{"id":296,"date":"2015-10-05T08:39:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T08:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/mobiledevices\/?p=296"},"modified":"2015-10-05T08:49:13","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T08:49:13","slug":"apps-for-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/mobiledevices\/2015\/10\/05\/apps-for-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Apps for Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.appsforgood.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-297\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/mobiledevices\/uploads\/sites\/1949\/2015\/10\/Appsforgood.jpg\" alt=\"Appsforgood\" width=\"282\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/mobiledevices\/uploads\/sites\/1949\/2015\/10\/Appsforgood.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/glow-prod-fa.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/fa\/public\/mobiledevices\/uploads\/sites\/1949\/2015\/10\/Appsforgood-300x210.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&amp;X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEHEaCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJHMEUCICAccIK3jaY%2Bwn4z3D2IRYJJtbdFW2T8Ly8eC8vYgFrnAiEArKeGC1RRAALedxo3O%2BYR1gQ%2BfgtNG3k0FMG%2BuQfu6A4quQUIOhAFGgwyNzM1NzAxOTU0MzMiDPinQRO742zmbXBiAyqWBX7V2%2BU1wEQLXmjuTEVhI7CG75tjJBmsRbkFemy9dHnmuiod2yYq77NbE4ZJUEfL8DSVFbEmHBOw%2BrMcVqNbKKmjEWyzb764P2OR280pQf3setXtQRBGHxpFzDQ9iM6Ye5I0OexjkohmOkynrhBfGq49vA3Yp704ek1t8TajGRFrKMc3twoL%2FpmoHA6fGw19RT2rU9mM2MGo7mJDVMF318ceAy53Yq9r%2B7sZTUWnCwRH5T%2Bun3n132T0GwPliiKhJKcAjgidIf8crONGQA40i1zm5O0EWgDptDsomd6VSpqgDu5qqiw2iGS3RzVKR241ROEokr80aB9MtkW2Xj9qBIdXyG64nyC1sMmJ0lbzNx14E%2BhPnK9AOVLyAuhZ23AwyB9h5uHaFec%2Bdk6OWbTYTAkmn33yA%2FjoQCKRI6QVzvj%2FVrjo9mOcGmePYJPFu3R8tWKZ3ma9ruZZapq4BpncYm%2Bg%2B8hfMNJ8f7a3pE6AvmHFb6fGGvDW%2B%2FWA1GPSedD8pyvHT%2Bzm%2FHvi0qd3qNzz%2FfD7S2Tsr9uS9Rxd7iy9FMLL%2B%2BOYoapzL7e32eUpiwtSXA0v16gCT8j81WE%2FfDtmn4XOglPfevw2KiTyEywqqvG8pHsJSIHBn8reK5QvXrPS0BM3yU9xWUgwg%2BI4trRKxOS9R4ABaV3DOVH%2BXeJEw%2BQqc32CimrOsaGKX9ubaJany9Zys39QdlrhIa5hfPvGc4vWG5NpkfPJyda6JkXBJzMBtjMTtEd2d0Bv7a2F0ABvGVes0AHE%2BumaIc595%2BZytA0DeqLo2dA8kzhiKCkTbbqjbZWPLPJomKmvTgCery%2Ffiw4Y5pG%2B3T1KYQjfOl8l%2FWrh7H8P%2BR78zfV4sSciEU3Rt4qPt51mMK%2FQ4NIGOrEBCQYnqDo0EB%2BiSkf9zro0rtiITX4FR1%2B4WGDyJxcwLuDSnwfXhBNGs1%2BoZJ8dsYbUcSBaaYuyZXHLOG5rpe7YjC1%2B11SUORz4SQyHJ8n84u04bjGAQo0%2FyVQT1vo1Sp%2BikIEvl5gMLPqQOfIpPF5sywULlc27t11c7XQPIG4dYP%2BdvMe73gxyAMXK3fQDvlebYavQBSwavoYaaDM9ZqaIEftRsO423eQonsUTYx0ep8nV&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47UWNQNKQQY%2F20260716%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Date=20260716T003934Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=900&amp;X-Amz-Signature=af0dd0b2628b83ddf694392d2461c29918af0d4c5d5d1ebc78a7e30b3a49706e 300w, https:\/\/glow-prod-fa.