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Using SMS in the Field

NTEN

We learned some pros and cons of utilizing SMS from Wildlife Conservation Society Mongolia's Rare Pride campaign for sustainable hunting practices in Eastern Steppe, Mongolia. WCS-Mongolia had not previously worked with this group, and this section of the community is often unknown and hidden. What worked. What didn't work.

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Lynk may beat Starlink and Apple to the punch as FCC approves its space-based texting

TechCrunch

SpaceX and T-Mobile may have hogged the headlines with their flashy pre-announcement about Starlink connectivity last month, and Apple last week , but Lynk has been putting in the work and may very well steal their lunch with a satellite-to-phone connection that already works — with any device out there. Image Credits: Lynk.

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How Digital Inclusion Is Done in Africa

Tech Soup

After Mongolia, Namibia is the least densely populated country in the world. An NGO with A National Mandate. In Africa, Internet is wireless, and Africa uses mainly cell phone towers to provide broadband. The new 4G networks can carry much more data and so are suitable for both mobile phone and PC broadband. In the U.S.,

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Secret Agent L: Covering the Globe with Random Acts of Kindess

Have Fun - Do Good

We're plugged into our phones. I have one in Mongolia. We're plugged into our phones. I've had to ask for a lot of help with this project, particularly once it was nationally recognized in the media. Photo by Rob de la Cretaz "We're so busy. We walk down the street. We're listening to our iPods. Oh, my gosh!

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As Trump threatens to take over Greenland, its melting ice caps could hold a solution to our clean energy future

Fast Company Tech

According to one Greenland official , the island possesses 39 of the 50 minerals that the United States has classified as critical to national security and economic stability. But theyre also made of rare earth elements, such as the terbium in LED screens, praseodymium in batteries, and neodymium in a phones vibration unit.

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