25, 2013 | Social Impact, Technology
The scope for what you can use a mobile phone for is increasing year by year. Once they were used for making calls alone, but they are about so much more now. And their potential grows ever more exciting as they become cheaper and more accessible around the world. ...
by David Hutchful | Sep 5, 2013 | Social Impact, Technology
The promise of the mobile phone lays in its capacity to keep people connected and engaged in various forms of dialogue. At engageSPARK our goal is to leverage this medium of communication to promote a dialogue that ultimately betters the social and economic status of...
by Jenny Adlem | Jul 31, 2013 | Social Impact, Technology
In July 2013 the Indian telegram service was ended. As surprising as it is to hear that telegrams have survived at all into the 21st century, in India, they were deeply woven into society. For 163 years Indians have used telegrams to announce births, deaths, and job...
by Ravi Agarwal | May 22, 2013 | Technology
In her recent commencement speech (video & text) at Duke University, Melinda Gates talked about “connecting” and technology. While watching the speech, I was particularly struck by her closing sentence: “I hope you will use the tool of technology to do what...
by David Hutchful | May 16, 2013 | engageSPARK Platform, Social Impact, Technology
Our dream at engageSPARK – the first product under the Opportunity Labs umbrella – is to make it very easy to use the mobile phone for social good. We have identified some neat ways to achieve this and we can’t wait to share engageSPARK with everyone once...
