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Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Resources

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Visit the Center for Digital Philanthropy's Hurricane Sandy Relief page to learn about more efforts underway from organizations around the world. Digital Volunteerism – Effective Disaster Relief the GreenTech Way. The Cell Phone Solution: Easy Emergency Preparedness for Nonprofits.

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Update from CDI Mobile Telecentre and How You Can Help

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Earlier this week , we told you about TechSoup partner CDI Chile 's plan to restore connectivity to Chilean NGOs. Today, the telecentre is in Lota , one of the poorest cities and Chile and one of the communities hit worst by the earthquake. Skype has made an in-kind donation, allowing CDI to let people make free Skype-to-phone calls.

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Don’t Be Fooled by Abstract Jargon: Internet Governance and ICT Policy

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Trends in mobile phones , social media , cloud computing , open data , e-government and e-governance , new applications, and open and developing Internet standards have increased the importance of ICT to multiple actors, which include CSOs. Net neutrality has been enshrined in law in the Netherlands and Chile. Not convinced yet?

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

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region in southern China is the poster child of digital dumps and bad electronics recycling. We dispose of over 130 million cell phones every year of which 11 percent are recycled. About half of all people in Africa own mobile phones. Africa now has more mobile phone users than either the U.S. or Latin America.