Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2014

To celebrate, I've rounded up some of the latest news in green mobile technology news. 11,000 were laptops. eCycle Best concluded that American consumers seem to be getting wiser about throwing away phones, tablets, and laptops. Images: iFixit. Happy Earth Month! Let's dig in! iFixit and Fairphone.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

As smartphones mature, we’re doing more on them and less on our laptops. Microsoft with its Surface line of tablets that are a hybrid of laptops and tablets, is working hard to transform tablets from personal entertainment devices to business productivity machines. It is free on new iPads and iPhones.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2016

Most of the processing power needed to run cloud-based applications is online rather than on an individual computer or on-site server; therefore, your data can be viewed as quickly on a hundred-dollar desktop as on a high-end laptop. This reduces dependency on limited IT resources, freeing up employees to focus more on their core objectives.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2013

The green argument for electronics reuse goes beyond Williams and Kuehr, however. Paul Hawkin, in his book, Natural Capitalism , finds that the volume of material that goes into manufacturing a laptop is 4,000 to 1. When you discard a 5 pound laptop you are also throwing away the 20,000 pounds of raw materials it took to make it.

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2015

I'm happy to announce that one of our winning 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest submissions is TechSoup member Boulder Food Rescue , an organization working to eliminate food waste in its community and across the country. Images: Boulder Food Rescue. You might think you'd never do that. America: A Wasteland of Plenty.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Tablet sales are up 53% while laptop and desktop computers are down 11% from the previous year. Green Technology. Social Misfits Media and Aegis Media in the UK have just launched a new free online social media guide for charities to help relieve our perplexity. I like their new free publication, Cloud Computing for Nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Patrons can also bring their own laptops and tablets and use the library's free WiFi. First image: Joy Neal. Second image: Lane Fernando. Like most libraries, La Conner Library provides public access computers to patrons to use however they wish.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Patrons can also bring their own laptops and tablets and use the library's free WiFi. image: by Charles Brennick of Joy Neal and Lane Fernando. Like most libraries, La Conner Library provides public access computers to patrons to use however they wish.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

I've packed everything except for my laptop, the wireless router, all seven Avett Brothers CDs, and the beloved coffeemaker. I routinely bookmark and comment on environmental news, green blogs, and stories about sustainability and alternative energy technology. You've experimented with quite a few Web 2.0/Social Stop: Hammer-Time!

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 30, 2022

According to the study, “a nonprofit brand is most powerful when the organization’s internal identity and external image are aligned with each other and with its values and mission.”. Green and brown are often used for wildlife and nature nonprofits. Interesting hero and feature images can pull a reader into the page.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

Besides the latest and greatest smartphones and tablets, the conference is a forum for innovation, ranging from green technology to accessibility. For example, you can work on a document in the new Microsoft Office on your Windows 8 laptop, take a break, and then pick up where you left off on your Windows Phone. Mobile Green Tech.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

In case you haven’t heard of us, iFixit is the free repair manual for everything. Our goal is to teach everyone how to repair the stuff they own—whether it’s laptops , snowboards , toys , or clothes. Although we’ve been told otherwise, there is no such thing as a “green” cell phone or computer.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Windows MultiPoint Server is regarded as an energy-saving green technology. Hub devices used to connect users to a MultiPoint server can be USB hubs, traditional thin clients, multiport graphics cards, or even repurposed laptops or desktops. Feel free to share your experiences in the comments below. Image: Microsoft.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

We have certainly seen some examples of maps or charts that the user can interact with, but with the over saturation of static infographic images, 2014 and the plethora of tools emerging that make these options really easy, we will see more organizations using data for storytelling that users can watch, click on, and really explore.

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