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A Field Guide to Mobile Payments

Tech Soup

Google was an early adopter of the technology, including it in its Nexus handsets and Android operating systems. 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. Also, one major U.S. Further Reading.

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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 Nonprofit Report.

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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 phone interface is great, visual voicemail rocks, reading email is really good, and surfing the web is decent – way better than on a blackberry. by Apple, which is a mixed bag.

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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. PayAnywhere (Android, BlackBerry, iOS) is a mobile and web-based payment processing service that lets you accept donations from just about anywhere. These mobile tools help you fundraise on-the-go. to your phone or tablet.

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More good news from Google: Open Handset Alliance

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

We hope that this will spur development for more social applications and mashups as well as better distribution of these applications worldwide. I’ll be watching the Open Handset Alliance, and wondering when I can replace my Blackberry with an open phone. { This is big.

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Cool App Roundup: Disaster and Emergency Edition

Tech Soup

The FEMA app is available in the Android marketplace , with iPhone and Blackberry versions coming soon. The app was developed on the Windows Azure platform, a cloud-based platform for building and hosting web applications. The WISER mobile app is available for Apple, Windows, Blackberry and Palm devices.

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

NTEN

When a potential donor sends a text message to this number, however, your nifty automated system would forward this message directly to your staff, or if you can afford it, to a call center. You can ask for donations using exactly the same system that you ask for money on your web site: via a big red “Donate Now” button. Charge $1.99

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