article thumbnail

Mobile Innovations for Social Good

NTEN

Marginalized populations lack access to digital technology yet aspire to participate meaningfully in the digital public sphere. The Extraordinaries is smartphone software (iPhone, Blackberry, and more) that allows millions of people to perform brief micro-volunteer tasks on their smartphones in a few minutes of spare time.

Mobile 36
article thumbnail

NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AFP Blog points a story about a blackberry service outage that left millions of users without wireless e-mail access. If you want to keep up with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), check out the wiki. You could hear crackberry addicts screaming from miles away. Freecharity.org.uk Can cell phones ensure a free vote?

article thumbnail

Tech for Good at Mobile World Congress

Tech Soup

Besides the latest and greatest smartphones and tablets, the conference is a forum for innovation, ranging from green technology to accessibility. For example, you can work on a document in the new Microsoft Office on your Windows 8 laptop, take a break, and then pick up where you left off on your Windows Phone. Accessibility.

Mobile 44