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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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The Mobile Web: Consider the User

NTEN

Thirty-eight percent of American mobile phone users -- 120 million people -- access the web via their mobile device; fewer than 30 million are iPhones or Android phones. The growth of the mobile web will continue to be very rapid in the coming years -- and will have substantially more reach than iPhone or Android applications.

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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. Microsoft added NFC functionality in their mobile OS with Windows Phone 8 , as well as the Windows 8 operating system. Google Wallet is currently only supported on the Sprint Network.

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Cool App Roundup: Fundraising Edition

Tech Soup

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. Sage Mobile Payments (Android, BlackBerry, iOS) is another mobile payment service available through TechSoup. Apps that Incorporate Fundraising.

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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

Treesaver is a new open source web platform for publishing that uses the new HTML5 standard to create narrative experiences—with text, pictures and video. It works on any device that has a web browser. researchers suggest Apple could sell 25 million units in 2011 — or even their smart phone. The Nonprofit Report.

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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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