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Open Source Mobile Tech (SMS) Platforms for Credit, Education, Legal, and Medical

FrontlineSMS is an open-source software that enables two-way text messaging between cheap mobile phones and laptops over cellular (GSM) networks. FrontlineSMS: Credit FrontlineSMS:Credit aims to make every formal financial service available to the entrepreneurial poor in 160 characters or less. By meshing the functionality of FrontlineSMS with local mobile payment systems, implementing institutions will be …

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Review: The World Is Open–How Web Technology Is Revolutionizing Education

6 STAR Wake Up Call for All Educators August 19, 2010 Curtis J. Bonk UPDATE 21 Aug 2010 to add two graphics. I’ve seen educators struggle to herd their faculty cats, hire staff under industrial-era rules, and strive to accommodate students that know more than their professors about anything outside the “teach to test” topic. …

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Reference: Human Intelligence (HUMINT)–All Humans, All Minds, All the Time

Robert David Steele Position: External Researcher Email Mr. Robert D. Steele ROBERT D. STEELE is a retired Marine Corps infantry and intelligence officer and also qualified as an S-1/Adjutant, with service at all levels from platoon to Service Headquarters. After four years active duty (the balance in the Individual Ready Reserve) and a decade in …

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Journal: DoD Mind-Set Time Lags Most Fascinating

Pentagon Shifts Its Strategy To Small-Scale Warfare By August Cole and Yochi J. Dreazen Wall Street Journal  January 30, 2010  Pg. 4 The shift in strategy sets up potential conflicts with defense contractors and powerful lawmakers uneasy with the Pentagon’s growing focus on smaller-scale, guerilla warfare. In particular, Defense Secretary Robert Gates has come to …

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Journal: MILNET Selected Headlines–Out of Our Minds

What’s The Next U.S. Terror Threat?Top officials see varied challenges in coming decade Phi Beta Iota Problem 1: These folks mean well but they are totally disconnected from  reality. Phi Beta Iota Problem 2: They have no idea that the decisions made by government on the basis of their severely flawed and limited perspective costs …

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