Here is an example of an organized community that has adapted technology and business to meet its concerns. In Israel, ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities have used combined purchasing power to alter the pricing system and functions of “kosher” phones. Their incentive for turning cell phones off during their Sabbath is paying […]
Daily Archives: November 3, 2007
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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has a long history of innovation in civic media. One of the more intriguing instances of this tradition is the BBC Action Network, a grassroots online civic engagement initiative. It launched in 2003 under the name iCan, and quickly succeeded as a medium of choice […]