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Mobile for Good: Fire Phone, Locking Down Data, and Services for the Homeless

Tech Soup

I'll also update you on the "kill switch" initiatives as well as a nonprofit that's using mobile services to alleviate homelessness. So let's say you're watching a movie and the camera pans to a can of Spam on a kitchen counter. Homelessness and Mobile Technology. Sounds a bit creepy, right? Or helpful?

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Are Online Vote-for-Me Contests A Good Idea?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jared Paul, the co-founder of a new nonprofit that has a focus on homeless youth and one of the winners of the $25,000 in the first phase of Chase's Giving Community Contest offered to share his thoughts. Earlier this month, I sent out a few tweets asking for the counterpoint to Hildy's view.

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