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Mobile, Voice-Operated Everything, and Security, Oh My! Top Nonprofit Tech for 2016

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While that's not earth shattering, it is native for mobile and computers both, and it reduces our reliance on our overburdened email. Probably the most amusing mobile story of 2016 was the overnight success of the Nintendo Pokémon Go scavenger hunt mobile app and how nonprofits attempted to use it for a hot minute.

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iFixit’s Basic Phone Repairs that Most of Us Can Do

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In the last 10 years, iron ore production has increased by 180%, cobalt by 165%, and lithium by 125%. Do you have a gadget repair story? greentech PC refurbishment mobile phone repair reuse smartphones iFixit' The demand for quicker, thinner gadgets has also increased the demand for raw materials. Images: iFixit.

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Interview with Jodie Van Horn of Freedom from Oil and Plug-in Bay Area

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When this program sprang up, Rainforest Action Network, had been involved in campaigns surrounding the crushing of the EV1 a decade ago, which happened here in California -- with the car mandate -- many people have now seen Who Killed The Electric Car , and it goes into explaining that story quite well.