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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

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The goal was to find the best web or mobile ideas for social projects in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. And the Winners Are… After a few weeks of coding, sourcing ideas, and testing public interest, the projects were again open to the public for voting.

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

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For example, Victoria Walker, an 11-year-old from California, designed Rode Dog , a clever app designed to stop texting and driving. The Digital Public Library of America held a hackathon to test the prototype DPLA platform and build apps for it. For example, one of the projects presented was called "Netflix at My Library."

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

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We are testing it out at hackathons this month in San Francisco and also in Sarajevo in Bosnia. Examples of NT100 projects include: Witness , the Peter Gabriel-founded watchdog charity which uses online videos call attention to human rights abuses. Hacker Helper is currently in beta.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

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Microsoft's new Surface Pro is an example of this type of new type of device. CNN Money: 5 pay-by-phone apps tested. " These are lightweight (one-to-two pound), full-function mobile devices, typically with keyboards and trackpads. I'm just wondering how they're different from today's PCs?

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2013

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Microsoft's new Surface Pro is an example of this type of new type of device. CNN Money: 5 pay-by-phone apps tested. " These are lightweight (one-to-two pound), full-function mobile devices, typically with keyboards and trackpads. I'm just wondering how they're different from today's PCs?

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