Staying Connected

‘Wrong number? Let’s chat’: How misdials are helping East African herders bond with strangers

A study into how the Maasai community in Tanzania uses phones shows how technology, error and openness can bring diverse people together.

Timothy D Baird, The Conversation
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Emily Woodhouse, The Conversation
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J Terrence McCabe, The Conversation
· Jun 30, 2021 · 09:30 pm
One of the world’s biggest Wi-Fi projects has gone online at India’s train stations

Mumbai Central recently became the country’s first railway stop to provide free high-speed public Wi-Fi to passengers.

Manu Balachandran, qz.com
· Jan 26, 2016 · 09:30 pm
Mumbai Central is the first railway station in the country to get free Wi-Fi

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said that 100 of the busiest stations across the country will get the service by the end of 2016.

Scroll Staff
· Jan 23, 2016 · 01:21 pm

This map of international phone calls explains globalisation

The phone-calls metric shows how a global diaspora of workers is changing the patterns of global interaction.

Tim Fernholz, qz.com
· Nov 05, 2014 · 12:30 pm