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Visionlink’s Volunteer Registry Deployed for Hurricanes Harvey & Irma

VisionLink

High-level government officials have directed these generous people to National VOAD and their member agencies. If you would like to volunteer the system is currently accessible from the following sites: For Texas: [link] For Puerto Rico: [link] For U.S.

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16 Million 2-1-1 Calls in 2009

VisionLink

2-1-1 Background 2-1-1 is available to over 240 million Americans – approximately 80% of the United States population –covering all or parts of 47 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. “2-1-1” 2-1-1 is an easy to remember phone number that connects individuals with resources in their community. With approximately 1.5

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Boeing gets green light for satellite internet constellation

The Verge

The company says it wants to use the satellites to offer “broadband internet and communications services to residential consumers, government and business users in the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands” while the network gets built out, and on a global basis once it’s complete.

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4 ways to ensure Latin America’s growing pot of capital drives long-term growth

TechCrunch

Sebastián Vidal is the chief innovation officer at Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust and former executive director at parallel18. In response, governments should push bilingual policies in both schools and businesses, offering greater funding and hiring support for courses like English for IT professionals.

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Microsoft Stores remain closed as Apple and Best Buy continue reopening

The Verge

“Our approach for re-opening Microsoft Store locations is measured and cautious, guided by monitoring global data, listening to public health and safety experts, and tracking local government restrictions,” a spokesperson said. “We Microsoft Store locations have been closed since before the launch of this batch of products in May.

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Here are all of the companies presenting at Alchemist Accelerator’s 30th Demo Day today

TechCrunch

RED Atlas: A platform for real estate insights and analytics, focusing first on Puerto Rico. .” OneCommons: Building a low-code platform to allow anyone to quickly deploy open source apps to cloud providers like AWS or Google Cloud. Firecell: Helps enterprises build private 4G/5G networks.

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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

federal government, corporations, and donations through donor-advised funds (DAFs) and online platforms. . Putting this best practice into action, in 2019—two years after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico—the Amgen Foundation awarded $257,500 to the University of Puerto Rico for rebuilding efforts. .