{"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=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEGwaCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJHMEUCIAa5ThJLyM3Nt%2BCPhiTphxVfUAR2QfuI7dsSuYkyP1x8AiEAzOEoL1W8YakMAikjdIGH8%2BFYNlQkLN3nhiGgCESiUHUquQUINRAFGgwyNzM1NzAxOTU0MzMiDJ7PdG%2FkI32qLS%2FoIiqWBXt4NiI2do4qCqAs6nDCYhcf6ijG46T8fPxHdUvC7Bhz1jewwuBer2hbuj1Da7%2BoYGx0WyQGCmyEdgNCSo6G603shgvNXD%2Bu%2F%2BzHdUkM1sWXLX87L0vbCqLUlskaJNcAbNEUmnfwx3tqGlelJcrnJnwor4IMaC6hSRtUFIzzbB1JEJbMC914oeH97KE%2BpQLM5hm0z0DdJRe09%2FluF0hY7lNEVQOaileUCRwofwPFQA2WtDcFnVaiVPTX0AjWc8dbSYs4hq5qwY71NWwtv7xJ8T8IBg%2B8D%2BKtCWvY%2FP1CWvQb%2Fdi%2F1b5%2Fzqs%2FT3EYPyLq9qa72FObBGbNUkdTMmU0NkoFac4uayFpMcBRzcggHmIx5kUm%2FTG8sb19db0RafG7QbXRmz1Xq4Ux4l8bdU0%2Bj2pfVdXrtxJQSNf0RtHi8i2Rh7%2B%2FjNQo7Q44w5udNmzlxK%2F1r9KkbkU6G4C0hdDYDxMuuiIeFhbMAATpgjLahVTDIqJYPWDRsvzIqrTJcgJoJKDdadG7xgiltxAiUVHDhlzpg1kQ5k2iax4yqQqL6avO7senBc1K3H9gaQ%2Fm3NpGm3qMkUT5T%2FWCdt42%2F14kqrbVsZPqobTj4CJP3dCAKa4mlHAAbh89Ipaj5k20OMzFYG8vEKXM5oK5Vq0vAR2dG9CnrpxbDWMnrXpfIThZ4Vq1wnakTwjfvzJK9FGsNtyChZlkgkLD2JX9P0TaLoCmVeZu1kLfml9xmiW6LAa%2Bv7d2wTIbq0fO8A%2Bi3BII7NWRKWhYayo6%2Fnuuc8T%2B7L9PjgnOJwEEh7YpmQ2EjKJYlgv2w8WcJTUgG9z%2B5TcIkZgVhDlC755qm8apUyAO%2BI61nB2vdnJx7AfLIYaqi8%2F7C63w%2FO97KDdLMPmJ0NMGOrEBjP4bw4DVESiiV0FkWoT6d5HflOaqpphwAftWB5UXQeJVQ9YUKkdqVbm2sF2gi4Pei%2BdFm0SJLYr%2B5uPZDolffLT7tY%2FdxoMymUl9oNtThZQhG1FyT%2BTvMOhcPeSwv4h6atCacjUPbhFZGWKHbE2JdU34EytCxPcVMNH%2BnZZsccnv22LfNAK2IHJKXqleTImbXt4iUDqAUOwrwuLl2I0Ta4ktVlVe8yXrvBa5OrDoEztB&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47UXHGGF4P7%2F20260806%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Date=20260806T043144Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=900&amp;X-Amz-Signature=c9ee6f00c0058830c7e8b87dd6fe3b22684010a4a59f9d73e8683ca29b5ec1b4 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=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEGwaCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJHMEUCIAa5ThJLyM3Nt%2BCPhiTphxVfUAR2QfuI7dsSuYkyP1x8AiEAzOEoL1W8YakMAikjdIGH8%2BFYNlQkLN3nhiGgCESiUHUquQUINRAFGgwyNzM1NzAxOTU0MzMiDJ7PdG%2FkI32qLS%2FoIiqWBXt4NiI2do4qCqAs6nDCYhcf6ijG46T8fPxHdUvC7Bhz1jewwuBer2hbuj1Da7%2BoYGx0WyQGCmyEdgNCSo6G603shgvNXD%2Bu%2F%2BzHdUkM1sWXLX87L0vbCqLUlskaJNcAbNEUmnfwx3tqGlelJcrnJnwor4IMaC6hSRtUFIzzbB1JEJbMC914oeH97KE%2BpQLM5hm0z0DdJRe09%2FluF0hY7lNEVQOaileUCRwofwPFQA2WtDcFnVaiVPTX0AjWc8dbSYs4hq5qwY71NWwtv7xJ8T8IBg%2B8D%2BKtCWvY%2FP1CWvQb%2Fdi%2F1b5%2Fzqs%2FT3EYPyLq9qa72FObBGbNUkdTMmU0NkoFac4uayFpMcBRzcggHmIx5kUm%2FTG8sb19db0RafG7QbXRmz1Xq4Ux4l8bdU0%2Bj2pfVdXrtxJQSNf0RtHi8i2Rh7%2B%2FjNQo7Q44w5udNmzlxK%2F1r9KkbkU6G4C0hdDYDxMuuiIeFhbMAATpgjLahVTDIqJYPWDRsvzIqrTJcgJoJKDdadG7xgiltxAiUVHDhlzpg1kQ5k2iax4yqQqL6avO7senBc1K3H9gaQ%2Fm3NpGm3qMkUT5T%2FWCdt42%2F14kqrbVsZPqobTj4CJP3dCAKa4mlHAAbh89Ipaj5k20OMzFYG8vEKXM5oK5Vq0vAR2dG9CnrpxbDWMnrXpfIThZ4Vq1wnakTwjfvzJK9FGsNtyChZlkgkLD2JX9P0TaLoCmVeZu1kLfml9xmiW6LAa%2Bv7d2wTIbq0fO8A%2Bi3BII7NWRKWhYayo6%2Fnuuc8T%2B7L9PjgnOJwEEh7YpmQ2EjKJYlgv2w8WcJTUgG9z%2B5TcIkZgVhDlC755qm8apUyAO%2BI61nB2vdnJx7AfLIYaqi8%2F7C63w%2FO97KDdLMPmJ0NMGOrEBjP4bw4DVESiiV0FkWoT6d5HflOaqpphwAftWB5UXQeJVQ9YUKkdqVbm2sF2gi4Pei%2BdFm0SJLYr%2B5uPZDolffLT7tY%2FdxoMymUl9oNtThZQhG1FyT%2BTvMOhcPeSwv4h6atCacjUPbhFZGWKHbE2JdU34EytCxPcVMNH%2BnZZsccnv22LfNAK2IHJKXqleTImbXt4iUDqAUOwrwuLl2I0Ta4ktVlVe8yXrvBa5OrDoEztB&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47UXHGGF4P7%2F20260806%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Date=20260806T043144Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=900&amp;X-Amz-Signature=899ff13165c13656b6f9e4249ab42cf45581f96bff888b9083a8ddfd762e3539 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/>Apps for Good\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>&#8211; 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