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NpTech Tag: Roundups from and about Facebook and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Many blogs, like the Razoo blog , went red on Thursday as part of Free Burma: International Bloggers Day. Michelle Murrain adds that she won't sign up until the content is more compelling and the social graph is open. Second Life Ruby has an update on the demonstrations occurring in Second Life in support of Burma.

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Day 1: Connecting Up Conference: Brisbane, Australia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What if we were to audio and video record interviews with politicians and put them on the web? Six Degrees of Separatio: Cult of celebrity, user-generated content, online giving, and social networking. Disaster Relief: Described their efforts for Tsunami and Katrina and mentioned efforts for Burma and China.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In this photo, Tyler is listening to a book from Bookshare.org on his school's laptop with the assistance of the Kurzweil 3000 audio software. We've also had major efforts in Burma, Sri Lanka and Guatemala, to name a few; efforts we expect to continue this year. We work with human rights groups all over the world.

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. Susan Pointer: Majority of our advertising is contextual – the search you made and the content on the page. People put content online that they want to share but you can’t get to it. We hold IP addresses, and not users.

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