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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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Topher White

What can save the rainforest? Your used cell phone

Shivani Siroya

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

Iqbal Quadir

How mobile phones can fight poverty

Andrew Bastawrous

Get your next eye exam on a smartphone

Paul Conneally

How mobile phones power disaster relief

Nancy Lublin

How data from a crisis text line is saving lives

Paul Lewis

How mobile phones helped solve two murders

Christopher Soghoian

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

Bruno Torturra

Got a smartphone? Start broadcasting

Bandi Mbubi

Demand a fair trade cell phone