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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

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Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. It will be a Braille phone and it is due to come out the end of this year at an affordable price ($185). The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology. Social Media.

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How Baby Boomers Use The Internet

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Image courtesy of Modern Senior. The frequency of online giving ballooned in 2013, increasing by 14% in 2013. 36% of adults over the age of 50 own a smart phone. Fundraising fundraising nonprofit nonprofit technology npTech social media technology' Pew Internet). WSL Strategic Retail). Pew Internet).

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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

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To be able to telework, people usually need five things: a computer or tablet, broadband Internet, access to work email, access to work documents, and a phone. The processing power of our mobile phones roughly doubles every 18 months as does storage capacity, as do Internet speeds with the advent of faster 4G and 4G LTE mobile networks.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

2013 was the year of an ever-widening NSA spying scandal with its revelations of how little digital privacy we really have – even heads of state. PCs aren’t going away, but mobile devices (phones and tablets) are flooding in to the nonprofit workplace. Social Media. A 2013 survey from The Millennial Impact.

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Six Things to Know in Nonprofit Technology News

Tech Soup

Why would a homeless person need a mobile phone? For one thing, phones allow them to look for work, housing, or medical help. Phones also provide a reliable contact method for people who have no permanent address. Images: Image one: mattza / CC BY-SA 2.0. Image two: Franco Folini / CC BY-SA 2.0.

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Things We Like (January 2013)

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Not as hard as raising money through social media, though. But with 85% of American adults now owning a smart phone , how can we not try? It's just a series of still images, but it's almost heartbreaking. Have you ever tried doing nothing for 2 minutes ? But it can be worth the effort , according to a new white paper.

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New Mobile Giving Facts You Must Know

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Image courtesy of iThemes.com. 58% of Americans now own smart phones, and this number is only expected to continue to grow with the advent of cheap alternatives. in 2013 and you have a recipe for disaster. Combine that fact, with the fact that online fundraising increased 13.5%

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