Tech coalition pushes rewrite of online privacy law | Politics and Law - CNET News

Tech coalition pushes rewrite of online privacy law | Politics and Law - CNET News: "This post has been updated several times since it was published. See update notes at the bottom of the page.

A broad coalition of companies including Google, Microsoft, and AT&T, joined by liberal and conservative advocacy groups, will announce a major push Tuesday to update federal privacy laws to protect mobile and cloud computing users, CNET has learned."

Nonprofit Blog Carnival

Nonprofit Blog Carnival: "I am hosting this month’s Nonprofit Blog Carnival (last month’s carnival). I was amazed at what a great response we had this month. Thank you all for your incredible submissions. Because we had so many submissions I’ve taken a few of my favorites to tell you about and included a listing of the others below. Take a few minutes and read through the headlines that stand out to you. There are some really tremendous posts that were submitted."

Students Use Texting Technology to Save Thousands in the Aftermath of the Haitian Earthquake

Students Use Texting Technology to Save Thousands in the Aftermath of the Haitian Earthquake: "In the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, thousands of volunteers from around the world rushed to the small island nation to lend their support to the relief efforts. Combing the country for survivors, digging men, women and children out of the rubble of buildings, providing medical assistance, food, water and shelter; these men and women worked tirelessly around the clock to find and rescue as many people as possible. At the same time, thousands of miles away, in a tiny basement of the Fletcher School at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts, four students began to work on a project that could change the face of humanitarian aid as we know it."

Exploring the Brave, New World of Mobile Giving - By Christina Johns : FundRaising Success

Exploring the Brave, New World of Mobile Giving - By Christina Johns : FundRaising Success: "After the earthquake in Haiti, the word “mobile” seemed to take on a life of its own. Like most bright, shiny things, it’s easy to get wrapped up in the success we saw with text-to-donate campaigns for Haiti relief. While bringing the use of mobile devices into the nonprofit world is most certainly a positive step, it still must hold up to the standard critiques given to any new method of communication that an organization decides to test when reaching out to its constituents. Here are a few things to mull over as you add SMS to your nonprofit vocabulary."