Can an App Fuel a Revolution
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Re: Can an App Fuel a Revolution
Very interesting article. How apps are fueling revolutions in developing countries where lots of people are mobile only.
Few interesting excerpts from the article
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Texas, office last Thursday, watching explosive growth for his company’s walkie-talkie app, Zello, inside Venezuela. Zello had become the favorite app of protest organizers there after recently hitting the mark as the most popular app in Ukraine. Over the past few days in Venezuela, the protests ballooned following rapidly rising food prices, controversy over President Nicolas Maduro’s economic policies,
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Apps like Zello, Voxker, HeyTell and many similar apps have tons of potential to mobilize movements against government. And stats speak for themselves.
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Zello has been downloaded some 50 million times. In addition to playing a big role in the recent Ukraine protests, it was also extremely popular during last year’s unrest in Turkey.
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Few interesting excerpts from the article
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Texas, office last Thursday, watching explosive growth for his company’s walkie-talkie app, Zello, inside Venezuela. Zello had become the favorite app of protest organizers there after recently hitting the mark as the most popular app in Ukraine. Over the past few days in Venezuela, the protests ballooned following rapidly rising food prices, controversy over President Nicolas Maduro’s economic policies,
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Apps like Zello, Voxker, HeyTell and many similar apps have tons of potential to mobilize movements against government. And stats speak for themselves.
"
Zello has been downloaded some 50 million times. In addition to playing a big role in the recent Ukraine protests, it was also extremely popular during last year’s unrest in Turkey.
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