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Caltech: Founding Values

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Address on receiving Caltech’s Distinguished Alumni Award May 18, 2013 Caltech was founded to give back to society through science and engineering, to discover knowledge and apply that knowledge. Support open data, open access to research, open content and open source. To the greatest extent possible, be open.

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15 Powerful Quotes from the Social Good Summit

Connection Cafe

My entire life of activism was begun because the UN said to kids ‘you can help, and you should help because you can.’” – Whoopi Goldberg, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and award-winning actor, producer and television host. In 2030, the content curators will be the new power brokers.”– Stern, President & CEO, UNICEF USA.

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA Bill by Jim Fruchterman

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Because, if we make software that promises to keep your life or death sensitive information secret to the best of our abilities, we won’t build a back door in for Syria, or China, or the U.S. Unfortunately, safeguarding human rights information can’t be distinguished from piracy, if the contents are encrypted.

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Nonprofit Technology News for October 2013

Tech Soup

The CNET review on it is pretty bad complaining of short battery life, a slow processor, and poor call quality. Think of it as a sci-fi world in which inanimate objects come to life and tell each other about everything we do. Ginny Mies is TechSoup's global content curator, and one of our experts. smartphones.

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