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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What’s Up Doc? Social Engagement in Disasters [link] coordinated by Wendy Harman. New Tools for Digital Justice - [link] – coordinated by Mike Medow. LOL Cats Are Cute, But Can They Save Lives? link] – coordinated Olivia Melikhov.

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Amazon’s Astro cannot fetch your beer

The Verge

Another source told Vice “it’s a disaster that’s not ready for release.” I fear people assume it's got some Doc Ock arms tucked away behind its face or are hoping those two cupholders rise out of the robot to open the fridge via suction. There is no way for it to open a fridge, freezer, or even a Yeti cooler. It can’t even open a door.

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Chromebook for Nonprofits: Are Web Apps All You Need?

Tech Soup

This is a disaster waiting to happen. They can take them anywhere they need, access all their applications and data, never worry about malware, backups, disaster recovery, etc. I use Google Docs , Zoho Writer , and Office Web Apps. There newest computer is three years old. Backups, when done, are to external hard drives.

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The Green Side of Cloud Computing Campaign: Security

Tech Soup

Richard also covers the important area of disaster recovery, a field much talked about in cloud security, which essentially means whether or not your critical data is secure and accessible in an emergency.

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The Social Sector Cloud

NTEN

Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook. CrisisCamps are independent, disbursed, volunteer efforts to develop lightweight technology solutions to help with disaster relief.

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The Social Sector Cloud

NTEN

Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook. CrisisCamps are independent, disbursed, volunteer efforts to develop lightweight technology solutions to help with disaster relief.

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Lenovo Chromebook Duet review: this has no business costing so little

The Verge

Lenovo claims 10 hours; I got close to 11 and a half, running the device through my typical workload of Chrome tabs and apps including Gmail, Twitter, Slack, Asana, Facebook, Docs, and Sheets, as well as the occasional Zoom call and Spotify streaming, with the screen at medium brightness. On a day where I only used Chrome, I got just over 12.