After trekking to New York City for MobileActive’s last Mobile Technology for Social Change (M4Change) event, I was thrilled to take the metro down to Google’s DC offices for last week’s M4Change barcamp.

IN BRIEF: Mobile Phones and International Development

IN BRIEF: Crowdsourcing and International Development -- Originally described by journalist Jeff Howe in 2006, it is hard to talk about the internet these days without hearing the word "crowdsourcing".

With International Human Rights day on the minds of many, the GDC would like to draw attention to the voices of content producers around the world. The following post describes "crowdsourcing", a term that encapsulates the sourcing of user-generated content across borders, geographic and otherwise.