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Browsing Smart Philanthropy

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Technology

Forest focus

Taiwan – Forest is an app that lets users plant virtual and real trees in an effort to help people beat their smartphone addiction.

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Technology

Game for good

London – Sea Hero Quest is a multiplatform game designed to further the understanding of early onset dementia.

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Marketing & Branding

Charity invites mobile users to donate their screens as advertising space

Charitable organisation Doctors of the World is asking people to donate their mobile screens to advertise on its behalf.

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Technology

University study finds people willing to donate their data for the common good

A study by the University of Nottingham is asking whether people would consider giving away their personal data for free in the interest of the public good.

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Europe

App connects blind people to volunteers worldwide via their smartphones

Danish start-up Be My Eyes is connecting blind people to an army of volunteers willing to help them via their smartphones and tablets.

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Marketing & Branding

All in a good cause: Ethical retailer shows a better side of materialism

London – A new store in east London is designed to show that materialism doesn’t have to be a dirty word.

Never Alone by Upper One Games
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Culture & Media

Tribal treasures: Alaskan native culture inspires new video game

Alaska – Upper One Games, the first indigenous-owned games company in the US, has launched Never Alone, a puzzle platformer video game that draws on Alaskan native culture.

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Technology

Penny for London invites contactless card users to make micro-payment donations

Micro-payments have hit the charity world with the launch of Penny for London (PfL), an incentive scheme that enables people to donate as little as a penny each time they use a contactless payment card.

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Technology

Mobile phones used to help people in Angola locate water supplies

Development agencies are using mobile phone technology to help communities in Angola to access clean water.