Facebook Inc on Wednesday launched a mobile phone application that gives Colombian users free access to a handful of online services, broadening Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg's effort to boost Internet usage in developing markets. Colombia is the first nation in Latin America to receive the new Internet.org service, in partnership with local mobile phone provider Tigo, but the aim is to push the application across the region. The tools offered by the service provide a foundation Colombians can use to "build their own prosperity," Zuckerberg said at a presentation in Bogota with President Juan Manuel Santos. "By giving people these basic tools for free, you're creating an equal playing field," Zuckerberg said, referring to entrepreneurs who could use the free Internet to start or grow a business. Internet.org will offer more than a dozen services via the Android operating system, including online encyclopedia Wikipedia, weather websites, job listings and health … [Read more...] about Facebook launches mobile app offering free Internet in Colombia
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Privus Mobile expands service to Vietnam: US newspaper
The Hanoitimes - Texas-based Privus Mobile, a provider of caller ID services and mobile apps for smart phones, has announced to be behind the world's first national rollout of mobile caller ID to Vietnam, according to RCR Wireless Austin. Privus said they has clinched a deal with Vietnamese digital media and communication companies, Media Hub and Smart Media, to make caller information available to 25 million of Vietnam's wireless users.The contract is expected to generate more than $21 million in revenue for Privus Mobile annually.Under the terms of the agreement, Media Hub and Smart Media will provide Privus Mobile with the caller names for both mobile and landline numbers within the country.This will allow Privus Mobile to apply data validation technology to deliver caller ID service to mobile users by matching numbers with names, regardless of whether or not the caller is in the recipient's contact list.Privus said that Vietnam already has complete 3G coverage and the country was … [Read more...] about Privus Mobile expands service to Vietnam: US newspaper
Vietnam’s app market needs to stay on its toes: experts
The majority of Vietnamese mobile users are becoming more and more active in accessing digital content on the mobile platform, and the country is seen as a rising star in the Southeast Asian and Asia-Pacific mobile applications markets.However, some tech experts are unsure that this trend can be maintained.Tran Khanh, a legal representive and Director of Hanoi-based tech company TOPS International JSC., said that Vietnamese people like new technology and conveniences, and therefore, both young and old generations are hooked on their smartphones.Late last month, the Facebook Official Gaming Agency in Vietnam, Adsota, released its 2017 report on the country’s mobile advertising market and monetisation of apps.Extracting from Google’s statistics, the report said that each Vietnamese mobile phone user downloads and installs five new applications a month, mainly games, social apps, and music players.The number of new apps installed per person per month was impressive, … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s app market needs to stay on its toes: experts
VN app market needs to stay on its toes: experts
Viet Nam’s much vaunted digital access and advantages that arise from it could run out of steam unless it is renewed and made more substantial, experts say. The majority of Vietnamese mobile users are becoming more and more active in accessing digital content on the mobile platform, and the country is seen as a rising star in the Southeast Asian and Asia-Pacific mobile applications market. However, some tech experts are unsure that this trend can be maintained. Tran Khanh, legal representive and Director of Ha Noi-based tech company TOPS International Jsc., told Viet Nam News that Vietnamese people like new technology and conveniences, and therefore, both young and old generations are hooked on their smartphones. Late last month, the Facebook Official Gaming Agency in Viet Nam, Adsota, released its 2017 report on the country’s mobile advertising market and monetisation of apps. Extracting from Google’s statistics, the report said that each Vietnamese mobile phone user … [Read more...] about VN app market needs to stay on its toes: experts
SHBI plans mobile app lab
SHBI plans mobile app lab By Le Hoang - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – Saigon Hi-Tech Business Incubator (SHBI) on Thursday announced it will deploy a mobile applications lab (short name mLab) project that is supported by the World Bank. Tran Tuan Anh, director of SHBI, said that under the framework of a program on Creating Sustainable Businesses for the Knowledge Economy of infoDev, a donor-funded ICT for development agency hosted by the World Bank, the mLab project will be carried out in five regions of the world. And an alliance led by Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP), the owner of SHBI has been chosen to deploy the mLab project in Southeast Asia. A mobile application lab is an open space where technology entrepreneurs can interact, work, gain access to tools and expertise, deploy their solutions and start to grow their businesses. Run and managed by experts together with local developers, a lab provides the infrastructure necessary for the deployment and scaling of mobile … [Read more...] about SHBI plans mobile app lab