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Ushahidi Develops Innovative Tools for Nonprofits and Others Working to Benefit the Public

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LABB created an Oil Spill Crisis Map in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. It can inform members of a community of critical information as it happens, and tell an event's story visually with maps, interactive charts, and other visualizations. The name Ushahidi means "testimony" in Swahili.

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More good news from Google: Open Handset Alliance

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

We hope that this will spur development for more social applications and mashups as well as better distribution of these applications worldwide. I’ll be watching the Open Handset Alliance, and wondering when I can replace my Blackberry with an open phone. {

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How the NetSquared Challenges Have Accelerated Tech for Good

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The rise of mobile, social media, crowdsourcing, blogging, and citizen journalism in the mid-2000s created extraordinary new communication and information-sharing opportunities. Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008. Ushahidi Harnesses Data for Social Good.

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Web 2.0 Part Va:APIs

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups. The free sharing of information in ways that allow for new innovation. services, like del.icio.us, google, flickr, and many, many others, and use and manipulate this data to their own ends. But I have a first take.

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10NTC Science Fair Preview - Giveaways, More Giveaways and Free Apple iPads

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We're only 20 days away from the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference -- but who's counting? The Science Fair doors will open at 3 pm on April 8, 2010 at the OMNI Hotel in Atlanta. Download the NTC app developed by 501 Technology to make the most of your NTC 2010 experience. Bicknell Information Group in booth 75.

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10NTC Science Fair Preview - Giveaways, More Giveaways and Free Apple iPads

NTEN

We're only 20 days away from the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference -- but who's counting? The Science Fair doors will open at 3 pm on April 8, 2010 at the OMNI Hotel in Atlanta. Download the NTC app developed by 501 Technology to make the most of your NTC 2010 experience. Bicknell Information Group in booth 75.

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The Future of Supporter Data (Or, Is Your Data at a Middle School Dance?)

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Over the past 10 years, the mashup of the web and our personally identifiable data (PID) has grown up. Going forward, it will be more important to connect your user’s social addresses with this information, too. By George Weiner, CTO, DoSomething.org. Whether it’s data or dances, silos keep people separated at the party. During his 4.5

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