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Commentary: An Opportunity To Reform

The NonProfit Times

If finance and telecommunications companies can collaborate to build infrastructure that benefits their industries, why not the nonprofit sector? Small and mid-sized organizations often struggle to afford even basic software. Thats why we have internet standards that support the seamless flow of information. The technology exists.

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What Will Happen When PCs and Mobile Phones Converge?

Tech Soup

Of course Jason Hiner acknowledges that there will still be exceptions for people who rely on their computers to do more serious video editing, multimedia production, computer aided design, and software development. An even greater and far-reaching implication is the problem of rich countries leaving poor countries even further in the dust.

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Reduce Travel by Telecommuting

Tech Soup

They also do free telecommunications audit for US nonprofits and libraries. Tags: Green Office GreenTech Networks Servers Software Staff Tech Planning Telecom Services. One green company that installs virtual PBX systems is BetterWorld Telecom. For more info on Voice over IP and other ICT options check out: read more.

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You’ve Been Missing Out!

Tech Soup

Secure your donor, client, and project information with desktop security tools like Norton and enterprise security software available through the Symantec donation program. Windows 7, Microsoft Office, and Norton Internet Security come preinstalled, so you can save on software. Stay safe out there! But it doesn't have to be!

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Advancing the New Machine: A Recap from the Human Rights and Technology Conference

Tech Soup

Namely, while activists use technology to organize, authoritarian regimes use technology to censor information, increase the channels of surveillance on its citizens, or in the extreme case, cut off telecommunications entirely like in Egypt. Did you attend this conference or read about it from a distance?

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Losing Mobile Users? Easy Mobile-Website Builder Can Help You: New TechSoup Program

Tech Soup

Also consider the mobile upswing in global audiences worldwide and in developing countries (more than one billion mobile-broadband subscriptions worldwide in 2011 according to the International Telecommunication Union). We Have a Solution. The solution is mobile optimization or responsive web design. Logos and images: Guide by Cell.

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Creating Digital Signs at Butler Library

Tech Soup

It is important to note that these changes encompass more than just computer hardware and software. This post is part of a series marking World Telecommunication and Information Society Day and their 2011 theme: " Better life in rural communities with ICTs." Technological advances are forcing constant changes in libraries.