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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. 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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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

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Microsoft's International Women's Hackathon challenged female developers to combat issues like human trafficking through new mobile apps and web programs. AT&T is very active in the hackthon space, holding weekend events for mobile app creation. Image credit: Hackathon, hackNY. The ReStart Challenges.

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

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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. The images are called pins and collections are called.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

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The reason why The Fog is emerging is because of the amount of data overwhelming our 3G and 4G mobile networks. Team Confufish Royale from Australia developed an app called Foodbank Local that allows businesses to easily donate excess food. Images: Image one: Fog & The Bridge: Mohit Hingorani / CC BY.

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

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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 April 2013

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This month the news is about ultramobile devices, NPTech innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, online fundraising trends, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the environmental mobile app of the month in honor or Earth Day 2013. Digital Wallets.

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