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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

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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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I posted some nonprofit technology trends and news late last month, but found some late breaking nptech news items I wanted to add. Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology.

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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

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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. Hacker Helper nonprofit technology news NPTech news Technology for Good Report Nominet Trust 100'

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News by the Spoonful: Smart Garbage, Give App, and More

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Four quick bits of news: a new life for New York City pay phones, a more "conversational" way to search for information, the recently-launched Give app, and smart garbage. Useless Pay Phones to Become Free WiFi Hot Spots in New York City. Google launched a similar service for their Chrome browser in 2013. The Give App.

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Net2Local: Year-End Revelations

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Net2Local, TechSoup Global’s grassroots #nptech community-building initiative has almost reached the end of 2013. Perhaps my favorite story from 2013 is the emergence of the social media surgery as a core Net2Local event format. August 2013. September 2013. September 2013. October 2013.

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Nonprofit Technology News for February 2014

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There’s lots of interesting NPTech news this month. As I suspected, privacy and security remain a very hot topic in NPTech and in the general tech zeitgeist. The action spearheaded a flood of nearly 100,000 phone calls and almost 200,000 emails to policymakers. Do you have any NPTech news items you'd like to add?

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