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Why We're Blacking Out Sites: PIPA and SOPA

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Today, we're joining what is probably the largest online protest in history , by blacking out significant portions of the Benetech website, as well as our Martus and HRDAG human rights websites. We're not alone: far larger sites like Wikipedia and Google and hundreds of others (if not thousands). But, we're not for piracy.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Today, we are poised at a moment in time where we can transcend the limitations of past book technologies and bring the power of books to all humans. However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock. Love of the print book. And, the U.S.

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My Latest President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

She holds a master’s degree in Political Sciences, Public Law and Contemporary History from University of Konstanz, Germany. He’s working on the new Bookaccess program – and he’s working on Benetech’s larger mission – “Raising the Floor,” a phrase that refers to making technology accessible to all. She's been hooked ever since.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You may be wondering whether copyright laws and remix culture are at odds with one another. Wikipedia , the online open-community encyclopedia, is the most well known. is the term for the technologies and business practices that liberate the workforce from the constraints of legacy communication and productivity tools like email.

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NpTech Tag: People Behind Tags, NpTech Timeline, Twitter, and More Widgets

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This is one of several powerpoint presentations now archived in SlideShare and also included in a NpTech History wiki (anyone can join and contribute.). technologies. Britt Bravo asks us to encourage people we know working on a social impact technology project to nominate their project for Netsquared Innovation Fund Award.

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