Stories, software and strategies to help nonprofits do the social web
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July, 9 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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May, 25 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
I love my phone. Not so much for the phone part, but for the little computer in there that connects me to the world, no matter where I am. The phone has our calendars, our mail -- and, increasingly, our volunteer opportunities. It's the day timer of our times. But better than a day timer, the phone offers discovery, too. Lots of nonprofits and individuals are at work to make this discovery include nonprofits and volunteering. Here are a few of our favorite apps for good -- apps that connect people to nonprofits...
May, 3 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Photo by Kaptain Kobold I like Apple's computers and phones. (It's a vice, I know.) Over the past couple of weeks all of this iPad, iPhone iNews has allowed for plenty of indulgence of that vice. But yesterday, Steve Jobs said something that could impact how people find nonprofits - and everybody else - online. He said folks using the iPhone: Spend about 30 minutes a day using apps Are using apps, not searching via casefoundation.org What does this mean to nonprofits &...
April, 12 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
“On a mobile device, search is not where it’s at, not like on the desktop. They’re spending all their time on these apps — they’re using apps to get to data on the internet, not generalized search.” Steve is basically just talking to Google, now. via live.gdgt.com Explaining the iAd advertising platform, Jobs says the average user spends 30 minutes a day using apps on the iPhone. A minority of those apps have a search component. That explains Google's investment in Chrome and Android.
April, 8 2010 • 1 Comment • 0 Faves
Apple has trained us to look for apps and use apps, not web sites. The iPad just furthers this behavior that Apple is training in us. I don’t need to open a browser anymore to get to my favorite content, my social networks, my maps and weather, etc. The disintermediation between Google/search and customers has been usurped (or soon will be) by Apple. Via apps, music, movies, and books, Apple now owns the customer “search” relationship. The app store is a discovery tool. Search is not. Search is a research tool...
April, 7 2010 • 1 Comment • 0 Faves
January, 7 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Fabien Agranier wrote: "1) You can't have top and bottom menu in web apps !!!!! 2) You can't get rid of the safari bottom menu 3) You have to use a trick to hide the url bar and it's really not pretty (bar is showed during page loadings)" These are all incorrect. Apps written using HTML5 can be indistinguishable from native applications on the iPhone in all respects except the installation and update process. Examples: http://blog.threepress.org/2009/11/02/ibis-reader-and-bookserver/ http://mrgan.com/gb/ http...
November, 23 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Behind the land rush to apps is a belief that they may be some of the cleverest advertising devised. They are, after all, advertisements that people voluntarily choose to watch and share with friends. Some are even consulted in store aisles when customers decide what to buy. “Apps have a huge advantage,” said Carl Howe, a mobile market analyst for the Yankee Group. “You had to take a step to get it; you are already half sold.” When people open an app, they give it full attention. via nytimes.com
October, 5 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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