Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MARCH 8, 2017
Last night I received a Facebook friend request from an old friend and accepted it. I quickly checked, and found that (of course) I already was Facebook friends with my old friend. Facebook has a handy way of reporting this exact problem and the fake account was suspended within minutes.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 21, 2009
They had more than 1000 folks show up to talk about service, nonprofits and social action. Randi Zuckerberg of Facebook had the tough gig of presenting a lunch keynote outside under a tent in lower Sproul Plaza (mucho noise and people talking). She was much more on Facebook marketing message, but of course that's her role at FB.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 22, 2013
Top tech companies like Google, Facebook and IBM have figured out how to make vast quantities of money by giving away their core product, or building products on top of open source and free software. The thrill of solving problems, of figuring something out, and bringing that understanding into the service of humanity.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 10, 2013
From Facebook to Netflix, companies are tracking and analyzing our searches, our purchases, and just about every other online activity that will give them more insight into who we are and what we want. That’s what inspired me to start Benetech , a nonprofit tech company, over 20 years ago. Big Data is all the rage in Silicon Valley.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 5, 2016
Whether it’s Microsoft transforming the PC software industry, or Google or Facebook, it’s clear that the world is different because these companies exist. They put most nonprofits in the direct action without systems change box: groups that do a good (or even excellent) job of delivering services under the existing system.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 2, 2009
At Benetech he’s learning about the nonprofit world and making contacts that he’ll use when he launches his next business, after he finishes his MBA at Babson College. In her spare time, she updates her Twitter and Facebook feeds and engages with her Kindle, iPod and other assorted tech toys.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
OCTOBER 30, 2011
Organized by the nonprofit group Access and sponsored by Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Skype, Mozilla and other major tech companies, the conference brought together business leaders, policy makers and online activists, especially from the Arabic-speaking world. We talk about values-based approaches to helping activists.
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