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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. My 14-year-old son Jimmy had installed some new software, against my express wishes to not install random software from the Internet (still a good idea!).

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A Review of the Guardian ACTIVATE Summit in London

Tech Soup

by Dinesh Venkateswaran, Manager - Global Data Acquisitions, TechSoup Global. Guardian’s ACTIVATE is an annual conference that aims to bring together leaders in media, government and technology to a ctivatedly. This time on June 22 at King’s Place in London, ACTIVATE’s. ” Ken. On the core.

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7 Things That Social Media Will Enhance

NCE Social Media

Empowerment of niches communities and small businesses – It used to be that only in a city someone could find others with a shared interest in an area outside of popular culture. In addition, these small groups will be able to gain an increasing amount of social capital and influence if their activities become viral.

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Microsoft’s Networked Approach To Accelerating Social Change Through Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ed Granger-Happ, Nethope; Claire Bonilla, Disaster Response Microsoft; Daniel Ben-Horin, TechSoup Global, Vida Durant, CARE USA. After lunch, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO gave his perspective on the company’s philanthropy and corporate citizen activities and answered questions. View more presentations from Akhtarbad.

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Shouldn’t the Word Phone Be Removed from Mobile? The Use of the Mobile by Nonprofits for Development

Tech Soup

in the developing world where access to the Internet may not be very. landlines to focus on developing the use of mobiles and the mobile Internet. Though the list above includes mobile Internet-related services, some of the. It must be noted that according to the ITU , Internet user penetration has reached approximately 9.6%

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

Tech Soup

It processes and vets applications from nonprofit organizations interested in getting going on mobile fundraising activities. In the midst of a pivotal moment in patient engagement and empowerment, our microphone has been turned off. They are working on ways to harness these microbes to power Internet of Things type sensors.

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Changing the World: TechSoup's Newest Global Partner

Tech Soup

But first, some context: Let's start with a volatile mix of Syrian refugees, border conflicts paired with complicated politics , protests, Internet censorship, and a youth unemployment rate of 20 percent. We've got some exciting news. Technology uptake has flourished in Turkey in the past 20 years.

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