SiliconBeat

I can be as cynical as anyone when I hear someone droning on about how technology can solve all the world’s problem. I often find that Silicon Valley can sometimes have an almost messianic faith that we’re just a few lines of code away from solving any social ill. Just believe in the power of free markets and progress through technology, and we’ll be fine.

Nonsense, of course. But still, there is potential to do good at the intersection of technology and philanthropy. And that was certainly in evidence at the Netsquared Conference held May 27 and May 28. Read the rest of this entry »