Weekly Roundup 2/22/16

Happy Monday, readers! For those of you around the DC area, we hope you enjoyed the warm weather over the weekend! Yesterday was the kickoff to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. This event will be ongoing through February 25th, where many will display the latest cutting edge technologies and mobile innovation. Mark Zuckerberg has noted that he  plans to invest in a virtual reality headset, which we think is pretty awesome.

This Wednesday (2/24), we’re co-hosting the #Tech4Dem Happy Hour at the OpenGov Hub! At the event we will be helping to promote DAI’s $100,000 Innovation in Action Challenge. We hope to generate new insights and collaboration around best practices and innovation in the field of technology and international development. Make sure to RSVP and we will see you there!

Tech News:

• Bernie Sanders gathers an army of coders

• Japan develops a wireless transmitter that allows data transfers of 10GB’s per second

• More and more people are relying upon GPS devices for their most valuable things

• A university in Singapore developed new chip for your brain

• World’s first passenger drone unleashed

• “Women Write Better Code”

Tech4Dem:

• Google’s Internet Balloon crashes in Sri Lanka

• Empowering women in India’s tech community

• Social innovation in the developing world: fire-detecting sensors

• Refunite is working on refugees and Syria. Where do smart phones fit in?

Mobile News:

• Mobile World Congress Update

• Unlocking the iPhone linked to the San Bernardino shooting

• Apple fixes ‘Error 53’

• Skype calls are now free on iOS and Android