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How can nonprofits leverage mobile technology for greater mission impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

According to Pew Research Center, a whopping 96 percent of Americans now own a cell phone, and the share that own smartphones is now 81 percent—up from just 35 percent in 2011. Roughly one in five Americans have abandoned broadband Internet altogether and now exclusively use their mobile device. Responsive Website. SMS & MMS.

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The Year in Review: The Best Tech Stories of 2015

Byte Technology

T-Mobile, Sprint, AT&T and Verizon each debuted some startling changes that made plans cheaper and better by cutting the clutter of fees and equipment charges and going for flat-rate pricing. The newest version of your favorite phone may go up a little, but you’ll recoup any up front loss in the long run.

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Smartphone Security: How To Erase SD Cards

Tech Soup

They hold our photos, music, videos and apps. First I fear I need to get a little geeky to explain that there are actually two types of memory or storage on mobile devices that store your information whether the device is on or off. If you get a new phone and want to recycle the old one, it’s wise to erase this internal storage.

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Happy, Healthy Nonprofit: To Get a Good Night’s Sleep – Don’t Sleep with Your iPhone

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One surefire way to ruin your sleep is to use your mobile phone as an alarm clock. According to scientific research , reading a tablet or mobile phone with its backlit display in bed can make it harder to fall asleep and your sleep won’t be as rejuvenating. I don’t.

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The Environmental Case for Remanufactured IT

Tech Soup

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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Cool App Roundup: Library Edition

Tech Soup

creating standalone apps or a mobile-friendly website and library. use apps and mobile technology. Smart mobile devices usually include a camera, location-aware GPS, a barcode. For example: North Carolina State University's Red, White & Black. Mobile tour users can then. the university library archives.

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Environmental Case for Refurbished IT Equipment

Tech Soup

Half the Periodic Table in That PC or Mobile Phone. The University of Illinois Sustainable Electronics Initiative estimates that each PC or mobile phone contains about half the periodic table. The green argument for electronics reuse goes beyond Williams and Kuehr, however. How Much Does Reuse Save?

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