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Big solutions using cell phones

Cell phones, while small, are mighty. From loans to a life-saving crisis line, learn all about the ways our phones (smart, or otherwise) are paving pathways to a brighter, more accessible future.

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What can save the rainforest? Your used cell phone
09:20

Topher White

What can save the rainforest? Your used cell phone

9 minutes 20 seconds
A smart loan for people with no credit history (yet)
08:01

Shivani Siroya

A smart loan for people with no credit history (yet)

8 minutes 1 second
How mobile phones can fight poverty
15:38

Iqbal Quadir

How mobile phones can fight poverty

15 minutes 38 seconds
Get your next eye exam on a smartphone
06:19

Andrew Bastawrous

Get your next eye exam on a smartphone

6 minutes 19 seconds
How mobile phones power disaster relief
10:40

Paul Conneally

How mobile phones power disaster relief

10 minutes 40 seconds
How data from a crisis text line is saving lives
09:29

Nancy Lublin

How data from a crisis text line is saving lives

9 minutes 29 seconds
How mobile phones helped solve two murders
16:43

Paul Lewis

How mobile phones helped solve two murders

16 minutes 43 seconds
How to avoid surveillance ... with the phone in your pocket
06:06

Christopher Soghoian

How to avoid surveillance ... with the phone in your pocket

6 minutes 6 seconds
Got a smartphone? Start broadcasting
13:26

Bruno Torturra

Got a smartphone? Start broadcasting

13 minutes 26 seconds
Demand a fair trade cell phone
09:04

Bandi Mbubi

Demand a fair trade cell phone

9 minutes 4 seconds
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