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Mobile for Good: Fire Phone, Locking Down Data, and Services for the Homeless

Tech Soup

From apps to new devices to connected home objects that can be controlled with your phone, the market is saturated with all things mobile. For this month's column, I'm going to dissect the latest entry into the smartphone field: the Amazon Fire Phone. Amazon Fire Phone and the Internet of Things.

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How to Backup Your Windows Phone or Windows 8 Tablet

Tech Soup

We'll start with Windows devices, but posts on Android and iOS phones and tablets will come in the following weeks. Backing Up Windows Phone. Windows Phone 8 , Microsoft's next generation mobile operating system, has improved backup features from Windows 7. This 3G phone features a 4.1-inch

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Blame the Crowd, Not the Camera: Challenges to a New Open Photo Policy at the National Gallery

Museum 2.0

A swarm of cameras everywhere. Reading Michael''s posts carefully, it seems that the cameras are not the ultimate culprits. Cameras weaponize an already unwieldy mob of people. A scene like the one shown above is not just a mess because of the bevy of phones and cameras. You can''t not see their camera.

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What Will Happen When PCs and Mobile Phones Converge?

Tech Soup

He observes that smartphones have already effectively converged with digital cameras, GPS navigators, and MP3 players, making the ownership of those separate devices superfluous for most casual users of them. Most African and Latin American countries are on a completely different mobile phone infrastructure track.

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10 Tips For Thanking Your Donors With Video

Get Fully Funded

Nonprofits understand the importance of sending acknowledgement letters and making phone calls to thank their donors. Gather some kids around the camera and have them thank the donor personally. Have a system in place to know who, when, how and where donors will be thanked. Have some fun with it! Hang a big “Thank You!”

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New to TechSoup: CDI Tablets

Tech Soup

GHz processor, 2 GB RAM, 64 GB internal storage (up to 32 GB additional storage), a 3,880-mAh battery, and the Windows 8 Pro operating system. It features a display with Corning Gorilla Glass 2 and three cameras: a 2 MP front-facing camera, an 8 MP rear-facing camera, and a 720p HD front-facing webcam. operating system.

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How to Set Up an Event Live Stream

AccelEvents

Video and audio equipment are a must (even if they are through your phone), as well as an encoder, virtual event platform, and internet connection. . This is not like shooting a video on a video camera or on your phone. However, there are also virtual event platforms that can host live streams behind a paywall as well. .

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