mobile application
Posted by volunteermatch on Mar 18, 2010
VolunteerMatch for iPhone data sheet 5809 Views
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VolunteerMatch for iPhone provides iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch users with a free mobile solution for accessing VolunteerMatch's directory of volunteer opportunities. Users no longer need to visit our Web site to discover new ways to get involved in their local community.
Brief Description:
Our new iPhone app, now available in the App Store and on iTunes, puts all the power of the Volunteer Match web site into your pocket. VolunteerMatch for iPhone includes opportunities from over 70,500 participating organizations, the largest network of directly participating nonprofits on the Web. The application was developed as a pro bono collaboration with imc2 (www.imc2.com).
Tool Category:
App resides and runs on a mobile phone
Key Features :
With VolunteerMatch for iPhone, you can:
- Search the biggest network of volunteer opportunities in the iPhone.
- See what's near you with one click.
- Let organizations know you want to sign up.
- Read reviews from actual volunteers.
- Share your activities with your friends and family.
- Save volunteer opportunities for later.
Main Services:
Location-Specific Services and GIS
Information Resources/Information Databases
Organizations Using the Tool:
All of VolunteerMatch's 70,000-plus participating organizations are now distributing their listings through VolunteerMatch for iPhone.
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Support Forums:
http://www.volunteermatch.org/about/contact/
Handsets/devices supported:
iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and other iPhone OS devices.
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Is an API available to interface with your tool?:
Posted by KatrinVerclas on Oct 09, 2008
There is yet another competition focused on mobile app development, this time sponsored by USAID and Netsquared. Starting on October 13, Development 2.0 will reward the innovative uses of mobile technologies for international development withup to $10,000 for the winner. While this is less than some of the other recent competitions, applicants can get advice and improve their ideas and clarify their project submissions during the entire application process on a project gallery.
A open voting process will determine the best projects, and then a jury of USAID senior staff will select the final winners. More info is here.
Other compeitions open right now:
Knight News Challenge -- $5 million awarded to digital media projects, including mobile citizen media projects;
