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Pictures can be a powerful medium, particularly for social benefit organizations that can better show what they do than talk about it. Think of the Smile Train, for example, which performs free operations to repair child facial deformities. (You have likely come across one of their ads in a newspaper or magazine that shows a child with a severe cleft lip). The pictures they show in their ads and on the website pretty much say it all. That… Continue

Those MIT folks are at it again...this time pushing the idea of a $12 computer. Nope, not a $100 laptop, but a $12 rudimentary device based on the old Apple II technology that allows for simple typing etc. without all the bell and whistles (like today's more graphical user interface). Here's some more information on the project from the Boston Herald. And with Google… Continue

PayPal, the online payment processing system, now provides special discounts for nonprofits of up to 35% when using their system for online transactions. Check out the details here. Lots of good free and discounted tools for social benefit organizations out there these days, offered by major technology and Web 2.0 Vendors. Things like the YouTube Channel for nonprofits,… Continue

As opposed to buying expensive screen reading software (typically costing $1000 or so), a new tool is in town calle… Continue

No surprise here, but gamers (or their lobbyists) support Universal Broadband. Last week the Enterainment Consumers Group, an advocacy group for gamers, signed on to support Connected Nation - a national program supporting universal access in the US. More information here. Broadband issues have received more attention lately as it was revealed that the US has sunk furthe… Continue