The impact of mobiles on societal change

this video highlights some changes especially in development countries. Learning about diseases, food distribution, social support against discrimination, fair elections by instant messaging, collective news reporting, finding jobs through SMS marketplaces, accessing market prices for goods from the countryside.

The Tool in Your Hand: The Mobile Revolution at MobileActive.org

International Symposium on Wearable Computing

  CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
  International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC’09)
  http://www.iswc.net/register.php

  The  International  Symposium  on  Wearable  Computers   is   a
  conference  dedicated  to  cutting-edge  research  in  wearable
  technologies.
  This  year’s  conference will be  held in  Linz,  Austria  from
  September 4th to 7th, 2009.

  ISWC’09, the thirteenth annual IEEE International Symposium  on
  Wearable Computers, is the premier forum for wearable computing
  and  issues  related  to  on-body and worn mobile technologies.
  ISWC’09  will  bring  together  researchers,  product  vendors,
  fashion  designers,  textile  manufacturers, users, and related
  professionals to share information  and  advances  in  wearable
  computing.  ISWC’09  explicitly  aims  to  broaden its scope to
  include cell phones and cell phone applications  as  they  have
  become the most successful wearable computer to date.

  We  are happy to announce that the registration for ISWC’09  is
  now   open.   Please   go  to   the  symposium   web  page   at
  http://www.iswc.net/register.php to register.  Please also make
  sure  that  you  carefully  read  the information  about  local
  arrangements and travel arrangements.