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A View of the Cloud from Brazil

Tech Soup

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. Brazil is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, but the cost of broadband Internet is hobbling cloud adoption in the region. is four times higher than in Brazil.

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Telework Tales: The Tools We Use to Stay Connected (Part 1)

Tech Soup

At TechSoup, it has enabled us to hire gifted people who live and work in far-flung places, and yet still do great work on behalf of charities and libraries. I worked remotely full-time during much of 2014 when my husband and I relocated to Brazil for nine months. Jessica Galeria — Associate Director of Strategic Development.

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Fascinating Meeting at the Copyright Office

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It’s what makes our Bookshare service legally possible. The fact-finding public hearing and request for comments seemed to have two purposes: both to understand how Chafee is working and to report back to WIPO about the U.S. The Chafee Amendment The U.S. national experience.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Met with a big NYC disability services provider about a possible Bookshare partnership. Carol’s social enterprise in Nairobi employs over 100 students working to proofread books for our Bookshare digital library. Edwin, who explained the process of completing the standard rape reporting form paperwork while treating a rape victim.

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