Startup gets $5M to boost employment in the developing world using phones

April 25, 2013 1:25 PM Jolie O'Dell

Assured Labor, which got its start at MIT's MediaLab, focuses on helping people find jobs (and helping recruiters fill vacancies) in emerging markets through the power of simple mobile interfaces.

Former Amazon exec wants to give free e-books ‘to every child on the planet’

April 9, 2013 11:27 AM Rebecca Grant

Rebecca Grant

Worldreader launches a new mobile program that makes thousands of books available to people in the developing world through their low-end feature phones.

Nokia: everyone should learn T-9 text entry on a numeric keypad

August 13, 2012 10:01 PM John Koetsier

John Koetsier

Nokia ran a poll on its blog that suggests almost half of consumers prefer full hard QWERTY keyboards to any other input method, including virtual keyboards on a touchscreen.

Duo Security raises $5M to keep online account hackers at bay

February 28, 2012 1:04 PM Sarah Mitroff

Sarah Mitroff

Duo Security, an authentication-as-a-service company that uses your phone for two-step logins, announced today it has raised $5 million in its second round of funding.

Duo Security uses your phone as a second line of defense to keep your accounts …