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Re: Moblie web split

From: Jeff Sonstein <jeffs@it.rit.edu>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 07:52:49 -0400
To: public-bpwg@w3.org
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Cc: gina@alierra.com, stephane@w3.org

On Jun 6, 2008, at 6:19 AM, Stephane wrote:

> setting up a new initiative W3C just launched last week called Mobile
> Web for Social Development ([1]). This new group will investigate
> exactly the domain you are talking: the use of mobile web technologies
> to bring services to rural communities and under-privileged  
> populations
> of Developing Countries.

indeed
I have joined that group
for that very reason

I assert some of the most innovative things in the mobile arena
are happening *outside* the advanced industrialized societies
and that mobile devices can be powerfully engaged as a nexus of change

please do join the new group
more input and enthusiasm for the group would be
A Good Thing

[and a million thanks to Stephane for the setup work]

jeffs

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