Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 16, 2010

Benetech is committed to developing technology for underserved communities that can reap big benefits from improved access to information. The new Miradi 3 release offers a powerful work planning interface that lets users forecast expenses, develop budgets, and export project data to donor reports.

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Norway Conservancy Sweden Software 133

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 24, 2009

Working from this premise, this travel documentary project seeks to answer the question: How is global social change made where media, technology and creative people meet? Other key questions include: How is community-based innovation related to economic development? And of course, you can just write to say hello, too!

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Norway Europe Storytelling Widget 123

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2010

In the morning, I attended a session put on by the Young Global Leaders with six interesting proposals. James Moody of Australia’s national research organization was talking about an idea of a humanitarian license for patents that has been floated by the YGL community. Today was an example of this.

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South Africa Bangladesh Norway Africa 165

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 13, 2011

Though the social networking behemoth continues creeping toward 700 million global users, six million Americans quit the site in the month of May. Norway, and Russia, while most of its gains came in countries in the developing world, including Mexico and India." That's the first time Facebook has lost U.S.

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Web Norway Russia Mexico 114