PowerCuts in India
‘PowerCuts.in’ is a crowd-sourcing based service that aggregates ground-up information on electricity supply and usage situation. It spreads knowledge about what the government is actually doing, the latest happenings in the energy sector, makes tax payers aware and also identifies citizens’ problem. The idea is easily replicable to other citizen media initiatives. The service is available through Voice (phone call), SMS, Internet, Mobile Apps. Read more >>
‘PowerCuts.in’ is a crowd-sourcing based service that aggregates ground-up information on electricity supply and usage situation. It spreads knowledge about what the government is actually doing, the latest happenings in the energy sector, makes tax payers aware and also identifies citizens’ problem. The idea is easily replicable to other citizen media initiatives. The service is available through Voice (phone call), SMS, Internet, Mobile Apps. Read more >>
Website : http://powercuts.in
Swara IVR
In a country where more than 80 million tribal people lack access to mainstream media outlets, ‘Swara’ has proven to be an effective bridge between the poorest sections of society in remote areas and the administration and concerned citizens. Swara is a voice-based communication platform that enables real-time feedback from the grassroots regarding administrative schemes and other areas of governance and democracy. Since 2010, it has been successfully piloted in Chhattisgarh and other parts of Central India. The CGNet Swara, as the pilot is popularly known, receives over 200 calls a day from a user-base of over 11,000 people.The project initially began as a crowd-sourced newsgathering service for indigenous communities in Central India. However, it can be used effectively in any area where literacy and infrastructure challenges prevent the Internet and other forms of communication from reaching. Read more >>
In a country where more than 80 million tribal people lack access to mainstream media outlets, ‘Swara’ has proven to be an effective bridge between the poorest sections of society in remote areas and the administration and concerned citizens. Swara is a voice-based communication platform that enables real-time feedback from the grassroots regarding administrative schemes and other areas of governance and democracy. Since 2010, it has been successfully piloted in Chhattisgarh and other parts of Central India. The CGNet Swara, as the pilot is popularly known, receives over 200 calls a day from a user-base of over 11,000 people.The project initially began as a crowd-sourced newsgathering service for indigenous communities in Central India. However, it can be used effectively in any area where literacy and infrastructure challenges prevent the Internet and other forms of communication from reaching. Read more >>
Website : http://swara.mojolab.org
Jharkhand Mobile News
It is a platform where people can call into a toll-free number and listen to audio snippets left by other people, including dedicated community representatives or announcements from development institutions. They can even leave their own feedback or stories on various issues being discussed in the forums. Being voice-based, the platform has seen participation from illiterate people, remote rural communities, immigrants, and women and children. This also helps to improve the engagement between different stakeholders to bring accountability and transparency in local governance. Read more >>
It is a platform where people can call into a toll-free number and listen to audio snippets left by other people, including dedicated community representatives or announcements from development institutions. They can even leave their own feedback or stories on various issues being discussed in the forums. Being voice-based, the platform has seen participation from illiterate people, remote rural communities, immigrants, and women and children. This also helps to improve the engagement between different stakeholders to bring accountability and transparency in local governance. Read more >>
Website : http://gramvaani.org
M-God
Bombil Media helps you customize and create your own mobile application in 10 minutes flat with a platform called M-God. Many have already used it to customize mobile applications on their smartphones. M-God has made it easy for the end-user to create a mobile application according to her requirement. For, a mobile application usually takes 6- 12 months of effort to develop.M-God was created keeping in mind sales force automation (SSA). For example, if a company installs this application in the smartphones of all their sales executives, the latter can place orders with their back office in real time. Read more >>
Bombil Media helps you customize and create your own mobile application in 10 minutes flat with a platform called M-God. Many have already used it to customize mobile applications on their smartphones. M-God has made it easy for the end-user to create a mobile application according to her requirement. For, a mobile application usually takes 6- 12 months of effort to develop.M-God was created keeping in mind sales force automation (SSA). For example, if a company installs this application in the smartphones of all their sales executives, the latter can place orders with their back office in real time. Read more >>
Website : http://mgod.in
txtWeb
While information on the internet is available to smartphone users, there are millions of subscribers who use basic phones and so cannot access worldwide web. txtWeb, an SMS-based browser platform, addresses precisely this need: it allows ALL mobile phone users to access information on the internet via SMS.