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/fa\/public\/mobiledevices\/uploads\/sites\/1949\/2015\/10\/Appsforgood-1024x716.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&amp;X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEHEaCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJHMEUCICAccIK3jaY%2Bwn4z3D2IRYJJtbdFW2T8Ly8eC8vYgFrnAiEArKeGC1RRAALedxo3O%2BYR1gQ%2BfgtNG3k0FMG%2BuQfu6A4quQUIOhAFGgwyNzM1NzAxOTU0MzMiDPinQRO742zmbXBiAyqWBX7V2%2BU1wEQLXmjuTEVhI7CG75tjJBmsRbkFemy9dHnmuiod2yYq77NbE4ZJUEfL8DSVFbEmHBOw%2BrMcVqNbKKmjEWyzb764P2OR280pQf3setXtQRBGHxpFzDQ9iM6Ye5I0OexjkohmOkynrhBfGq49vA3Yp704ek1t8TajGRFrKMc3twoL%2FpmoHA6fGw19RT2rU9mM2MGo7mJDVMF318ceAy53Yq9r%2B7sZTUWnCwRH5T%2Bun3n132T0GwPliiKhJKcAjgidIf8crONGQA40i1zm5O0EWgDptDsomd6VSpqgDu5qqiw2iGS3RzVKR241ROEokr80aB9MtkW2Xj9qBIdXyG64nyC1sMmJ0lbzNx14E%2BhPnK9AOVLyAuhZ23AwyB9h5uHaFec%2Bdk6OWbTYTAkmn33yA%2FjoQCKRI6QVzvj%2FVrjo9mOcGmePYJPFu3R8tWKZ3ma9ruZZapq4BpncYm%2Bg%2B8hfMNJ8f7a3pE6AvmHFb6fGGvDW%2B%2FWA1GPSedD8pyvHT%2Bzm%2FHvi0qd3qNzz%2FfD7S2Tsr9uS9Rxd7iy9FMLL%2B%2BOYoapzL7e32eUpiwtSXA0v16gCT8j81WE%2FfDtmn4XOglPfevw2KiTyEywqqvG8pHsJSIHBn8reK5QvXrPS0BM3yU9xWUgwg%2BI4trRKxOS9R4ABaV3DOVH%2BXeJEw%2BQqc32CimrOsaGKX9ubaJany9Zys39QdlrhIa5hfPvGc4vWG5NpkfPJyda6JkXBJzMBtjMTtEd2d0Bv7a2F0ABvGVes0AHE%2BumaIc595%2BZytA0DeqLo2dA8kzhiKCkTbbqjbZWPLPJomKmvTgCery%2Ffiw4Y5pG%2B3T1KYQjfOl8l%2FWrh7H8P%2BR78zfV4sSciEU3Rt4qPt51mMK%2FQ4NIGOrEBCQYnqDo0EB%2BiSkf9zro0rtiITX4FR1%2B4WGDyJxcwLuDSnwfXhBNGs1%2BoZJ8dsYbUcSBaaYuyZXHLOG5rpe7YjC1%2B11SUORz4SQyHJ8n84u04bjGAQo0%2FyVQT1vo1Sp%2BikIEvl5gMLPqQOfIpPF5sywULlc27t11c7XQPIG4dYP%2BdvMe73gxyAMXK3fQDvlebYavQBSwavoYaaDM9ZqaIEftRsO423eQonsUTYx0ep8nV&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47UWNQNKQQY%2F20260716%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Date=20260716T003934Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=900&amp;X-Amz-Signature=e7765ebb10bb3ffe400ea459d86f169d1af828839409178a62d405b451476c83 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/>Apps for Good\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>&#8211; 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