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Does the Used IT Market Have a Future?

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During the intervening two years, we have entered the “post-PC” era in which laptop and desktop computers are being superseded by tablets, phones and other mobile devices. And indeed sales of new PCs and laptops are declining. This is an update of a TechSoup article we posted online in November 2011.

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TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative: You’ve Come A Long Way Baby

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In 2004 we published our Islands In The Wastestream study, which measured the demand for low-cost computers among U.S. At the time, we had a very limited selection of offers, comprised only of desktops and laptops, most of which had Pentium III processors (you get the idea). Refurbished Computers in the TechSoup Global Network.

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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

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Call us what you will, the International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that by 2015, a bit over 37 percent of the total global workforce will be made up of mobile workers. From 2005 to 2012, telework growth in charities has been 87 percent. As smartphones mature, we’re doing more on them and less on our laptops.

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Is the Used Computer Market Going Away?

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By "post-PC," Jobs meant essentially that computing and Internet use for both work and pleasure will no longer be dominated by PCs, but that there will be an array of smart devices including smartphones, tablet computers, smart TVs, laptops, and even sensing devices in our clothes and cars and other every day items.

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Our Much Improved Tech Support In TechSoup's Refurbished Computer Initiative

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In 2004 we published our Islands In The Wastestream study, which measured the demand for low-cost computers among U.S.-based They're urging everyone to donate their discarded laptops to InterConnection as part of this work. TechSoup Global has had a long association with PCRR. A Bit About How RCI Started.

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The Tech That Will Change 2016

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For 2014, our NPTech experts made strong predictions about charities doing more multi-channel marketing or going beyond email and direct mail into social media. According to research by Adobe, only 3 percent of people find charities by following social media links. Forty percent find charities through plain old web searches.

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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. It's a 40-page study that measures what's going on with nonprofit email, fundraising, social media, and mobile. Microsoft's new Surface Pro is an example of this type of new type of device.

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