Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Ushahidi was a NetSquared Mashup Challenge winner in the fabled 2008 Netsquared conference in Santa Clara, California. Ushahidi has built a new IT device called BRCK (pronounced "brick") that deals with problem of frequent Internet and electricity outages in much of the developing world. Find out more about this here.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2009

They cover all 21 Featured Projects from last year's N2Y3 Mashup Challenge. Last year's Mashup winner — Ushahidi — is the topic of the first case study. It will be held in San Jose, California from May 26-27. You can track all of the posts by using this link for the N2Y3 case studies here.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

We got to know Ushahidi's work when it entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May of 2008. BRCK deals with the problem of frequent Internet and electricity outages in much of the developing world. I was there that year and the competition was intense. So much innovation.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008. It is a $250 Wi-Fi router and mobile modem with eight hours of battery life; it addresses the problem of frequent Internet service and electricity outages in much of the developing world.

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