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"Former president Bill Clinton lauded mobile technology at the close of the CTIA Wireless conference Thursday.\n\u201CWireless technology has done more to lift people out of poverty than any technology,\" said Clinton in a speech at the annual gathering put on by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. \nOne example he gave came from when he was in South East Asian countries after a tsunami there, working with widows of fishermen in the country. \u201CIf we gave every one of them a cell phone, they could immediately find out what the cost of fish was and increase their income 30-50% over a year,\" he said. \nHe also spoke on the impact that mobile technology has had in healthcare and banking, providing services that might have not otherwise been available.\n\u201CDiverse options are healthy and disagreement is good,\u201D Clinton said.  \u201CWhat works in real life are creative networks of cooperation.\"  Clinton added that people need to take advantage of their differences to move forward with challenges, and that party lines shouldn't get in the way of innovation. \u201CCooperation in the modern world works better than conflict...if our goal is creative cooperation, we're going to be fine.\u201D\n\nThis year marked Clinton's second trip to CTIA. His first visit came in 2007, when he traveled to the show with former president George Bush. That year, Clinton says, he toured the show floor in a golf cart and left with \u201Cthe biggest goodie bag\u201D he had ever received at any convention \u2014 full of new technology his daughter explained to him when got home.\nWhat impact do you think mobile technology is having on the world around us? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.\nImage credit: Taylor Hatmaker"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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