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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. Mobile Access 2010 Pew Internet and American Life Project). In reality, when planning a mobile web strategy, you should consider the following factors: I.

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Nonprofit Tech 2.0 iPhone App :: Version 2.0!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

How we look back and chuckle at our dial-up Internet days is similar I think to how we’ll look back at these first generation do-it-yourself iPhone Apps. 4) Android has surpassed iPhone in sales, and Blackberry has a larger marketshare than iPhones, but as this fun and colorful iconographic demonstrates, 99.4%

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Social Media is Going Mobile, and So Should Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As the Web goes mobile , so does social media… and so should your nonprofit. If there is one thing I have learned over ten years of using the Internet for fundraising and social change, those nonprofits that can embrace change quickly, empower their visionaries, and adopt new Web trends, reap the benefits of being early adopters.

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My iPhone 3G

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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. In general, the phone actually works quite well. But driving down the highway, listening to my favorite Pandora stations is the best thing since sliced bread.

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A Field Guide to Mobile Payments

Tech Soup

In Africa, however, NFC and other mobile payment systems have been quite popular as they don't require bank accounts or Internet access. Here are a few tools we recommend: PayAnywhere (Android, BlackBerry, iOS) is a mobile and web-based payment processing service that lets you accept donations from just about anywhere.

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Accept Donations On-the-Go with Sage Mobile Payments

Tech Soup

400+ devices are supported, including iPhone3, iPhone4, iPad, Droid, and BlackBerry. Sage Mobile Payments also provides access to a web interface for securely entering credit card data from a computer with Internet access. Here’s how it works: An optional card reader plugs into your mobile device’s audio jack.

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Losing Mobile Users? Easy Mobile-Website Builder Can Help You: New TechSoup Program

Tech Soup

With an exponential increase in people accessing the Internet on mobile devices, the nonprofits, charities, and libraries that don't have a website optimized for mobile devices or that haven't created a separate mobile website risk irritating — or losing — their supporters. Ever experienced this on a smartphone or tablet?

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