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Youth Programs Featured in TechSoup Global’s Local Impact Map

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TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured IT to further their missions. Orphans Getting an Elite Education in India. Something as basic as a laptop is a lifeline to a child who is isolated on a cancer ward.

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Youth Programs Featured in TechSoup Global’s Local Impact Map

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TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what lots of nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured-IT to further their missions. Orphans Getting an Elite Education in India. Something as basic as a laptop is a lifeline to a child who is isolated on a cancer ward.

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The State of the Internet 2014

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Global Internet adoption growth is actually slowing compared to previous years. The high Internet growth countries are now India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Mexico, and Philippines. Global mobile data traffic is up 81% from the previous year. The user base for laptops is 789 million, and an additional 743 million for desktop computers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I learned new things, especially from my social entrepreneur peers and other nontraditional attendees like the Young Global Leaders and the Tech Pioneers (the Forum invites a handful of new tech company founders to attend). China and India were big topics of this Forum. We danced at the India party. We ate fondue.

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TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative: You’ve Come A Long Way Baby

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At the time, we had a very limited selection of offers, comprised only of desktops and laptops, most of which had Pentium III processors (you get the idea). They’re urging everyone to donate their discarded laptops to InterConnection as part of this work. Refurbished Computers in the TechSoup Global Network.

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A View of the Cloud from Brazil

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During the month of October, join TechSoup.org and the TechSoup Global Network for our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign. He is also currently the country manager for the One Laptop per Child Project. It is one of the rapidly emerging " BRIC " economies, along with Russia, India and China.

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Afraid of the Office? Top 3 Keys To Make Your Association a Kick-ass Place to Work According to History

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In the mid-19th Century, the East India Company needed a physical space to store their piles and piles of ledgers, forms and other important artifacts that managed their transactions all over the world. One disgruntled employee even diarized his distaste for the East India Company when it did away with the “yearly turtle feast.”

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