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Will Facebook’s Internet.org Bridge the Global Digital Divide?

Tech Soup

Facebook’s new Internet.org initiative is a big news item in NPTech and global digital inclusion news. Internet.org isn’t alone among big tech companies working on the global digital divide. Digital Divide libraries digital inclusion tslibraryorg digital literacy' Convergence. Image: Shutterstock.

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Selfies for Good?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” While selfies are easy to do , they can also go horribly wrong. I asked this question on my Facebook brand page, and here’s what I learned: The New York Public Library Photo Booth. The New York Public Library is using selfies as part of its social media initiative to engage library patrons. Family is Familia.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

Tech Soup

This month the news is about WiFi embedded in a magazine, Braille smartphones, ultramobile devices, innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the mobile app of the month. Yes that's right. CNET Coverage on Digital Wallets.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Highlights of this Update: Human Rights Global Literacy Benetech Labs and Board of Directors Human Rights In the age of hyper-surveillance, it is clear that at-risk human rights defenders are no longer the only ones who need the know-how to protect sensitive information. Photo credit: Katy Steinmetz, TIME Magazine.

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Good Magazine Wants You To Do Good!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Good Magazine as its tagline says is for "people who give a damn" and describes itself as a publishing platform to "change the world." " So, it comes as no surprise that every holiday season the magazine chooses nonprofit partners and runs a fundraising/subscription campaign. Here's how it works.

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Bookshare without Borders: #2/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In this second installment of the three-part blog series (the first one is here ) on Bookshare International, I’m excited to share some of the ways in which our Bookshare library is part of the latest trends in the digital publishing world and is thus going deeper and serving many more people.

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Recruiting Geeks for Human Rights!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Check out recent press coverage of our work, featuring the head of our human rights team, Dr. Patrick Ball, in Foreign Policy magazine and NPR's On The Media. Familiarity with python, R, and JavaScript libraries for charting, mapping, and vis is helpful. What you will do: Write computer programs for human rights data analysis projects.

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