Global Issues
The Internet of Things Is Now a Thing
Several ventures now under way in developing countries show how networks of connected machines can drive economic growth.
Several ventures now under way in developing countries show how networks of connected machines can drive economic growth.
Digital tools are a necessary but not sufficient component of any long-term social change effort.
More than a billion people worldwide still lack electricity and the opportunity it can bring. But access is now more possible than ever.
Four ways nonprofits can cut through the data hype and start using data on purpose.
Before tackling complex social problems, new philanthropists should consider what current philanthropists have learned about how to “hack.”
How the next generation of funders and social entrepreneurs are already taking cues from tech to “hack” the world’s most pressing social problems.
How the Internet of Everything can help solve four fundamental corporate responsibility challenges.
Some values are more important than giving more people access to Wikipedia for free.
Mobile adoption at the base of the pyramid will bring massive development benefits, but we must seize the unique opportunity to drive pre-emptive positive digital behavior to help safeguard vulnerable communities.
Rapid advances in technology are changing philanthropy in fundamental ways—making it potentially more rational, effective, collaborative, transparent, and democratic.