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

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They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. African countries are the primary users of mobile banking and a hotbed of innovation in this field like the Safaricom M-PESA mobile payment system in Kenya. NPTech Innovation in Eastern Europe.

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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. mobile payment system in Kenya that allows people there to text each other money. It’s still not as good a deal as your trusty local library. Hacker Helper is currently in beta. Sending Money By Email. Oyster costs $9.95

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

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The case went through the European court system and he won the case. Team Confufish Royale from Australia developed an app called Foodbank Local that allows businesses to easily donate excess food. The case originated in Spain where a man there filed a complaint arguing that Google's search results infringed on his privacy.

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2013

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They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. African countries are the primary users of mobile banking and a hotbed of innovation in this field like the Safaricom M-PESA mobile payment system in Kenya. NPTech Innovation in Eastern Europe.

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