If you use Twitter , or GMail , or Flickr , or Microsoft Dynamics CRM , then you, my friend, are computing in the cloud! Being able to access and share documents and data in our browser, no matter where we are, is key to our efficiency. The provider of the service owns and manages the actual servers on which all this data lives. MORE >>

The Data. Here’s how our messages showed up in iOS: And Gmail renders things similarly: This is no small matter. Campaign Monitor found that as of June 2011, iOS and Gmail accounted for up to 23% of email clients. — Did you know that nearly 90 million Americans use their phone to read email ? Just stop it. Guilty! MORE >>

But Google Apps’ web-based email system, Gmail , is often regarded as superior in terms of ease of use. By default, Gmail groups together all emails in the same conversation, but this can be disabled. For those who rely on searching their inbox, Gmail’s search is faster and often more accurate than Outlook’s. Author: Laura S. MORE >>

It was a one-day in-person free workshop, thanks to funding from Google Foundation , and attracted an impressive array of smart and informed nonprofit technologists. The event was a chance for me to become further informed on the scary part of cloud computing: security. in Hawaii. Recent Cloud Computing Security Breaches. availability. MORE >>

They are Security in a Box and Protecting Your Security Online.    Both guides are  written for citizens in the Middle East and North Africa who want to use technology safely to communicate, organize, and share data, but the tips and recommendations are useful for anyone working for a nonprofit who needs to mindful about privacy.   Privacy. MORE >>