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12 Early Adopters of the.NGO and.ONG Domains

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Mission: To ensure corporations respect human rights in their global operations. Mission: To foster peace among young adults through the arts in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina. Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. Mission: To restore Kenyan highland forests and elevate the discussion on sustainability.

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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

Tech Soup

The goal was to find the best web or mobile ideas for social projects in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. Three project winners were chosen from each country: From Bosnia and Herzegovina: Centar 72 aims to solve community problems within 72 hours. This online reporting system is both a website and mobile app.

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The Future of Fundraising, Part Two

Tech Soup

Globally, 34 percent of people report owning smartphones. Online video consumption rates are now as high as television viewer rates globally. which means "enough," began online and moved offline to solidify a movement to create a better Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Growth in Smartphones and Social Media.

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

Tech Soup

Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) is a global-wide community of hackers and social leaders with the common goal of building open technology for a better world. Microsoft's International Women's Hackathon challenged female developers to combat issues like human trafficking through new mobile apps and web programs.

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

Tech Soup

This month the news is about WiFi embedded in a magazine, Braille smartphones, ultramobile devices, innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the mobile app of the month. Of course mobile phone payments are not new.

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

Tech Soup

All that and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month. We are testing it out at hackathons this month in San Francisco and also in Sarajevo in Bosnia. It covers 10 topics including humanitarian uses of drones: • Mobile and cell phones • New uses for TV and radio. TechSoup Technologies for Good.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

Tech Soup

TechSoup Global donation partner, Cisco , is starting to talk about an alternative to cloud computing, the paradigm that relies on huge data centers to do all our processing. The reason why The Fog is emerging is because of the amount of data overwhelming our 3G and 4G mobile networks. They’re calling it The Fog.

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