Wireless industry studies demonstrate that 99 percent of text messages are read and 83 percent of them within 15 minutes of receipt. All Posts Blog government Inspirations nonprofit Our ProductsRoman Porter works to identify and develop strategic initiatives at Mobile Commons, primarily focusing on political campaigns and government agencies. He is the former Executive Director of the Fair Political Practices Commission, California’s governmental ethics and campaign finance agency and previously worked on political campaigns and for elected officials in California.

Mobile Commons is a New York-based software company that enables hundreds of companies, nonprofits, and government agencies to make their data accessible via text message. For MTA Bus Time, Mobile Commons provides the connectivity between cell phones, all the wireless carriers such as Verizon and AT&T, and the MTA Bus Time Servers. MOBILE COMMONS POWERS TEXT MESSAGES FOR NEW MTA BUS TRACKER IN NEW YORK CITY. Riders Get Location of Next Bus in Real-Time Via Text . Our texting capabilities allow the MTA Bus Time system to be accessible to as many people as possible.

demonstrate how iPhones can be used in school, from classroom applications to keeping track of homework to student-teacher-parent communications in a video on YouTube , and 2) check out the iSchool Initiative , a nonprofit organization Allen founded as a "partnership of students, teachers, school administrators, and software application developers" designed to help all parties "comprehend each others needs" and help students themselves advocate for the intelligent use of technology at school. NetFamilyNews.org Kid-Tech News for Parents Post in our forum for parents, teens - You! Blend t.

It contains ubiquitous handheld technologies, together with wireless and mobile phone networks, to facilitate, support, enhance and extend the reach of learning. Associated Content Home Society Enhance Your Study with Mobile Learning Published February 22, 2010 by: MarryQ qing View Profile | Follow | Add to Favorites Save Single page Page: 1 2 Next Page » As a student or a trainee, you may be quite busy with study and work. I dont have enough time to learn more." The current study methods are too stiff." Complaints like these are heard a lot.

Instead of creating a resolution for the nonprofit community, we thought we would take a look in the mirror and recruit the community to help us achieve a resolution together. 2008 was an exciting year for nonprofit mobile programs. Our friends at the Mobile Giving Foundation have gotten a lot of attention and deserve a huge amount of credit for convincing the major wireless carriers to pass through 100% of text-messaging donations raised through to the nonprofit community. We want you to help us improve Mobile Fundraising. How can we improve Mobile Fundraising 1.0?

Instead of creating a resolution for the nonprofit community, we thought we would take a look in the mirror and recruit the community to help us achieve a resolution together. 2008 was an exciting year for nonprofit mobile programs. Our friends at the Mobile Giving Foundation have gotten a lot of attention and deserve a huge amount of credit for convincing the major wireless carriers to pass through 100% of text-messaging donations raised through to the nonprofit community. We want you to help us improve Mobile Fundraising. How can we improve Mobile Fundraising 1.0?

Instead of creating a resolution for the nonprofit community, we thought we would take a look in the mirror and recruit the community to help us achieve a resolution together. 2008 was an exciting year for nonprofit mobile programs. Our friends at the Mobile Giving Foundation have gotten a lot of attention and deserve a huge amount of credit for convincing the major wireless carriers to pass through 100% of text-messaging donations raised through to the nonprofit community. We want you to help us improve Mobile Fundraising. How can we improve Mobile Fundraising 1.0?

have also been very active across the wireless industry, including serving as the Global Chairman of the Mobile Marketing Association from 2003 to 2006. We worked with application providers, media companies, ad agencies, content providers and the wireless carriers to establish standards for mobile application behavior and consumer protection. The operational layer facilitates the ability for nonprofits to interact with their donors through the mobile channel, regardless of what phone service donors use. Fundamentally, it’s a way for nonprofits to reach their donors.