Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2013

The second blog post looked at our growing Bookshare Spanish-language program. Now another important aspect of our strategy for enhancing Bookshare’s new language capabilities is developing the capacity to handle non-European scripts and languages so that the content may be presented in its original form in our members’ native languages.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Our team has been thinking hard about scaling positive social impact of technology work. So, we’re creating a new place where techies can find social tech applications that resonate with their personal passion for change! I hope you’ll join us in growing this movement, and seeing that technology fully serves all of humanity!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 1, 2010

after my first visit to the country of Qatar. The government of Qatar hosted the conference, and underwrote travel and accommodation. My proposal was on ensuring that all of humanity benefits from the incredible knowledge and technology. I’m on the plane heading back to the U.S. Mada means "horizon" in Arabic.

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