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6 Ways Cell Phones Are Changing the World (Beyond the Ways You're Probably Thinking)

Mobile phones have changed the world, for better or worse

Cell phone-based finance also makes credit available to the poor , so they can invest in building a home or starting a small business. According to the UK government:.

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In Pakistan, we are supporting the mobile banking service easypaisa. Within just 2 years easypaisa covers a larger area than all the banks in Pakistan combined and has processed over 10 million transactions. As cell phones have become commonplace in the developing world, the field of "mHealth" mobile health has emerged.

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Health workers in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa use cell phones to contact medical specialists , who can help address critical health issues. That helps field workers determine what's treatable in the field, and identify patients who may need to be taken to a hospital. Another key use of mobile phones is the SMS for Life program.

6 Ways Cell Phones Are Changing the World (Beyond the Ways You're Probably Thinking)

It uses text messages to help deliver malaria medicines in remote communities. Using simple text messages, the program helps get malaria medicines to the people who need them, and checks on stock levels to avoid running out. Another innovative use of text messages is in HIV prevention , helping young people access information about the disease.

According to the World Bank, three quarters of people on Earth have access to a mobile phone. There are now at least 6 billion mobile phone subscriptions active, up from 1 billion in the year -- and 5 billion of those are in developing countries.

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So a key way cell phones change the world is what they were designed for: In addition to person-to-person communication, cell phones are also connecting people with their local governments. Again, from that World Bank report:. In India, the state of Kerala's mGovernment program has deployed over 20 applications and facilitated more than 3 million interactions between the government and citizens since its launch in December Studies have demonstrated that access to cellular technology can have a dramatic effect on economic development in deprived areas.

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Few devices are capable of the full throttle yet. Here's a video explaining how JobMatch work:. As time passed, technology improved and cell phone became very common that everyone use their cell phones than the previous landline. They send greetings, invitations, meeting notifications and information directly on your phone. Lastly, the RF amplifiers handle signal travelling to and from the antenna. E asy to frighten the young: The operator in May, had initiated large-scale 4G trials in Shanghai, where it built 1, base stations to cover the Inner Ring region.

For instance, one study in the Journal of Economic Perspectives reported:. Mobile phones also allow households to obtain information about potential shocks, allowing them to use such information to make planting and harvesting decisions, which can have important effects on yields Rosenzweig and Binswanger, Long story short, the availability of cell phones to farmers helps them make more informed decisions about what to plant, when to harvest, and how much to sell crops for.

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Tell them that when you went out with your mates, you made cast-iron plans as much as three weeks in advance via numerous landline telephone calls, each of which was subject to sudden interruption from bill-obsessed parents or housemates eager to get on the blower themselves. Tell them that if your rendezvous fouled up, your options were limited: Thank you very much. And this is just for a casual night out: When mobiles began to become commonplace, the difference they made to our lives was stark and simple; we could communicate important information, often of a time-sensitive nature, without being either at home or work, and without relying on the availability of a free phone line.

The annoyance they created — the mundane domestic detail loudly recounted on a packed bus, the wrong-footing sight of someone apparently jabbering to themselves as they walked down the street — was worth it. And pretty soon, we got turned on by the additional innovation of conveying that news in text form — no need even to speak to a human being!

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Mobile phones have changed the world, for better or worse

But like most people, apart from a dwindling band of smartphone refuseniks, I would find plenty more cheery diversion if I were to linger among the apps for a while — music, podcasts, social media, photographs, games. I might do a spot of work on a train, reorganise my diary, blitz my emails, tidy up my fiscal loose ends.

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(Science in the Real World) [Richard Hantula, Debra Voege] on www.farmersmarketmusic.com * FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Looks into the science behind cell phones. In this video we reveal how a mobile phone actually works, explaining how the device uses radio waves to transmit and receive signals and how a mobile phone turns your voice into an electronic signal when you speak into it. Future episodes in this series will discuss the inner.

If the book I failed to open had been a novel set in the last few years, it would almost certainly have featured mobile technology, unless it was deliberately and self-consciously refusing to do so. If its plot was powered by any sort of intrigue — criminal, political, sexual — it would be unthinkable were the characters not to interact virtually, and probably, given the relative novelty of the device, crucially so.