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4 Ways Nonprofits Can Beat AI Blandification

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Greg Fine a marketing consultant who leverages 30 years of for-profit marketing and advertising experience to help nonprofits create larger-than-life giving campaigns and marketing that connect. Both are algorithm-blended blandwash. At face value, AI appears to be a gift from the fund development and marketing gods.

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Sony overhauls its budget earbuds while keeping the price the same

Engadget

However, the company is also adept at building budget models, blending features and tech to give users a solid value for a lot less money. That was the proposition when the WF-C700N arrived in 2023 , offering active noise cancellation (ANC), solid battery life and other features for $120.

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Polywork gets $3.5M to blend professional and social networking

TechCrunch

Life is complicated and so — increasingly — is work-life. In short, Polywork sums to a Twitter-style social feed where professionals can post updates about what they’re up to (in work and, if they like, in life too). As the saying goes, there’s no such thing as a ‘job for life’ anymore.

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ILM has made a Star Wars mixed reality experience for Meta Quest

Engadget

The first uses virtual and mixed to reality to follow Volo, "an aspiring podracer whose life gets flipped upside down under the mentorship of the infamous Sebulba [from Star Wars Episode I ]." It includes three distinct modes, according to ILM's press release: Adventure, Arcade and Playset.

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The best eco-friendly phone cases for 2025

Engadget

We all want to protect our phones from the inevitable drops, scratches and tumbles of daily life, but what if your phone case could protect more than just your device? The best eco-friendly phone cases offer a great blend of durability and sustainability, helping to reduce plastic waste and better the planet.

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Wu-Tang Clan's New Music Video Is Extremely AI-Generated

Futurism

As Wu-Tang Clan rose from hardscrabble obscurity to become one of the most influential rap acts of the 1990s, there was never any doubt that the group's signature blend of real life storytelling and epic fiction was the product of human creativity but late in their career, that's clearly changed.

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Trend Blend 2009: A Map of Time and Tide

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You may remember the very popular Trend Blend 2007 and Trend Blend 2008 which used transportation themes. See also: Pew and the Internet Life Project: Internet in 2020 Social Media Gurus Predict Trends for 2009 What to do in the nonprofit sector to offset the economic crisis? See a larger image here.

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