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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

2013 was the year of an ever-widening NSA spying scandal with its revelations of how little digital privacy we really have – even heads of state. PCs aren’t going away, but mobile devices (phones and tablets) are flooding in to the nonprofit workplace. A 2013 survey from The Millennial Impact. What this means?

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

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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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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

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To be able to telework, people usually need five things: a computer or tablet, broadband Internet, access to work email, access to work documents, and a phone. Call us what you will, the International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that by 2015, a bit over 37 percent of the total global workforce will be made up of mobile workers.

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Nonprofit Technology News: Help for Charities to Develop Mobile Giving Capacity

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Our lead story in this issue of TechSoup’s Nonprofit Technology News is the creation of the Mobile Giving Alliance that will help charities develop their mobile giving. Help for Charities to Develop a Mobile Giving Campaign. Fund for UNICEF, and United Way Worldwide to bring more mobile technology resources charities.

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

Tech Soup

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! It covers 10 topics including humanitarian uses of drones: • Mobile and cell phones • New uses for TV and radio. Images: TechSoup Global and Nominet Trust. There’s a lot in there.

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Selfies for Good?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

No doubt you’ve taken a “ selfie ,” a self-portrait taken with your mobile phone camera and shared on Facebook or other social media channels. Although selfies have been around for years , they have gained popularity recently. Family is Familia. Share the link in the comments.

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TechSoup French Partner Leads the Way to Sustainable Tech

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There are very few charities I've come across that are as wide-ranging in their tech-for-good work as our French TechSoup Global partner, Ateliers du Bocage (ADB). But it's also the second largest mobile phone recycler in France and one of the largest in Europe. Connecting Big Companies and Charities.