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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

Tech Soup

" The ruling establishes that a search engine such as Google must be regarded as a "data controller" under the data protection laws in those EU countries where it operates. Disaster Relief in Eastern Europe. Images: Image one: Fog & The Bridge: Mohit Hingorani / CC BY. Image four: Trag Foundation.

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Why Are Charity Mobile Phone Donation Programs Going Extinct?

Tech Soup

TechSoup has long sent our old phones to the 911 Cell Phone Bank , a nonprofit that provides emergency cell phones and funds to meet the unexpected and urgent needs of law enforcement and disaster victims. Amazon Electronics Trade-In Store. They distribute about 1,000 emergency phones a month to those who need them.

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The Bots are Here: Leading With Our Humanity in the Age of Automation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The conversation with Yeshi is “smart,” meaning that she asks and answers questions with a variety of images, maps, text, and videos. Amazon and Netflix use algorithms to manipulate our choices of books and movies. The bot funnels supporters to different options on the lower rungs of the ladder of engagement. .

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Grave Work

Non Profit Quarterly

It traverses the slum’s territory, listlessly gliding above the shanties, perhaps to transmit images to the Military Police Operations Centre, a violent state apparatus that mercilessly represses the slum’s inhabitants. 1 The worker remains unaware of what is taking place above them, just as they remain unaware of the purpose of their work.

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