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Microsoft's Ecohero: How Sean Nicholson Is Saving the Earth

Tech Soup

Access to the Internet and computers is still a serious issue for most people in the developing world and even the U.S. do not own a computer yet, though most jobs are posted online, and many teachers are now assigning homework and having children do it online. Nearly half of the lowest-income families in the U.S.

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Why Building Resilient Networks Matter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They had no internet access and – most distressingly for me – no phone service at all. This puts New York City’s economic disparity on par with places like Sierra Leone or Namibia. The couple left their home on a barrier island off Long Island and evacuated inland. They lost power, heat, and light. They could not cook.

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