Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2012

How would apps benefit your nonprofit or library? Apps for Nonprofits and Libraries. Thanks to a grant from Microsoft , TechSoup's App It Up project investigated the kinds of apps nonprofits and libraries are using to engage their constituents, tell their stories, and get their work done. Library Apps. Green Apps.

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The Verge

JUNE 23, 2020

Apple calls its iteration of this “the App Library,” but it’s similar to Google’s app drawer: a list of every app on your phone, regardless of its visibility on the home screen. Apple will let users manually hide apps so that they’ll only appear in the App Library view, too.) Picture-in-picture.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

The HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL) is a partnership of academic and research institutions that had created (with help from Google ) a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world. Consequently, it is reasonable for the Libraries to retain both the text and image copies. only copies. only files?is

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Tech Soup

MAY 25, 2011

Today I chatted with Jacque Gage, the Library Director at the Joplin Public Library. I invited her to share how her library and community are. original post appears on TechSoup for Libraries. Here's what she had to share: First off, the library received NO DAMAGE. The library is open normal hours today.

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The Verge

JANUARY 4, 2022

It’s also slated to have access to the world's largest streaming library of art and photography. This library is set to include works from classical and contemporary artists as well as a variety of branded content. This service is available as either a monthly or annual subscription and costs $8.95 respectively.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

iOS 14 brings widgets to the iPhone home screen for the first time, gathers all of your apps into a new App Library, and adds picture-in-picture mode (which had already been available on iPads). But hey, new features are coming. There’s also a new Translation app.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Benetech’s Bookshare library is living proof that real, transformative change happens through partnerships and by helping people unleash their talents and energies. The Bookshare breakthrough was to put our users in charge of the collection; we created a crowd-sourced library built by and for the people it serves. copyright law.

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The Verge

APRIL 13, 2022

With a few simple steps, you can use your Android phone’s screen saver feature to turn your phone screen into a digital picture frame while it charges. Choose photos in which the subject is centered, or else they might be cropped right out of the picture. If that sounds a little too repetitive, you can create an auto-updating album.

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The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2020

Existing episodes on streaming and digital libraries will continue to bear the original logos. Why Disney decided to go with 20th Television instead of the more aesthetically matching “20th Century Television,” we may never know.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2012

Back in September, we posted a summary of App It Up's nonprofit and library apps survey. represent the full range of nonprofit and library app experiences. represent the full range of nonprofit and library app experiences. Nonprofits and libraries are interested in building their own apps, though they. A majority of.

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TechSpot

JULY 15, 2024

brings big picture mode, enhanced performance, and broader compatibility. It now supports over 99% of the PS2 library with an updated UI, automatic game fixes, and better visual and audio support. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

JUNE 22, 2020

That’s because Apple has so far refused to support the VP9 codec that’s the foundation of YouTube’s 4K library. Other new tvOS 14 features include expanded picture-in-picture support and deeper HomeKit integration for smart home accessories.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Bookshare: Solving the “Accessible Book Famine” Twelve years ago, we had an idea for recreating the traditional library for people with print disabilities—such as those who are blind, cannot physically turn the pages of a book, or have learning disabilities, like dyslexia—using the then-emerging technologies of digital books and crowdsourcing.

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The Verge

APRIL 8, 2021

Sony Pictures has signed a new deal with Netflix that will see the streamer become the exclusive home of films like Uncharted and Morbius when they finish their theatrical and home video runs beginning in 2022, via Deadline. At Sony Pictures, we produce some of the biggest blockbusters and the most creative, original films in the industry.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

As CNET sees it, “If you’re one of those people who posts pictures of yourself to the Corn Flakes fan page, you are yourself a corn flake.” I asked this question on my Facebook brand page, and here’s what I learned: The New York Public Library Photo Booth. Flickr Photo - NYPL Photo Booth. Fedoras for Faireness.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Elaine Charnov – The NY Public Library. Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library. 100 Years of the flagship library in New York. Goal of the centennial project was to shine the light on the library’s resources and get new audiences engaged in the collections and connected to the curators and staff.

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The Verge

APRIL 21, 2021

Photo: Sony Pictures Entertainment. Disney and Sony Pictures have signed a multi-year “content licensing agreement” that will bring new Sony theatrical releases, starting with its 2022 films, to Disney-owned platforms. Unless Disney strikes some sort of deal with Universal, that is.

