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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

2013 was the year of an ever-widening NSA spying scandal with its revelations of how little digital privacy we really have – even heads of state. Tablet sales are up 53% while laptop and desktop computers are down 11% from the previous year. The much-heralded wearable computing era arrived with a crop of smartwatches during 2013.

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Your 10 Point Checklist For Nonprofit Newsletter Writing

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Image courtesy of James Madison University. Passive content gathering is when you are working throughout the week, aggregating links, content and information as you unintentionally stumble over it. Send your newsletter to someone who reads it on their laptop, and to another one who is going to read it on their smart phone.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

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They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out. The images are called pins and collections are called. Image: Digital Wallet, Shutterstock. social change.

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How Security Breaches Really Happen at Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

According to the August 2014 Symantec Intelligence Report , there were 259 data breaches between September 2013 and August 2014. That fundraising contractor whose laptop was stolen? If that laptop held a copy of your donor data, losing it is just as harmful as a hacker plotting an attack. Image 1 : Brian Klug / CC BY-NC.

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Mobile for Good: Earth Month Edition

Tech Soup

Since Earth Day 2013, the eCycle Best has recycled more than 34,000 gadgets. 11,000 were laptops. eCycle Best concluded that American consumers seem to be getting wiser about throwing away phones, tablets, and laptops. Images: iFixit. Of these devices: 21,000 were smartphones. 2,000 were tablets. Anti-Phone-Theft Pledge.

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Nonprofit In A Box: How Murtis Taylor Human Services System Brings Help Right Into Homes

Tech Soup

We went live in October 2013. It contains three things: A laptop computer. The overall benefit of mobile broadband Internet access in conjunction with laptops is that mobile case managers can do nearly everything they need to do for people in the community without having to come in to the office. " Low-Cost Devices.

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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

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Telework (also called telecommuting) is where an employee regularly does their work outside of the office, usually at home or when traveling. To be able to telework, people usually need five things: a computer or tablet, broadband Internet, access to work email, access to work documents, and a phone. Telework By Any Other Name.

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