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Comcast Internet Essentials - A Green Program to Bridge the Digital Divide

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this summer is the Comcast Internet Essentials Program. This new program is rolling out this month in 39 states offering $10 per month broadband Internet program to low-income families with children who are eligible to receive free school meals. Anyone interested in finding out more on this program can call 1-855-8-INTERNET.

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20+ Nonprofit Tools You Need to Get Your New Nonprofit Up and Running

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With Google Workspace you get: Gmail, Chat, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms, and many more tools, all for just $6 a month. You may feel like you are doing everything yourself, but at some point you will be collaborating with others on documents, and you will need Docs and Sheets.

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A View of the Cloud from Brazil

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Brazil is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, but the cost of broadband Internet is hobbling cloud adoption in the region. Its mission is to offer products and services that help telecenters become self-sustainable while providing low-cost public access to computers and the Internet.

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Why Should Nonprofits Care About Cloud Computing?

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Here is how the CyberOptic Group describes it: Essentially, cloud computing enables computer software and hardware resources to be accessed over the Internet without the need to have any detailed or specific knowledge of the infrastructure used to deliver the resources, much like a utility model.

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Free Tools for Keeping Website Trackers at Bay

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" Doc Searls, the author of "The Intention Economy" and the current lead of ProjectVRM at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, delivered the keynote at the event. DuckDuckGo is an Internet search engine that doesn't collect or share personal information. Who's Tracking Me?

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Twitter Hacking and Cloud Security

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This could happen to any nonprofit or company storing data this way. Do they do that with their employees' Google Doc passwords? Does anyone think to disable those employees' access to docs in the cloud? Tags: Physical Security Privacy Security Security Staff Training Using the Web and Internet.

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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

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To be able to telework, people usually need five things: a computer or tablet, broadband Internet, access to work email, access to work documents, and a phone. Nonprofits are adopting telework faster than most other types of organizations, including commercial companies. Telework and the Polar Vortex. The Almighty Smartphone.

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