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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We are working very closely with Dr. Yasmeen Qazi who is the Pakistan Country Advisor and her very talented team members, Dr. Iftikhar Soomro and Seema Zameer — all of whom understand capacity building programs. organizational change, and technology. Dealing with Connectivity Issues, Remote Work, and Use of Social Platforms.

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New on SSIR: How does celebrity impact your fundraising?

Amy Sample Ward

—– I’ve recently shared a couple interviews exploring two case studies of really successful online fundraising campaigns: SXSW4Japan Raises Over $120,000 and $100,000 in Three Days with #TeamAutism. My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up. Both of them involved celebrities.

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

The company’s VP of Business Development & International Matt Cooper, with whom I spoke a few days before the IDCEE conference where he came to give a talk, is not really concerned with the rivals’ numbers though. Among other fastest-growing client countries one can also find Latvia, Pakistan, Romania, Lithuania, and Malaysia.

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Arbisoft co-founder Yasser Bashir on building trust with early-stage startups

TechCrunch

Today, the company has a few hundred employees distributed across Pakistan, Australia, Texas and Malaysia, but it continues to service startups of all sizes, says Bashir. Editor’s note: This interview has been edited lightly for length and clarity. Pakistan’s tech scene seems to be taking off.

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200.000.000 mobile users, for starters – Q&A with Viber CEO Talmon Marco

The Next Web

You’re facing intense competition from private rivals like WhatsApp and Kik, but also from Microsoft-owned Skype and big consumer electronics companies like Samsung and Apple, not to mention international carriers like Orange and others. We recently announced partnerships with Axis in Indonesia and Mobilink in Pakistan.

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NSO’s Pegasus spyware: here’s what we know

The Verge

Amnesty International ran detailed forensics on 67 smartphones to look for evidence that they were targeted by Pegasus spyware — and 37 of those phones tested positive. The Washington Post also has an interview that covers the company’s own story about how it was founded and how it got started in the surveillance industry.

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Daily Crunch: Elon Musk sets sights on Twitter with unsolicited $43B takeover bid

TechCrunch

As we put this together, we are listening to TED’s Chris Anderson interview with Elon Musk about his attempt to buy Twitter. What might explain some of that is something we also learned during the Musk interview: He “doesn’t care about the economics” of buying Twitter. PT, subscribe here.

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