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

Tech Soup

Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. It will be a Braille phone and it is due to come out the end of this year at an affordable price ($185). The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology. Digital Wallets.

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Apps for Youth, By Youth

Tech Soup

Windows Phone) is a point-of-care smartphone application that addresses child mortality rates by lack of detection and availability of treatment for malaria. The app was a finalist in Microsoft's 2011 Imagine Cup, a student technology competition. Khan Academy (Windows Phone, iPad) is a nonprofit on a mission to change education.

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5 Ways to Empower Your Crowdsource Fundraisers

NetWits

I like to think of it as what we “used to” refer to as peer-to-peer fundraising or P2P (you know, used to, like in 2011). Donors who scan the QR code with their phone go directly to that fundraiser’s donation page – making it simple for fundraisers to raise funds any where they go. flyers or offline donation forms).

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Moments in Mobile - Featuring Muttville Senior Dog Rescue

Tech Soup

And already in 2011, “more than 50% of all ‘local’ searches were done from a mobile device.” More nonprofits and libraries are using mobile technologies to educate, activate, and engage audiences and constituencies of all shapes and sizes. Over 1 billion of those are smartphones. Capturing Moments in Mobile.

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What is Microsoft Lync?

Tech Soup

The software essentially integrates all the different ways an office communicates like phone, email, video conferencing, web conferencing, instant messaging, voicemail, fax, etc., For instance, you can start a multi-party conversation using instant messaging, phone, or video by selecting multiple contacts at once. Lync Online.

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Losing Mobile Users? Easy Mobile-Website Builder Can Help You: New TechSoup Program

Tech Soup

With an exponential increase in people accessing the Internet on mobile devices, the nonprofits, charities, and libraries that don't have a website optimized for mobile devices or that haven't created a separate mobile website risk irritating — or losing — their supporters. We Have a Solution. prompt numbers.

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New Members Are Asking Questions. and We’ve Got the Answers!

NTEN

Each month, NTEN’s Membership team hosts a phone call for new Members. Free Report: 2011 Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems Report Blog Post: WordPress vs Drupal. They are focused groups that have an online discussion forum and a shared resource library – and also hold monthly webinars or calls.