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Lynk may beat Starlink and Apple to the punch as FCC approves its space-based texting

TechCrunch

Visualization of a recent pass in Mongolia that connected with hundreds of ordinary phones. So expect to hear more on this potentially life-saving service in the coming months, but don’t count on it for this ski season just yet. Image Credits: Lynk. There’s no launch date set for availability in the U.S.,

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Digital Ecology: The Future of Nonprofit Websites

NTEN

As part of their digital footprint, Mercy Corps , a prominent NGO that acts to alleviate poverty and suffering throughout the world, has seven major websites, including their main site, campaign sites, and regional sites in the UK, China, and even Mongolia. Then there's the end-of-life problem. The transition can take some time.

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How Digital Inclusion Is Done in Africa

Tech Soup

After Mongolia, Namibia is the least densely populated country in the world. " MyDigitalBridge was founded soon thereafter that to refurbish PC donations for use in schools, recycle end-of-life IT equipment, and figure out how to get broadband to rural communities throughout the country.

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How Gen Z Donors Harness the Power of Online Giving

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

“I want to feed all the hungry children from here to the frosty, wind-swept steppes of distant Mongolia” is a worthy goal, but “I want to raise $5,000 to help feed the kids at the local homeless shelter” is a more realistic (and achievable) one. Help them set up and manage their campaign.

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Secret Agent L: Covering the Globe with Random Acts of Kindess

Have Fun - Do Good

I have one in Mongolia. Well, I think first of all, I'm definitely a person of faith, so I pray about it, The other thing is that for most of my adult life I always had this voice in my heart that was telling me, "You really need to enact goodness. About how many agents do you have? I have over 1500 all over the world. Oh, my gosh!

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BEYOND EXPO 2024 | UN Coordinator in China urges revitalization of multilateralism amid global conflicts

TechNode

Previously when Beijing used to get sandstorms, it used to come from Inner Mongolia. If you do not have the sandstorms stopped in Inner Mongolia, you will continue to get sandstorms in Beijing. I have served half my life in Africa. We have to put our politics aside when it comes to the climate because everybody is affected.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Nonprofits Lead Fortune 500 in Social Web Adoption, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Child's Play Charity targets gamers as a donor community, by Penny Arcade , raising millions mostly to provide games and equipment to child life programs at leading hospitals around the world. Your donated laptop will reach a child in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti, Mongolia or Rwanda in the same early 2008 timeframe.

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