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Can this startup solve the HR headache that is digital nomads? It just raised $12M to try

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Despite presenting Google with the ugliest page in the history of internet pages (which was our not-even-MVP product then), they cared about their employees and really wanted to solve a problem. The company will use the new funding to grow its teams in the US, UK, Armenia, and India. So they went ahead with us.

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Around the TechSoup Global Blogosphere, January 23-29

Tech Soup

Kevin examines the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs' use of new media to empower youths in Armenia and Azerbaijan. Tools Using the Web and Internet. In case you missed it, here's what we've had to say over the past week. From the TechSoup Community: TechSoup Blog. Jim shows off a few more green gadgets from CES 2009.

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Post-conflict Reconstruction: Disarmament, Reconciliation, and Blogging?

Tech Soup

Reaching out to youths in Armenia and Azerbaijan, DOTCOM. Tools Online Activism Using the Web and Internet. Global Voices blogged yesterday about a project funded by the State Department's Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, DOTCOM , and its recent progress. Check out DOTCOM's Facebook group as well.

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Explore the Worlds of Startups and Science with AI Experience Worldwide Speakers Alexis Ohanian and Bill Nye

DataRobot

Alexis has built a career as a successful entrepreneur and investor, perhaps most notably as the co-founder of Reddit , aka the “front page of the internet.” He wrote the national bestselling book, Without Their Permission , and has been a vocal advocate for the open internet, STEM education, and paid family leave.

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Beijing 2008 Olympics Potential Catalyst for Human Rights

Have Fun - Do Good

Release all journalists and Internet users detained in China for exercising their right to information. Suspend the '11 Commandments of the Internet,' which lead to content censorship and self-censorship on websites. Reporters Without Borders is asking China to do nine things before the Games start: "1.

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Changing the World: TechSoup's Newest Global Partner

Tech Soup

But first, some context: Let's start with a volatile mix of Syrian refugees, border conflicts paired with complicated politics , protests, Internet censorship, and a youth unemployment rate of 20 percent. In addition to Syria and Iraq, these are Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, and the Azerbaijani exclave: Nakhchivan. (If

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