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Cool App Roundup: Disaster and Emergency Edition

Tech Soup

Once you've downloaded the app, all this information is accessible regardless of whether you have phone service or internet access during an emergency. The FEMA app is available in the Android marketplace , with iPhone and Blackberry versions coming soon. Shelter information is updated every 30 minutes.

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Technology's Impact on Disaster Relief

Tech Soup

Mobile technology, web apps, and mapping software have become enormously helpful in sharing news and spreading information about relief efforts after Hurricane Sandy. Additionally, FEMA's apps for Apple, Android, and Blackberry provide weather information as well as tips for what to do during and after a hurricane.

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Apps for Managing and Maintaining Social Media

Tech Soup

HootSuite (Desktop, Android, BlackBerry, iOS) is a popular social media management tool. Buffer App (Android, iOS) allows you to easily share articles, photos, videos, and status updates to various social networks. Hootsuite also recently acquired Seesmic , another social media manager.

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Cool App Roundup: Arts Organization Edition

Tech Soup

database and mobile apps were created by Information Science and. device or operating system (iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, etc.). provides a wealth of information on how cultural organizations use. Photo: 1 hr photo. The really cool thing is how Public Art Omaha did it: their public art.

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How to Clear Critical Data From Your Cell Phone Before You Get Rid of It

Tech Soup

The good news is that it’s pretty easy to do a hard reset and clear mobile phones of personal information. Clearing your personal data from a cell phone prevents anyone else getting your call history, contacts, emails, photos, text messages, calendar appointments, and many more things. Used and Re-Used.

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My Lunch with Randi Zuckerberg at Facebook

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We then moved upstairs to the roof top lunch deck where I asked Randi some questions that I crowd sourced from people via my Facebook Fan Page and took some photos. Each phone app - blackberry, Iphone, etc - does its own thing. More of my photos and videos on Flickr. When can I create a FB event from a remote system?

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Guest Post by Kira Marchenese: What Happened When We Introduced 350 Staff to Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Find more photos like this on So You Think You Can Do Social Media. I didn’t see anyone checking their Blackberry, which was pretty amazing. I love seeing our staff make smart, well-informed choices. In fact, just last month, I took it to India. Not just the usual suspects.