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7 Ways for Nonprofits to Use Mobile Phones to Rake in Cash Monies

NTEN

But what you may not have anticipated was that $41m of these dollars flowed through mobile phones via “premium text messages.” As it turns out, The Red Cross used but one of several common methods to generate revenue from mobile phone owners. Using this method, you’d similarly promote your designated fundraising phone number.

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A Field Guide to Mobile Payments

Tech Soup

This technology basically turns your phone into a credit card, allowing you to make payments by simply touching your phone to an authorized hub. Google was an early adopter of the technology, including it in its Nexus handsets and Android operating systems. Google Wallet is currently only supported on the Sprint Network.

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Cool App Roundup: Fundraising Edition

Tech Soup

It also uses the iPhone's notification system to alert you when you have a new donation. to your phone or tablet. PayAnywhere (Android, BlackBerry, iOS) is a mobile and web-based payment processing service that lets you accept donations from just about anywhere. PayAnywhere is available from TechSoup, as well. Charity Miles.

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More good news from Google: Open Handset Alliance

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

This means that anyone can hack their phones – and a raft of developers can create really interesting kinds of software for phones. Of course, the bottom line is that this makes it more likely that Google can get their ad platform onto phones. This is big. The SDK will be available later this month.

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My iPhone 3G

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I said: I will not be buying an iPhone until they sell an unlocked version that doesn’t need to be hacked to use third party applications. The iPhone 3G had some compelling features and 3rd party apps (like Pandora , which, I have to admit, is about 1/2 the reason I got the phone.) In general, the phone actually works quite well.

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A Better Way to Produce Nonprofit Annual Reports

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The same design and the same code works on PCs, Macs and Linux desktop computers or Apple, Android, and Blackberry smart phones and tablets like iPad or Samsung Galaxy Tab. Treesaver is significant for nonprofits because it combines important trends – open source software, web standards and mobile applications. The PDF is.

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Cool App Roundup: Disaster and Emergency Edition

Tech Soup

Once you've downloaded the app, all this information is accessible regardless of whether you have phone service or internet access during an emergency. The FEMA app is available in the Android marketplace , with iPhone and Blackberry versions coming soon. Using cell phones as tools for emergency preparedness.