Application Japan Money Phone 
Amy Sample Ward
JANUARY 20, 2012
A similar example is that of an Atlanta city councilman who chose to post a message to Twitter asking for a medic to respond to an unconscious woman on the street rather than to dial 911 when his mobile phone battery was very low. Maybe it isn’t even money, but feedback or advice, maybe an introduction or volunteer time.
Tech Soup
OCTOBER 10, 2011
Before the cloud, if you wanted to build a web application (a program that you get to through a browser — Facebook is a good example) you would get yourself a server which would run your application. When people call in, your customer service rep has to answer the phone and deal with the person's question.
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Tech Soup
MAY 13, 2011
” Nonprofits once limited to raising money through cookie sales, charity balls, and foundation grants now have access to almost limitless fundraising streams with new technology platforms, micro-funding models, and evolving culture of giving. ” Globally, people have more access to phones than the Internet.
Tech Soup
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
This time I’ll review the Nominet Trust 100 nominations for the very best technologies for social good, the big TechSoup/ Guardian Technology for Good Report, The soft launch of Hacker Helper, a new free service that sends money over email, the world’s most popular websites, and two new Netflix style subscription services for eBooks.
Tech Soup
AUGUST 9, 2011
Thousands of people - with the aid of their computers, mobile phones, and online applications - were able to do important work to save lives and bring resources where they were badly needed, without needing to travel. A great example of crowdsourcing is Voluntweeters. One of the main ones that anchors this work is Ushahidi.
The Modern Nonprofit
AUGUST 17, 2021
Two-factor authentication requires you to verify your identity not just with a username and password, but also with something that you have on you, like your cell phone. Especially with email, financial accounts, document management and database applications, and linked accounts, such as Facebook. SIMs get hacked and phones get stolen.
Have Fun - Do Good
DECEMBER 7, 2010
We're plugged into our phones. Do they have to fill out an application, go through training? I have them in Japan, and I have them in Germany. We're plugged into our phones. Photo by Rob de la Cretaz "We're so busy. We walk down the street. We're listening to our iPods. We're looking down at our BlackBerries.
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