Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2017

If this equipment has a six- or seven-year lifespan rather than three or four years, the environmental impact for even a fraction of the billions of computers and mobile devices now in use in the world will be immense. The number of mobile devices (phones and tablets) in use in the world now exceeds the global population of 7.4

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2013

.” The article profiles the work of Alex Pang , a Stanford University technologist and author of the forthcoming book, “ Distraction Addiction.” ” (Note: I created a list.ly with some useful Zen Apps). ” Distraction by shiny objects is not new. Writing things in a notebook is entanglement!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2017

Is everyone sitting around the table, but only engaged on their mobile phones or laptops, checking email or looking at social feeds? One recent study at Stanford University determined staff were more creative when they were walking versus sitting and encouraged walking meetings for more innovation.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Half the Periodic Table in That PC or Mobile Phone. Paul Hawkin, in his book, Natural Capitalism , finds that the volume of material that goes into manufacturing a laptop is 4,000 to 1. When you discard a 5 pound laptop you are also throwing away the 20,000 pounds of raw materials it took to make it.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Look what I can do with my phone! Advances in mobile technology are significantly changing how we live and work. The average smartphone outperforms the laptop computer of the previous decade. It's true: the employees of tomorrow may not have laptops or PCs. You can follow Grant on Twitter: @geekbyte.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2013

Half the Periodic Table in That PC or Mobile Phone. Paul Hawkin, in his book, Natural Capitalism , finds that the volume of material that goes into manufacturing a laptop is 4,000 to 1. When you discard a 5 pound laptop you are also throwing away the 20,000 pounds of raw materials it took to make it. But I digress.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In this edition of nonprofit tech news, TechSoup shows new ways your nonprofit could harness mobile and killer apps in 2016! Now, it is looking like the emerging killer apps may be messaging apps that text directly to stakeholders' mobile phones. a-month phone service or home broadband — their choice.

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NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2011

These rules don't do enough to stop the phone and cable companies from dividing the Internet into fast and slow lanes, and they fail to protect wireless users from discrimination. No longer can you get to the same Internet via your mobile device as you can via your laptop.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Yaw Anokwa (2010), who, along with others from the University of Washington, created the Open Data Kit, enabling Android-powered smartphones to easily collect data in the field, like text, photos, video, audio, barcodes, and location.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

So, we assembled a research team at Arizona State University and set off on an ambitious research project to survey and interview volunteer managers across the U.S. With technology solutions, organizations were able to reach volunteers and clients who lived too far away or had other mobility issues. Reaching younger volunteers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Net2 ThinkTank gives up a round up of how Nonprofits and NGOs are Using Mobile Phones and SMS for Social Change. This post shows you how to jury rig a DIY periscope for your webcam if it is built into your laptop screen. This is useful if you want both broadcast AND use your laptop to take notes (or answer email).

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

There is also your new classification compliments of the BRIDGE Project, and the first universal software for micro finance, another free cloud service. It is a specialized cloud database to help nonprofits organizations manage their business, run programs, and maintain donor relationships from any browser and on mobile devices.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

This month the news is about ultramobile devices, NPTech innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, online fundraising trends, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the environmental mobile app of the month in honor or Earth Day 2013.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

The convergence of mobile, social, data, and wearable technologies means a lot of data about our preferences will be generated and that means we will have a more customized experience. She also cites the MOOCs being offered from Harvard, Yale, MIT, Columbia, Stanford and equally prestigious universities in other countries.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2021

People use their phones, laptops, and other devices for almost everything nowadays, including working remotely, online shopping, and staying connected with friends and family. This ensures you’re reaching out to real people who will see your messages instead of just a plethora of unused phone numbers and email addresses.

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