May 2011 Blog Posts (5)

While working on the Android port of FrontlineSMS, I currently come across the question, what the limits for SMS delivery are (per hour and per day) - and when you would need to consider a bulk service like IntelliSMS. It affects the way the software needs to be designed, and we might need to put a delay between each SMS in order not to hit the limit too fast.

The Android platform itself limits SMS delivery to 100 per hour, however, it can be circumvented by rooting the phone…

Cote d'Ivoire is the second largest exporter of raw cashews that generates incomes for approximately 250,000 producers.

The…

NETWORKING today is the remaining solution to meeting development challenges all over the world. Given the increasing opportunities posed by the developments in the ICT sector, it is unacdceptable to live like on island nor to re-invent the wheel. In whatever situation, what is required is to establish linkages and networks with complimentary and supplementary oytlooks, so that we make the world a better place in- for example by fighting poverty, inequality, injustice,…

These are the three devices I regularly use to access the Internet in Kenya:

ZTE MF637U (safaricom GSM modem) -- the white one

ZTE AC2726 (orange GSM modem) -- can't find an accurate image of this anywhere.

Huawei U8150-D (also known as the google Ideos…

Implementing a mHealth initiative at a large University located in suburban province of Buenos Aires:

Dr. Domingo Liotta Jr.

Director of Medical Wellness, University of Morón

Introduction:

Mounting interest in the field of mHealth—the provision of health-related services via mobile communications—can be traced to the evolution of several interrelated trends. In many parts of the world, epidemics and a shortage of healthcare workers…