Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2011

Most people who are familiar with Microsoft’s Windows Azure platform know of it as a cloud platform for building, hosting, and scaling web applications. Second Harvest in Japan. What few are aware of, however, is that the Windows Azure platform also has the capability of serving communities that have been affected by disasters.

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Global Giving

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

It stands for Application Programming Interface, which is a method for letting a program work with another app or website. KizunaCranes.com was an engaging site designed to raise funds for the Japan earthquake relief efforts in 2011. Q: What is an API? A: API is an acronym. API For Disaster Response. LEARN MORE.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

Causes is the largest Facebook fundraising application and most nonprofits are likely familiar with it. In 2009, The Academy Award winning film The Cove used the activism platform to create one of the most successful causes , bringing together over 1 million people to end the dolphin slaughter in Japan.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

Thousands of people - with the aid of their computers, mobile phones, and online applications - were able to do important work to save lives and bring resources where they were badly needed, without needing to travel. For others it was not so clear.

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