Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The legacy of this situation "poisoned the whole notion of volunteering in Russia for many years.". During the Putin years, charities faced many hardships and crackdowns by government authorities, but the past decade has also seen the growth of a middle class as well as the birth of an ultra-rich class and the foundation sector.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

It is one of the rapidly emerging " BRIC " economies, along with Russia, India and China. The plan is called Plano Nacional de Banda Larga (PNBL) and one of the possibilities being discussed is for the Brazilian government to use Telebras, a state owned company, to become a provider of broadband services.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 26, 2015

So far, Metro4All has apps for 14 cities in Russia and other countries in Europe. It is now a diverse international group with team members in Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, and the U.S. Tech for good often knows no geopolitical boundaries. So far, their attempts to work with government transportation authorities have failed.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2013

I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends with its handy infographic so you can see how right (or wrong) I am about this year's tech trends. The leaders in adoption are China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Brazil, and Mexico. Now, here's the latest.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2015

It caused a social media furor, and the Iranian government released Tavakoli for a time. Keyes notes some early examples of how the Movements.org crowdsourcing model is working: Activists in Russia connecting with a songwriter in New York to compose a catchy song for their cause.

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