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The New Microfinancing: SMS-Based Layaway To The Rescue

KickStart has introduced an innovative layaway program to African farmers so they can invest in low-cost irrigation pumps.READ»

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Five Innovators Heading to CGI: An NGO Cementing Change

Next week is the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, the world's leading matchmaking event for social innovators and investors. CGI meeting objective: Bring together prospective partners to solve the world's biggest problems. This week, I'll feature one innovator each day. Here's the first.READ»

Creating a Post-Crisis Economy: Why We Need Economic Dashboards

A significant difference between those of us fortunate to be living above the poverty line and those unfortunate enough to be at the "bottom of the pyramid" is that the 'wealthy' can afford to consume. Being a ...READ»

Ideo's Roshi Givechi Offers Six Ways to Make Energy Conservation Electrifiying

When Roshi Givechi first came to Ideo from Microsoft she thought she had made a mistake. The famously human-centered firm wasn't giving her many opportunities to design for real people. "I thought, is this for me?" she ...READ»

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BlackBerry Kickstart Details Leaked

While spy shots and info about the BlackBerry Kickstart have been leaking out of RIM [NASDAQ:RIMM] for a while, this week online retailer Expansys made a mistake on its website that fills in many of the remaining details of the ...READ»

BlackBerry Kickstart Only $50?

RIM [TSE:RIM] has done a shamefully poor job of keeping the prototypes of their first BlackBerry flip phone, the Kickstart, under wraps, and today the ignominy continues. According to a chorus of tech bloggers who are rarely wrong ...READ»

New Blackberry Devices on AT&T?

Perhaps planning to recapture some of the excitement of the first Motorola RAZR, RIM [NASDAQ: RIMM] will soon be releasing its first Blackberry flip phone, and a mighty sleek-n-thin one at that. The Kickstart, aka Blackberry 9100, ...READ»