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NetWits

MAY 23, 2012

Creating a small library of cover photo options takes some minor photo editing skills … and may help these elite fundraisers get an edge. While I tend to prefer the Food Bank of Contra Costa & Solano’s screaming arrow pointing at profile picture, a subtle design like NRDC’s may mean folks use your cover photo for its aesthetic beauty.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 2, 2017

In order to pick and choose strategies that are right for your nonprofit, it’s easiest to start by looking at the big picture. The post All-In-One Nonprofit Marketing Library (Link Roundup) appeared first on Nonprofit Hub. There are so many different approaches to take, and none of them is a silver bullet on their own.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The Locked Folder lets you keep private pictures private. In its presentation, Google used the example of parents hiding pictures of a newly purchased puppy from their children. Surely a relatable concern.). Google also said that the feature will come to the iOS version of Google Photos early next year.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 30, 2009

The picture above has the schedule for just one half of the rooms/tents on Saturday! The conversation went 20 minutes overtime, and then spilled out into the corridor outside (see picture of Brewster and Tim talking above). I think this is my third or fourth Foo Camp, and the energy around public uses of technology was palpable.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Google Photos’ Locked Folder feature, which lets you hide sensitive photos and videos from your main library and secure them in a passcode- or biometric-protected folder, is coming to all devices running Android 6 and above. You set up a Locked Folder by going to Library > Utilities > Locked Folder in the Google Photos app.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

TechSoup is a nonprofit with a clear focus: providing other nonprofits and libraries with technology that empowers them to fulfill their missions and serve their communities. Qwiki automatically turns pictures and videos from events you’ve captured on your iPhone into brief movies to share. Giving Library :: givinglibrary.org.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 28, 2020

It’s tough to make it out to libraries right now, but if you’ve got a smartphone, you can get to the next best thing: Libby, which lets you borrow ebooks and audiobooks from your local library for free right from your phone. But it’ll still offering 15GB (on top of any pictures and videos you’ve already uploaded). Fantastical.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Some of the key new features in iOS 14 include widgets on the home screen, an “App Library” that organizes all of your apps in one place, a Translate app that works with 11 different languages, and picture-in-picture video (something that was already available for iPad users).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 3, 2016

We are joining with our peers in the disability and library community in a joint statement to strongly encourage the Senate to ratify the treaty and for Congress to implement the minor legislative changes recommended as part of the package. This question has also been unclear, and different libraries have treated this inconsistently.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 5, 2008

I enjoyed getting a chance to tour around the the southern part of the island with Mike Terlaje (U of Guam CEDDERS) and Chuck Hitchcock of CAST(pictured above) on my final afternoon there (and even squeezed in half an hour of snorkeling), and seeing Spanish ruins, waterfalls, and bay after spectacular bay.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 16, 2008

So if you want to start adding content to your new site, and you need a little formatting, or a picture, etc., I’ve been getting to know a few of them (and, yes, they can be a pain to install, and they depend, generally, on other libraries that you have to install as well.) well, unless you know a bit of HTML, you are S.O.L.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

We kicked around ideas for sensing the air pollution: could you take a picture of a white piece of paper indoors and outdoors? I explained Benetech’s efforts to grow the impact of our Bookshare library globally, specifically discussing partnerships with groups in India and Kenya. Will such an app work? What can we do for them?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2008

account, is showing me a picture search based on the artist I’m playing, as well as showing me a list of all of the concerts happening in the Bay Area by artists in my library. I’ve only been running Songbird for about 20 minutes, and already it’s linked with my last.fm

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 27, 2008

I assume that this is like what Google Books uses to scan library books. You place the book in a cradle and cameras overhead take pictures of the pages, and then someone turns the page. The Worth Trust also has a cool scanner that we don't have, a nondestructive book scanner.

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The Verge

AUGUST 4, 2021

Facebook offers some of this information voluntarily through its Ad Library , but not all. Stories directly resulting from this work include Facebook’s failure to disclose who pays for some political ads , and how far-right misinformation is more engaging than misinformation from center or left sources.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The music widget offers playback controls and access to recently played tracks, while the books widget gives shortcuts to your library. There’s also a new Google Photos widget rolling out next week that can be set to specifically show pictures of select people and pets from your library.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 8, 2007

But, I thought I'd share some of these ideas so people have some picture of what we're thinking about. However, since our issues are all information tech issues, we don't fit the InnoCentive model (which is hard sciences). “The One Place” – a single global database for accessible content on top of all of the other, partial databases.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

The picture from above shows its site: it's on the waterfront across the main harbor. We took lots of pictures of the textbooks. In the school, he introduced us to the teachers, and showed us the school PC, and pointed out pictures on the wall which showed the five senses with the word in the local language.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Since we're a partner of Hadley's (our goal is to be the school library for their students), Hadley's president, Chuck Young, invited me and other Hadley supporters to accompany him and his staff on this celebratory trip. We started our visit in Hong Kong, visiting the three main nonprofits there serving the blind.

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Candid

JANUARY 30, 2023

Effective branding also gives potential donors an accurate and compelling picture of your organization that encourages their vital support. If you don’t but dive in anyway, you may be inadvertently setting yourself up for more brand confusion, not the cohesive picture of your nonprofit that you’re aiming for.

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