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RLabs Portugal: Web-based SMS Counselling Application

The RLabs team in Portugal have been working the last few months on a Web-based SMS Counselling Application that allows users to chat, send messages and manage their profile. The system currently known as “RLabs” has been developed as part of a partnership with the Mobile Computing group at the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade [...]

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The future of ICT4D

Over the past few years increasingly practitioners, researchers, social entrepreneurs, technologists and others have been buzzing with the concept of ICT4D (Information and Communication Technologies for Development). Although many initiatives, projects and programmes have claimed to be ICT4D/M4D/SM4D etc. the true impact of these technologies on development of people are yet to be seen. A [...]

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RLabs signs partnership agreement with Aalto for the launch of RLabs Finland

This week was another big week for RLabs as we signed a memorandum of understanding with Aalto University, Department of Computer Science who will be one of our key partners in Finland. This exciting partnership will provide RLabs with the opportunity to ensure bringing the best innovations to life making a difference in the lives [...]

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So what does SA youth think about Mobile advertising?

Over the past week RLabs in collaboration with JamiiX started its 2nd Mobile Report for 2011 (Our first Mobile report is available here). The focus of the report will be on the response of youth (aged 13 – 35) in South Africa to Mobile Advertising. After 5 days of running the Mobile Survey we managed [...]

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Mobile Trends 2020 in reconstructing Communities

At RLabs we believe that Mobile Phones plays a big role in the empowerment of people and we specifically see the following areas where it will make a difference in communities world-wide: 1) Mobile Phones will be a key educational tool not just for distribution of content but also to create an interactive environment for [...]

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