Topic: Philippines

mLife Conference

There are more than 4 billion mobile phones in the world, and two-thirds of them are in developing countries. This gathering explores how mobile technology can trans-form communities. In Chile, for example, farmers rely on text ...READ»

Work/Life: Another Dangerous Development in Cell Phone Technology

CEO Dad’s Tuesday Tirade…. In a startling development that could have major ramifications worldwide, citizens of the Philippines have begun sending money to each other over their cell phones. Families who work outside of ...READ»

Chatter

From promotional brochures found at OutsourceWorld, a recent trade show in New York.READ»

Mercy Corps: The Bank of Banks

CEO: Neal Keny-GuyerREAD»

• Edward Norton's $9,000,000,000 Housing Project (that's $9 Billion)
• A High Point
• Eureka!: Social Enterprises of the Year

Letter from the Editor

Greed, in all its goodness.READ»

Bamboo Taxis Arrive in Philippines Town

digg_url = 'http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/ariel-schwartz/sustainability/bamboo-taxis-arrive-philippines-town'; digg_skin = 'compact'; We've written about bamboo bikes before, but the Philippines rice farming town of ...READ»

Corporate Volunteering; Giving Time to Make a Profit

There is less cash out there for your to borrow. Your customers are spending less, less often. And your workforce is about to experience a radical turnover in the next 10 years. What are you going to do about it? Try this simple and ...READ»

My Mother Said

At age 100, Elena Bautista became a movie star. For a woman who doesn’t even have a physical memento or photograph of her own mother, it's significant that Bautista, now 101, is the subject of her filmmaker granddaughter’s ...READ»

Celebrate OneWebDay!

Friday, netizens of the world will celebrate the first annual OneWebDay, an "Earth Day for the Web." Public events celebrating the influence of the web are planned in locations worldwide, including New York, Austin, London, Bulgaria, ...READ»

Humanizing Leaders

Course: Proteus When: June 19-25, 2005 Instructor: Nigel Nicholson Class Size: Varies, around 24 Where: London Business School, England Cost: £8,000 (about $15,000 USD) Mission: To give execs time and space to refine ...READ»

Some shoes are made by combining both the methods.

In England, the shoe production was superior leading by clog which helps to move the weight from California that is a better made of fabric while the sole remained stilted.Sports shoes have, since 1960s, been generally made in ...READ»

Call center outsourcing campaign.

http://callcenteroutsourcingcampaign.com/page_builder.php?page=index.phpA Costa Rican call center outsourcing campaign begins with a wise decision on the part of a company to do business process outsourcing (BPO).North American ...READ»

Trade Gap

Do we need to close the trade gap -- or clothe it? The Gap's suppliers indicate just how widespread the global economy is.READ»

Lessons the Software Industry can Learn from Manny Pacquiao

For those reading this blog who are not fans of boxing, Filipino boxer (and what many say is the best pound-for-pound fighter in the ring today) Manny Pacquiao, beat American-Mexican Oscar, the “Golden Boy” dela Hoya last December 6 in Las Vegas Nevada (December 7 in Manila, Philippines).READ»

Create Jobs, Don't Protect Them

Some U.S. jobs are gone forever. Protecting the ones we have left is the wrong response.READ»

Look Into Their Eyes

These people lost high-tech jobs to low-wage countries. Try telling them that offshoring is a good thing in the long run.READ»

J-Pal’s Most Provocative Inquiries

J-PAL members hope their findings will inspire smarter anti-poverty policy. Here, a look at some of their most provocative inquiries.READ»

• Which Poverty-Fighting Policies Work? J-PAL Has the Answer

They Sure Don't Make Comic Books Like They Used To

It isn't mainstream, it hasn’t been seen before, and it’s definitely not into Superman. Make way for a company that, in eschewing superheroes, inducting celebrities, and creating internationally palatable South Asian edged content, is refreshingly new and different.READ»

Design in Dubai: Unreal Real Estate

Forget strife in the Middle East: The biggest story right now in Dubai is real estate. To start, there's the most mind-boggling housing project is on the planet, the The Palm, the luxury home development made by dredging sand from ...READ»

The Money Value of Time

The way to assess your ability to compete in Internet time is to ask yourself how creatively you use time.READ»

Open Source Gaining Ground in Southeast Asia

Read some posts, news items and press releases today about the growing adoption of open source in Southeast Asia:READ»

Helping Combat Poverty Through Enabling Communication

Earlier this week, the Washington DC based Grameen Foundation unveiled the Village Phone Direct Assistance Center -- a new initiative to continue its ongoing efforts to combat poverty worldwide through enabling and improving access ...READ»

Women's Ways Of Mentoring

Call it "wo-mentoring"-- a new approach that's more about commitment and learning than about chemistry and power. And, by the way, it also works for men.READ»

Annual Diversity Immigrant Visa Program Entries Rise

Over 900,000 entries for the Annual Diversity Immigrant Visa Program have already been submitted for 2011. This was just during the initial week – a 63% increase over last year. READ»

Personal Branding Hall of Shame Redux

Thank you, Jeff Jarvis. Jeff Jarvis, as you remember, was the blogger who outed Dell for its egregious customer service, which he called “Dell Hell.” Recently, I entered my own “Dell Hellish Dell” when I spent about five ...READ»