Tethr

New Website

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:09:27 -0500

Tethr’s website has changed. Please check us out at: http://tethrinc.com

Knight News Challenge Round 3: Tethr: Bringing True mobility to Journalists and communities

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:06:22 -0400

Knight News Challenge Round 3: Tethr: Bringing True mobility to Journalists and communities:

1. What is your project? [1 sentence]

Tethr allows people to connect with one another and the world, anywhere, anytime, via any means available.

2. How will your project use mobile tools and approaches? [2 sentences]

We believe super easy to use tools are key to proper communication….

Tethr and Tropo in the Google I/O Sandbox

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:31:00 -0400

Tethr is proud to be a participant in this year’s Google I/O Sandbox. The sold-out event will take place in San Francisco June 27th-29th. We are looking forward to showing some very neat new features.

We’ve partnered with Tropo to bring WebRTC to our platform. WebRTC allows you to talk with people connected to Tethr using your web browser without any plugins. This currently works on Google Chrome, but will be coming soon to other browsers.

We will be demonstrating a laptop and web browser making a phone call to a GSM phone network hosted by Tethr using the OpenBTS software from Range Networks. This is revolutionary technology that enhances user experience and capability in a great new way.

Imagine a radio station set up after a disaster. The Tethr-powered radio station provides information to its listeners, but also allows people around it to connect via GSM phones to pass in new information. The radio station can host a call-in program using a laptop for maximum audio quality and ease-of-use.

That same setup can be used after a disaster to let affected people make telephone calls anywhere in the world using a laptop set up at an aid station.

Tropo also powers Tethr’s ability to take SMS messages and pass them into our Ushahidi crisis map as incident reports. Tethr can also set up a local IVR (Interactive Voice Response) so that anyone connected via Wifi or GSM can file an incident report by answering simple questions.

Knight News Challenge Round 2: Tethr: Improving Journalism and Data Collection Anywhere

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:42:26 -0400

Knight News Challenge Round 2: Tethr: Improving Journalism and Data Collection Anywhere:

Tethr entered the second round of the Knight News Challenge, this time focused on Data. Please go there and like the page, and spread the word!

newschallenge:

1. What do you propose to do? [20 words]

Build a portable information hub and associated services that let journalists, NGOs or anyone else get critical data from the field.

2. How will your project make data more useful? [50 words]

Our hub with local applications allows anyone,…

Best mention of the BBC article yet

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:03:24 -0400

Be patient, folks. We’ll cover the Zombie Apocalypse survial market soon enough.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=30436056

Tethr founder interviewed by the BBC!

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:57:07 -0400

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120413-communicating-in-a-crisis

The Jig Is Up: Time to Get Past Facebook and Invent a New Future - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:09:47 -0400

The Jig Is Up: Time to Get Past Facebook and Invent a New Future - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic:

So many things here resonate with what Tethr is doing.

Tethr makes the next round of the Knight News Challenge!

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:29:18 -0400

Tethr makes the next round of the Knight News Challenge!:

We’re so excited to make it to this next round!

newschallenge:

Photo Credit: Flickr user Thomas Hawk

We just finished selecting the 51 proposals that will go to the next round of the Knight News Challenge on networks. (You can see 50 of them listed below; one was a closed entry we don’t have permission from the applicant to share.)

Included…

Knight News Challenge: Tethr: Evolving networks

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:31:02 -0400

Knight News Challenge: Tethr: Evolving networks:

Tethr entered the Knight News Challenge. Please reblog, like and comment. Help us get funding!

newschallenge:

1. What do you propose to do? [20 words]

An easy to use wireless hotspot and server that utilizes varied existing networks to improve information dissemination in untethered environments.

2. Is anyone doing something like this now and how is your project different? [30 words]

Some…