‘txtWeb’ is a global platform where anyone with any mobile phone can create, discover and consume Internet and txtWeb-only content and services just by texting keywords to one national number, 92433 42000 for India and 898-932 for the US. The facility is charged at normal SMS rates. ere are no special charges. ere is no need to pay for data plans or GPRS. Read more >>
While information on the internet is available to smartphone users, there are millions of subscribers who use basic phones and so cannot access worldwide web. txtWeb, an SMS-based browser platform, addresses precisely this need: it allows ALL mobile phone users to access information on the internet via SMS.
‘txtWeb’ is a global platform where anyone with any mobile phone can create, discover and consume Internet and txtWeb-only content and services just by texting keywords to one national number, 92433 42000 for India and 898-932 for the US. The facility is charged at normal SMS rates. ere are no special charges. ere is no need to pay for data plans or GPRS. Read more >>
Website : http://www.txtWeb.com
Paywast
‘Paywast’ is based in Afghanistan. It is an SMS-based mobile social network available on AWCC, Afghan Telecom, Etisalat and MTN.
With more than one million users across Afghanistan, Paywast has become an easy way for people to share information and communicate their interests. Staying in touch with distant relatives across the country has never been easier. Many families have created their own private group, it has been observed, and communicate regularly. Members of groups contribute their messages by sending an SMS to 729, the Paywast short code. Paywast users can make groups private or public, depending on the purpose. Read more >>
‘Paywast’ is based in Afghanistan. It is an SMS-based mobile social network available on AWCC, Afghan Telecom, Etisalat and MTN.
With more than one million users across Afghanistan, Paywast has become an easy way for people to share information and communicate their interests. Staying in touch with distant relatives across the country has never been easier. Many families have created their own private group, it has been observed, and communicate regularly. Members of groups contribute their messages by sending an SMS to 729, the Paywast short code. Paywast users can make groups private or public, depending on the purpose. Read more >>
Website : http://www.paywast.af/user/
RockeTalk
RockeTalk was founded with a vision of enabling mobile phone users to more easily express themselves and communicate with their friends, family and new acquaintances as well as capture, share and discover content posted by others. Using social media platforms and mobile phone client applications, RockeTalk makes communication between individuals and groups easy and rich, facilitating a new form of self-expression that informs, entertains and connects people through the media they create.
RockeTalk allows users to send free voice, video and photo messages to each other. It breaks the language barrier by providing audio messages, and so is accepted across the world. Users can also create their own communities or can join communities to discuss the topic of their choice. Read more >>
RockeTalk was founded with a vision of enabling mobile phone users to more easily express themselves and communicate with their friends, family and new acquaintances as well as capture, share and discover content posted by others. Using social media platforms and mobile phone client applications, RockeTalk makes communication between individuals and groups easy and rich, facilitating a new form of self-expression that informs, entertains and connects people through the media they create.
RockeTalk allows users to send free voice, video and photo messages to each other. It breaks the language barrier by providing audio messages, and so is accepted across the world. Users can also create their own communities or can join communities to discuss the topic of their choice. Read more >>
Website : http://www.rocketalk.com/
Coke Studio – Mobile Melodies
Coke Studio aims to bring various Indian cultures and folk music on one stage by offering a whole new music experience to viewers. Via the Coke Studio application, users can download music files, videos and wallpapers of their favourite Coke Studio performance by turning on WiFi and Bluetooth. The mobile application also helps users browse through the content catalogue and download content of their choice. It gives consumers an opportunity to opt out of the solution by either turning off Bluetooth or rejecting the message once. Read more >>
Coke Studio aims to bring various Indian cultures and folk music on one stage by offering a whole new music experience to viewers. Via the Coke Studio application, users can download music files, videos and wallpapers of their favourite Coke Studio performance by turning on WiFi and Bluetooth. The mobile application also helps users browse through the content catalogue and download content of their choice. It gives consumers an opportunity to opt out of the solution by either turning off Bluetooth or rejecting the message once. Read more >>
Website : http://telibrahma.com/
