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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

It allows charities to get to your applications and files from virtually anywhere there is Internet on many kinds of devices - PCs, Macs, and mobile devices of various kinds. According TechSoup’s Global NGO Cloud Survey , cloud storage and back-up is one of the most useful cloud technologies out there. Big picure time.

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Microsoft's Ecohero: How Sean Nicholson Is Saving the Earth

Tech Soup

These programs are one big reason why refurbishment is now a significant part of the global recycling industry. Access to the Internet and computers is still a serious issue for most people in the developing world and even the U.S. MAR has morphed into a program to supply large commercial refurbishers; RRP is for smaller refurbishers.

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Why Building Resilient Networks Matter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They had no internet access and – most distressingly for me – no phone service at all. This puts New York City’s economic disparity on par with places like Sierra Leone or Namibia. Undoubtedly, the inequities in who bears the brunt of climate change will play out in similar ways on the larger global stage. They could not cook.

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