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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

One Laptop Per Child (just launched that year). 'Net2 in Action' highlights more than 30 real-life examples of nonprofits using this new breed of Web-based technologies to tackle issues such as reaching and mobilizing constituencies. . 'Net2 Citizen journalism. Google Maps. Podcasting. Text messaging.

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The Digital Divide Doesn't Exist

NTEN

And as web-enabled mobile devices gain popularity, actual computers may become less and less important to the information economy, but monthly fees won't. Under the guise of non-profitability hundreds of millions of these laptops will be flogged off to our governments. And who needs libraries when we have Wikipedia and Kindles?

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia. Election observers across Nigeria will be using mobile phones to text officials if they spot irregularities during Saturday's election. Check out Greenlight Nigeria and Mobile Monitors.

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Dancefloor and Balcony: What I learned about emergent online collaboration from Eugene Eric Kim

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This makes me more comfortable for me to open my laptop and take notes. There are now 990 actively engaged Fellows— across the five focal countries of Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines—regularly participating in the Leadership Development for Mobilizing Reproductive Health network activities.

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Nonprofit Technology News: The Demise of Facebook Causes and Cloud Storage for Charities

Tech Soup

It is a specialized cloud database to help nonprofits organizations manage their business, run programs, and maintain donor relationships from any browser and on mobile devices. Mifos provides a web app with mobile phone capability. It can also plug into mobile banking services like mPesa in Kenya for making money transfers.

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NpTechTag Summary: NpTech Blog Buzz, NGOS at Demo 07, and Moulin

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The offline wikipedia, Moulin. Unthinkingly points us to the last mile wikipedia , a 400,000+ article no-images version of the wikipedia that fits snugly into a CD and launched by Geekcorps. See Ethan Zuckerman's post offers some thoughts about the content that will be loaded into the One Laptop per Child laptop.)

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