The "What's Up!" Luxembourg app was released in November last year for Apple and Android, and since then has grown substantially to become an app chock-a-block of events throughout Luxembourg and beyond. [...] A good feature of the app is that once the user has signed in, they are able to create their own events for all to see. A free way of publicizing what's going on in the region.

Amrit realized that despite being neighbours, the vast majority of Indians and Pakistanis didn’t know much of each other. In light of this, Amrit wanted to work on humanizing the India-Pakistan relationship. He thought of using technology and social media (with their vast reach) to take this initiative forward and break stereotypes.

On the Korean peninsula, the tense boundary known as the demilitarized zone is not the only thing that separates the North and South. The war seven decades ago also created a division in how Koreans speak their language. And for many newly arrived North Korean defectors in the South, learning new words and expressions makes resettling even more challenging. A new smartphone app could help these refugees overcome the linguistic division.