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How Baby Boomers Use The Internet

TechImpact

The frequency of online giving ballooned in 2013, increasing by 14% in 2013. Two-thids of Americans over the age of 50 buy from Internet retailers. Pew Internet). In 2012, baby boomers spent over 27 hours per week on the Internet, 2 hours more than millennials! 36% of adults over the age of 50 own a smart phone.

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Five Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Prioritize the Mobile Web in 2013

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Yesterday’s free webinar entitled Five Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Prioritize the Mobile Web in 2013 was attended by 433 nonprofit professionals. By late 2013 or early 2014 , the Mobile Web will surpass desktop. Priority #4: Start collecting mobile phone numbers and launch a group texting campaign. from tablets.

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Free Webinar on October 23! Five Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Prioritize the Mobile Web in 2014

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2013. Also, a toll free number is not provided for the webinar, but attendees can listen to the audio presentation for free over their computer speakers or call into a phone number provided by GoToWebinar. Internet Explorer 7.0 Cable modem, DSL or better Internet connection. Cost: Free.

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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. PCs aren’t going away, but mobile devices (phones and tablets) are flooding in to the nonprofit workplace. A 2013 survey from The Millennial Impact. What this means?

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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

Tech Soup

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. We can easily calendar with them, do email, do Internet searches, make calls, instant message, text, and conference on them. The Almighty Smartphone. Mobile Addiction.

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

Tech Soup

Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. It will be a Braille phone and it is due to come out the end of this year at an affordable price ($185). The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology. Digital Wallets.

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Working Toward Internet Access for Everyone

Tech Soup

adults still don't have broadband Internet access at home. The big recent digital inclusion news is the Federal Communication Commission's ( FCC ) proposal to extend the Lifeline Program , which has supplied discounted phone service to low-income people since 1985. This program addresses the relevancy of the Internet problem.