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Mani Pande

Mani works as a global development researcher at Wikipedia. In this role, Mani is working to design and lead research work that helps Wikipedia make good strategic decisions and evaluate the results of the work that Wikipedia does (to make even better decisions). In addition, Mani is helping to design and deploy metrics for key Global Development areas so that we can monitor our performance against the strategic plan.A native of New Delhi, Mani brings a global perspective to her research. Her passion lies in understanding how consumers use technology to map opportunity spaces for new product strategies and industry growth. She has a special interest in the transformative technology experiences brought about through the use of mobile devices by emerging market consumers. She has also extensively studied the growth of open source movement.

RECENT POSTS

• The case for Facebook Zero and similar applications

  Early last year Facebook launched Facebook Zero, a stripped down version of its mobile website at no data cost primarily to attract new users in the Global South. Facebook Zero, unlike the standard version of Facebook mobile, does not serve multi-media content like images and videos (which can clog data pipes) -- making it possible for carriers to make it available for free. Multi-media is stored at the back end, and if a user decides to access images then standard ...

• 4 reasons you should be developing mobile apps

  The mobile web is ripe for innovation. Barriers to entry have come down and the playing fields have been levelled. Software developers from all over the world are able to create apps that could become global hits. And as smart phones become more and more accessible to the masses, the market for clever, simple apps for mobile devices keeps getting larger and larger.Still not convinced? Here are four reasons why you, as a developer, should be focussing your attention on ...