Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Mobiles For Development : #m4D

The Official Twitter Hashtag for Using Mobile Phones for Development.

Diagram first published here by Wayan Vota.



Now here is each category explained, along with its placement in these respective communities:

* ICT
Information and communication technologies represent the full array of solutions, from FM radio to cloud computing that the world uses to create and relay information electronically.
* Mobile
Mobile technologies, from the mobile phone to the iPad are a subset of ICT that, like the name suggests, are primarily focused on allowing the user to interact with ICT while in motion.
* Development
Often called "international development", its the industry seeking to increase the economic and social development of disadvantaged communities and countries.
* ICT4D
Where the use of ICT is for the purpose of developing a community, its referred to as ICT4D (ICT for Development).
* m4D
Where mobile technologies are used for development, this is called m4D and is a subset of both mobile and development.
* Apps4D
Where software applications interact with mobile technologies, often but not always as software on the mobile device itself, for development, it is Apps4D.

#m4D - The Official Twitter Hashtag for Using Mobile Phones for Development | ICTWorks

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