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Simulating low bandwidths: how to make sure your apps work in the field
(I originally wrote this post while working for Aptivate and have reproduced and tweaked it below) I’m going to write about four ways to simulate a slow internet connection and a bit of background...
View ArticleHow to update your Orange UK HTC Hero to Android 2.1
I was pleased to see the news that Orange and HTC have finally gotten their act together and have released an update to the Android OS running on the HTC Hero. If you’ve found that your phone has not...
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The path to 5-star open data: government and aid
@BallsForAfrica just tweeted: Steve Bratt at the World Wide Web Foundation wrote a pertinent post back in July about Open Government Data in the Caribbean. I want to highlight a slide from his talk,...
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Visualising aid information: how not to fail
(This post originally appears on the aidinfo website) A question landed in my inbox yesterday and it got me thinking: We want to make a very simple map showing the top destination of aid funds,...
View Article3 platforms for online data competitions
(This post originally appears on the aidinfo website) Competitions have been a constant feature of the open data movement. From the early days of the UK government’s Show Us a Better Way challenge to...
View ArticleThe role of open data in development
At the Open Government Data (OGD) camp this year, David Eaves, a Canadian open data and public policy activist, gave an excellent keynote talk highlighting some of the challenges that lie ahead in the...
View ArticleOpen data in development – the missing debate?
After reading an earlier post on the role of open data in development,Tobias Denskus calls for more critical debates around open aid data. His article is really worth reading first; he draws our...
View ArticleI’d like a low-bandwidth version of Skype too
Skype has partnered with the UNHCR to develop and test a low-bandwidth version of their software. You can read similar stories at Mashable and The Guardian. It sounds like they’re basing it on an older...
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BitMate: Low bandwidth BitTorrent and Open Educational Resources?
The folks at DRITTE have released BitMate, a low-bandwidth optimised BitTorent client. From Dritte – BitMate – BitTorrent for the Less Privileged: BitTorrent is a hugely popular peer-to-peer file...
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