Calling all Innovators – the winners!

BARCELONA, Spain – Forum Nokia’s Calling all Innovators developer competition came to a conclusion yesterday with the winning developers and their applications announced at Mobile World Congress. Almost 1,000 developers from 57 countries entered the competition, before nine finalists were selected to take part in the final. $40,000 in cash awards were up for grabs in each of the three categories – ECO-challenge, Emerging Markets and Technology Showcase.
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Calling all innovators – Emerging markets challenge

GLOBAL – In the second in our series of three spotlights on the finalists for the Calling All Innovators developer competition, we’re taking a look the Emerging Markets Challenge, with finalists from EMEA, the Americas and APAC. One thing I always fascinating about emerging markets apps is the way technology is adapted (and adopted) to meet very specific local challenges. The first of our finalists comes from EMEA. Fake medication is a serious problem in some countries and mPedigree has used mobile tech to come up with what it thinks might be the answer.
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Indian farmer uses phone to remotely control the farm

INDIA – The concept of a mobile-based universal remote control isn’t new, yet the hope of one remains a hugely popular prospect that we’ve collectively scribbled on our wishlist. And whilst the reality of a successful one-size-fits-all solution is being researched as part of the Homebird project, others are taking it into their own innovative hands to solve their personal remote control needs (trust Jan Chipchase to spot this one, highlighted in his post entitled The Power of Remote / Field Hacks’).