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This Twitter Fundraisers, Next Year FourSquare Fundraisers.

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FourSquare announced today it was partnering with TechiesGiveBack.org to raise money for CampInteractive, a local not-for-profit which empowers inner city youth through the inspiration of the outdoors and the creative power of technology. As I was reading this I wondered when someone was going to launch a fundraiswer with FourSquare.

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Tiger Global backs fintech CreditBook in first Pakistan investment

TechCrunch

This is the New York-headquartered firm’s first investment in Pakistan. On Friday, Tiger Global said it is backing their startup, CreditBook , to help address those challenges. Jamall offered some context around the areas CreditBook is exploring. “In In Pakistan, there is a huge whitespace in payments.

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mPharma raises $35million in round participated by Tinder co-founder’s JAM fund, Bharti executive

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doctors for every 10,000 people against the best ratio of 84.2 Besides a low doctor to patient ratio, healthcare infrastructure also remains critically underdeveloped. Covid showed us that the best form of care is local, it is in the community, and the closest thing in communities are pharmacies.

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Code Liberation Foundation ( codeliberation.org ) aims to change the female-to-male ratio in video game development by offering free workshops in order to facilitate the creation of video game titles by women. In 2013 alone, the organization ran over 100 hours of programming in New York City. Conferences'

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Kodland, which teaches kids digital skills, grabs $9M to scale its online coding school

TechCrunch

The round is led by Redseed Ventures, with participation from Baring Vostok, Kismet, Flyer One Ventures and Alexander Nevinsky, a partner at New York-based I2BF. Kodland’s remote courses for children aged 6-17 are currently available in the U.K., Ireland, the U.S., Gift Guide: 20+ STEM toy gift ideas for aspiring young builders.

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Samsung’s 2021 TVs have dramatically better picture, thanks to Mini LED

The Verge

And like TCL and LG before it, the company is moving to a more precise backlighting system that uses Mini LED technology for improved contrast and greater picture quality than its previous full-array local dimming systems — and Samsung’s premium QLED LCD TVs were already impressive. All of the HDMI 2.1

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Does Your Nonprofit Need a Website Revamp? How to Tell

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They see the information about a gala event that your organization is hosting at the local aquarium. For instance, large text should have at least a 3:1 contrast ratio. Ryan has led design studios in Toronto and New York using his knowledge of Human Centred Design to increase meaningful conversions and design enjoyable web experiences.

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