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'Pashtunistan' holds key for Obama

Relaxing one evening last week at the Cuckoo's Cafe, a rooftop restaurant in the heart of the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, Barack Obama's special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan seemed on the point of causing a major incident. As ever in the ...

From JASON BURKE, PAUL HARRIS, SAEED SHAH, GETHIN CHAMBERLAIN, Guardian Unlimited,  14 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Richard Holbrooke,  Barack Obama,  Al-Qaeda,  RAND Corporation,  Steve Cohen

Driving Change: Selling SharePoint and Social Media Inside the Enterprise

This is a guest post written by Jason Harris, a technology writer and SharePoint administrator. The company I work for consists of roughly 950 employees spread across 23 offices up and down the west coast of the United States and some points eastward. ...

From JASON HARRIS, ReadWriteWeb,  30 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Guy Kawasaki,  Microsoft Corporation

Project Masiluleke Takes On AIDS With Mobile Messaging

First, the team behind Project M will use "Please Call Me" (PCM) messages to prompt citizens to call into a HIV/AIDS call center. Trained call center operators will provide healthcare information, counseling, and referrals to local testing clinics. ...

From JASON HARRIS, ReadWriteWeb,  3 Nov 2008
Related Topics: National Geographic

Africans and Their Mobiles, Part 2: Using Mobile Phones For Social Good

Jason Harris is a technology and mobile enthusiast based in Portland, Oregon. To connect with Jason or read more of his posts, check out his blog at Techcraver.com. Africa is an expansive and growing mobile market. With 300 million mobile ...

From JASON HARRIS, ReadWriteWeb,  25 Oct 2008

Africans and Their Mobiles, Part 1: Numbers and Usage Patterns

Africa is a continent which is inhabited by roughly 1 billion people. Astoundingly, the "Dark Continent" has been a fertile market for the mobile industry, with 300 million Africans currently carrying an active mobile account. This is an adoption rate ...

From JASON HARRIS, ReadWriteWeb,  24 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Western Union

responder

Sometimes little known features of our everyday utilities make using them so much more enjoyable.  Take Gmail for example.  Web workers are very familiar with the conveniences provided by Google’s free email service, but there are some great ...

From JASON HARRIS, Web Worker Daily,  11 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.

Gmail Labs

To the envy of developers everywhere, Google Software Engineers are granted what they call their “20% time.”  As a result, Google coders get 20% of their working time to work on projects that the developers select away from management approval.  Many ...

From JASON HARRIS, Web Worker Daily,  6 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.

logo

Scribd is a document hosting service that we’ve touched on before that allows users to bring their documents into their online service for viewing and later use.  Scribd recently launched a service called iPaper@Scribd that is aiming to do away with ...

From JASON HARRIS, Web Worker Daily,  5 Jun 2008

t-mo

Small business owners are always looking for smart ways to keep costs down while achieving useful practicality.  Whether it’s running a business from your home office to avoid renting an office or completing administrative tasks sometimes best ...

From JASON HARRIS, Web Worker Daily,  5 Jun 2008

scrapbook

Being able to bookmark and save web pages for future reference is a functionality that has been tried by many players, including Instapaper, toread, and Iterasi (previously covered).  However, a new entrant called LaterLoop is approaching this web page ...

From JASON HARRIS, Web Worker Daily,  4 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.

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