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Upcoming Nonprofits Live: DIY Blogging

Tech Soup

Jody was introduced to blogging while on assignment with the public affairs team assigned to the Houston Astrodome during the American Red Cross disaster relief efforts following Hurricane Katrina. She returned home and started a “mommy blog” – purely as a hobby and virtual scrapbook.

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How romance scams are thriving during quarantine

The Verge

He was a successful businessman who worked in solar energy, drove a Mercedes, and had two houses — one in Cuba and another in the US. Later, he began laying the groundwork for the financial fraud, which involved a joint business venture in Cuba. He was wealthy and promised he would take care of her.

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Vista Equity to acquire majority stake in SaaS startup Drift, taking it to unicorn status

TechCrunch

Cancel’s parents emigrated from Puerto Rico and Cuba while Torres emigrated from Nicaragua in his teens. “I The nearly 600-person company still has its sights on going public, according to Cancel, and believes that by working with Vista, it will have a “clearer path” to do so. So far it has made three.). It’s still in our future.”.

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Mission Possible: Tell Us Your Symantec Story and Win Prizes!

Tech Soup

The Challenge is open to all nonprofits and public libraries in the world that have received Symantec product donation(s) and are currently using the product. (a) This Challenge is void in Cuba, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, and all countries under sanction by the U.S. Eligibility. a) Nondiscrimination. a) In General.

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Big Vision Podcast: Steve Williams from POWER

Have Fun - Do Good

If you look at the history in South Africa, and the movement to end the apartheid regime, or if you look at the revolution in Cuba, where literally the island was essentially a playground for rich people from the United States. Britt Bravo: Have you always done this kind of work? I was somewhat lazy in doing that work.

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Adobe Creative Cloud Giveaway for Nonprofits at 17NTC!

Tech Soup

This Sweepstakes is void for organizations in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria ("U.S. As part of the prize notification, the winning individual or group will be asked to sign an affidavit of eligibility, a liability release, and a publicity release (where legal). Embargo Countries").

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"Leveling the Playing Field" Through Broadband and Public Computers

NTEN

He reported on current broadband adoption and made a case for the need to develop private-public partnerships to close the "digital divide." Many that see the free market system as leveling the economic playing field might argue against public loans or grants to small businesses.