Tech Soup
JUNE 18, 2013
Hylton Villet, the chairman of MyDigitalBridge in Namibia. and was completely surprised at how African projects like MyDigitalBridge are getting low-cost Internet to low-income people in a mostly rural country. Namibia is a medium-sized country that borders South Africa. like Connect2Compete. Citizen Connect.
ASU Lodestar Center
JULY 10, 2013
Sadly, slacktivism – actions performed via the Internet in support of a political or social cause but regarded as requiring little time or involvement ( courtesy of the Oxford Dictionary ) – is the popular avenue of support when it comes to contemporary activism. Five minutes and you’ve done your good for the day.
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Tech Soup
DECEMBER 2, 2014
Access to the Internet and computers is still a serious issue for most people in the developing world and even the U.S. This interest may have been kindled when he was an ICT advisor to the government of Namibia before he came to Microsoft. It's Not Just About the Environment. Nearly half of the lowest-income families in the U.S.
Tech Soup
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
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. Big Data and the Internet of Things. Like my colleague Jane Zhang at TechSoup Canada , I pegged the Internet of Things (IoT) as something to watch this year.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 13, 2012
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. The couple left their home on a barrier island off Long Island and evacuated inland. They lost power, heat, and light. They could not cook.
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