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Five Reasons Why Nonprofit Communicators Need Smartphones

Nonprofit Tech for Good

One in five Americans now access the Mobile Web daily. Smartphones are transforming the Internet and how individuals access the Web. Here are five reasons why: 1) To update social networking profiles on the go. This means nonprofits and their web communication strategies need to transform as well.

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Your Online Account Has Been Compromised — Now What?

Tech Soup

Although I was not able to immediately pinpoint how the breach occurred, I speculated it was via a laptop I had used earlier that day. I have an installed email program that accesses my Gmail via IMAP, and this contains an address book that may have been accessed via malware. Do a virus and malware scan.

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HOW TO: Launch a Group Text Messaging Campaign for Your Nonprofit for Free

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Nonprofits were the absolute first to utilize social networking sites. Nonprofits might also think that the Mobile Web is a somewhat abstract concept that they need to focus on in a year or two, but as of today one in five Americans now access the mobile web daily. They also send 2.5 The Mobile Web is not the Next Big Thing.

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Be a Tech Road Warrior: Gadgets and Tools for Working While Traveling

Tech Soup

But then, your coworker calls and informs you that your donation page is broken, your organization's CRM just ate half of its entries, and the kitchen dishwasher is flooding… Guess you probably should pack along your laptop. You can access VoIP services from any location with a phone, mobile phone, or any Internet-connected device.

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Making a Case for Mobile Internet: Digital Inclusion at Philadelphia FIGHT

NTEN

If the goal is to work more productively and cost-effectively, nonprofits using a laptop or netbook and their own personal Wi-Fi network for use wherever and whenever they need it, have more options. Empower field staff with instant access to online databases. Provide community-based access points for your programs.

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Four Tips to Protect your Online Privacy

Care2

Many nonprofit campaigners were not surprised to learn that the government monitors average citizens'' private emails and their presence on social networks. While it won’t prevent the NSA from reading your emails or private social networking updates, these tips will help you better protect your privacy from the general public.

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Why Apps Are Green

Tech Soup

Most apps are games and entertainment, social networking tools (like Twitter), informational feeds for a specific topic area or a specific news source, or business and productivity tools like email that fits your particular devices' screen. Desktop computers and monitors use on average five times more electricity than laptops.

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