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Ushahidi BRCK: Bringing Internet to the Developing World

Tech Soup

Here’s some news on a now famous NetSquared alumnus project. Ushahidi was a NetSquared Mashup Challenge winner in the fabled 2008 Netsquared conference in Santa Clara, California. Ushahidi was a NetSquared Mashup Challenge winner in the fabled 2008 Netsquared conference in Santa Clara, California.

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How the NetSquared Challenges Have Accelerated Tech for Good

Tech Soup

The NetSquared Challenges Foster Tech Innovation. Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008. TechSoup partnered with agencies like USAID and tech companies like Microsoft and Yahoo to host these "tech for good" challenges annually via our NetSquared program.

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News from NetSquared: Case Studies, Microsoft Development Challenge, and N2Y4 Registration Open!

Tech Soup

TechSoup Global's NetSquared project is doing some amazing work, particularly on the use of mobile technologies and social change around the world. Here's a quick snapshot of some of the projects they're working on now: Case studies: Amy Sample Ward has posted the first in a series of NetSquared case studies on their site.

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Social Actions API, Semantic Web, and Linked Open Data: An Interview with Peter Deitz

Tech Soup

This post originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog and was authored by Amy Sample Ward. Peter Deitz is a long-time member and contributor in the NetSquared (and TechSoup) community; he started the NetSquared Montreal group and his Social Actions project was a winner in the 2008 N2Y3 Mashup Challenge.

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NpTech Tag Summary: The Faces of NetSquared Champions and NpTech Power of Ten Summary

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Face (book) of NetSquared Champions. The NetSquared Conference is just days away and the NetSquared blogs are buzzing with activity! Not attending the NetSquared Conference but want to follow the tag stream? " Alan Rosenblatt, Internet Advocacy Center , has a thoughtful post on the NTEN Blog, When Campagin 2.0

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Ushahidi's Next Steps

Tech Soup

We've discussed Ushahidi here before; the project won last year's NetSquared Mashup Challenge. Tags: Digital Divide Online Activism Software Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 In short, Ushahidi aggregates information from text messages and other media, presenting a clearer picture of a crisis situation as it emerges.

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Ushahidi Develops Innovative Tools for Nonprofits and Others Working to Benefit the Public

Tech Soup

During the early days of our Netsquared project , we held big annual conferences to showcase and fund innovative tech for good. We got to know Ushahidi's work when it entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May of 2008. I was there that year and the competition was intense.

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