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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

Tech Soup

We are testing it out at hackathons this month in San Francisco and also in Sarajevo in Bosnia. This actually sounds too good to be true. Netflix for E-books. There are two new e-book subscription services. Hacker Helper is currently in beta. After that we hope lots of people will contribute content to it. All Things D.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

Tech Soup

The Team Omni-Hearing Solution from Taiwan developed a combination solution consisting of: a smartphone app to replace a traditional hearing aid; a cloud service to identify the nature of hearing problems; and a sound processing technology to enhance the quality of all forms of vocal communication. Very sophisticated for a student team.

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Solutionary Women: Heddy Nam

Have Fun - Do Good

It was founded in 2001 by a group of college students from all over the world who wanted to ensure that “Never Again” became a reality rather than a rhetorical sound bite. Later, they learned that it happened again and again – in the cases of Cambodia, Bosnia and Rwanda - and it was still happening but nobody was doing anything about it.

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