Halcyon Identifies

 

The rapid rise in smartphone ownership could lead to rapid growth in micro-volunteering.

 

Biofortification may help make staple foods - which provide millions of poor people with calories but which do not always contain enough of the micronutrients required for good health - more nutritious.

 

Google Earth Outreach claims to give non-profits the knowledge and resources they need to visualise their cause and tell their story in Google Earth and Maps to hundreds of millions of people.

 

GoodSearch is a search engine which claims to donate 50% of its sponsored search revenue to charities and schools designated by its users.

 

Global Voices shines light on places and people other media often ignore and develops tools, institutions and relationships to help all voices, everywhere, be heard.

Global communication via the internet continues to grow exponentially.

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People may soon use their smart devices/phones to monitor their vital signs and chronic conditions.

 

Individuals are finding ever more imaginative ways of using social media to support charities important to them.

"Digital wills" are growing in popularity, as people try to ensure that they can leave an online legacy of their thoughts and desires.

 

"Net Geners" - i.e. people who have "grown up digital" - are, it is argued, closer to their families, and find them safer and more democratic than earlier generations.  They are also said to judge corporations by their integrity, workplace practices and concern for the environment.