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Find the Charlie’s, Justine’s, and Edna’s in your network

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Edna loves her smart phone, particularly to take picturesand share with her friends and family on Facebook. A cancer-surviving grandma in Denmark re-posts and says “den bedste!”. Edna the Mobile Granny. Edna takes a picture of her niece in a t-shirt.-. She shares it with her friends to show she’s hip, cool, and with her niece.

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Skype users in the US can now make 911 calls from their computers

The Verge

The US is the latest addition to the list of regions with Skype emergency service calling; until now it was only available in Australia, Denmark, Finland, and the UK. In a “Notice & Disclosures” warning that appears before opting in to location-sharing, Skype cautions that the service doesn’t operate the same as a traditional phone call.

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Cowboy 3 electric bike review: better safe than sporty

The Verge

Then, whenever your bike is jostled, presumably by a thief, it’ll send an alert to your phone showing the reported GPS location. Unfortunately, the Cowboy requires a companion phone as there’s no power button on the bike itself. The new feature means you can leave your phone in a pocket or bag when you’re ready to ride.

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Lifx’s bacteria-killing smart bulb works, but here’s the small print

The Verge

In a world where a UV light can sanitize a phone in 60 seconds, 405nm light “can’t compete.”. Variations like this between lab results and how people actually use products in the home are nothing new, says John Coia, a clinical microbiologist and professor of clinical microbiology at the University of Southern Denmark.

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More Delightful Secrets: How Much Space Would You Give to an Exclusive Subset of your Audience?

Museum 2.0

Last week in Denmark, I experienced two more delightful hidden treasures, and they led me to this simple question: how much space and money would you devote to providing an exclusive experience within your institution? Were these underutilized wastes of space or special places for the special visitors? rats' nests.

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A dating app — not Facebook or Clubhouse — cracked getting audio to go viral

The Verge

Currently, I can go talk to my friends and family IRL or over the phone or even go to a bar to chat up a stranger — why do I want to have someone talking at me through an app? In Denmark, Strunge says the company has 100,000 paying subscribers out of a market of 6 million people. L&B’s, baby!) When will I meet a new person again??

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[WEBINAR] Website & Email Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Also, a toll-free number is not provided for the webinar, but attendees can listen to the audio presentation for free over their computer speakers or call into a phone number provided by GoToWebinar. << View All Upcoming Webinars >>

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