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Mobile-First Still Matters

Forum One

Mobile-first” became a major topic for websites when Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, popularized the idea in 2010 at the Mobile World Congress. While it’s been over a decade since this idea was first introduced, mobile-first still matters today. As the years pass, cell phones will remain an ever-growing way to access the internet.

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The State of the Internet 2014

Tech Soup

The high Internet growth countries are now India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Mexico, and Philippines. Mobile: we’re watching much more of our video (nearly 25%) now on our smartphones. Global mobile data traffic is up 81% from the previous year. One of the most interesting findings is how technology is getting less expensive.

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5 Ways To Expand Financial Inclusion For The World’s Poor

Global Giving

In celebration of the occasion of getting to meet this huge hero of mine, I’ve outlined five ways that companies, institutions, and nonprofits can harness technological innovations to advance financial inclusion and empower the world’s most vulnerable people: 1. Mobile payments to alleviate extreme poverty. 1,171,000,000.

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Unlocking Data for Philanthropy: Notes from Global Philanthropy Forum Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On demand access to trusted information for every realm of decision-making is available, and yet for all the technology progress – many in our social sector find ourselves at loss. For example, they have some predictable analytics on how people use their mobile phones and this helps understand whether or not they have jobs.

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#4Change Chat Wrap-Up: Community Building

Amy Sample Ward

From @davidahood: I’d say you need someone who knows the issue inside and out (campaigner), someone who is a media and communications specialist, someone great with web, social media and other technology and someone to organise events and coordinate volunteers and engage directly with members of the community one on one (community organiser?).

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Nonprofit Technology News for June 2013

Tech Soup

It's time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news! 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. About 15 percent of all Internet traffic is now via mobile devices.

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