Complain all we want about occasional dropped calls or no bars, but the planet’s wireless coverage exceeds that of the electrical grid—with wireless signals reaching 85% of the world’s population. You have to wonder why any country (any healthcare policy, or any marketing effort) would forego investment in a platform that delivers unprecedented access to diverse health services and programs. Further incentive: “According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), there are now over 5 billion wireless subscribers and over 70% of them reside in low- and middle-income countries.” Read Full Entry
Still more session summaries coming in. After four hectic days of the fast paced, constantly moving format of SXSW, as well as two grueling days of playing catch up here at the office, the #GSWSXSW team is still fired up from what they’ve seen and learned. Here’s some words from Jeffrey Stauffer and Patrick Myers:
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Here’s more coverage on that was going on Tuesday from SXSW.
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The weekend was two full days of more than 8 hours worth of learning, collecting information and networking; Monday was no different. Here’s our summary report for Monday:
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There was my iPhone. Face down on the floor. Not 20 feet from the doorway to the ramp to the plane that was going to take me to the 2011 SxSw Interactive Conference.
It all started innocently enough. I reached into my inside coat pocket, pulled out my ticket to check the boarding time again (10:55 am), and something else black and shiny flew out. I’m sure it made a noise when it hit, but honestly that part I’ve kind of blacked out of my memory. I quickly leaned down to pick it up (well, as quickly as I can lean down) turned on my phone and was greeted with a blank, white screen. I was about to board a plane to an interactive conference without any functioning interactive device. Read Full Entry
