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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

How can we use technology in a new way to improve people’s lives that is an order of magnitude better? Can we help stimulate the creation of far more technology-for-good ventures? Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice.

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Bookshare Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary at Google

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Bookshare, Benetech’s pioneering digital library for people with print disabilities, celebrated its 10th birthday last night with a terrific party that was attended by many of our long-time friends and supporters. As a result, we quickly became the largest online library for people with print disabilities. said Stevie. Thanks Stevie!

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Who's Responsible for the Digital Divide? The Answer May Surprise You

Tech Soup

A version of this post originally appeared on the TechSoup for Libraries blog. This raises some interesting questions for how nonprofits and libraries talk about the digital divide and how they advocate for public access technology and technology skills development. What About Nonprofits and Libraries?

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Mobile for Good: Earth Month Edition

Tech Soup

To celebrate, I've rounded up some of the latest news in green mobile technology news. One of the features is a new lens blur mode, which lets you play with the depth of field in your photos (you can find a similar feature on Instagram). Happy Earth Month! As always, I'll also cover other mobile news and trends. Images: iFixit.

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Computer Refurbishment and Accessibility

Tech Soup

The first time I really "got" the power of accessible technology (AT) to improve the lives of people with disabilities was when I saw the PBS documentary Freedom Machines. This simply means that disabled people often have little money and can't afford the assistive technology that would greatly enhance their lives.

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Back to School at TechSoup

Tech Soup

For nonprofits, libraries, and their constituents, education is essential to keep knowledge and skills up to date. Whether you're educating yourself or your staff, or teaching others technical skills, we can help you stay up-to-date on the latest technology, fundraising tools, or development strategies. Photo: phonakins.

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Associated Recreation Council of Seattle: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

Tech Soup

Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. We worked with Young Pham, ARC’s technology support person. It will also be used for digital literacy classes, and perhaps for ESL classes. Image: Young Pham of ARC, photo by Charles Brennick.

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