Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. Built on our Martus technology, Mobile Martus is designed to bring secure data collection, storage, and backup closer to activists working in the field. Photo credit: Katy Steinmetz, TIME Magazine.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2013

The New York Times has the best coverage I’ve seen on what Internet.org will be and what it will do. They plan to do it by improving the efficiency of Internet networks, phone design, and cell phone apps. Matt Buchanan’s New Yorker piece is really good. Kennedy speech. about Internet.org. Image: Shutterstock.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

While the speakers were talking, the avatars in Second Life were carrying on a lively debate in chat about the points raised, suggesting questions to be asked in the room in New York City, and passing along urls/resources related to the discussion at hand. Several avatars were also in "real life" in New York City.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Organizations like Room to Read , the Poetry Foundation , and Books in Homes USA work to promote literacy and the significance of literary works in our society - support their work today, bookworms! Writer and author of New York Times best seller "Bad Feminist," modern-day feminist icon Roxane Gay is a force of nature.

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