{"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=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEFIaCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJHMEUCIBFJ0jWQEy0sna03dxlFL6UDTfI0tian%2BqZ3h1VH2Dg%2BAiEAsrPH1aIRfgtMEXFC3T%2FzonozAJQqlb7H2yGOB9i4oCYquQUIGxAFGgwyNzM1NzAxOTU0MzMiDNI1wtC71UD4gs99MyqWBaiSaHymR22AI6UPYa2DuZ6fhD8GofMj9UdjYW67XopaIwGGk747lYhv3m3VEHBvEQwUW8wktRXQYewopOReezpWgulaKCJhJbO5L%2FbNIi1afDWU3yOlS7%2BwYzB1%2FrXatLgi1QDMIIngxoVjYRoc%2FwqFjqNU0ZSLXCVSghvzBhseADzIEck3yMjwNbS8OAgcNJWYhoswajxbxzzg9SmA3S6s1DZmuh8QslTOfCNQYZEH7QYrS%2B%2BerPQmbcTaNokf2W%2FUWN%2FKRgS6UrP5YtQrl5tNnxfNPOUyO4XnUHXDQtwMBDVuHZsPXdOZXaTMUrsN0Oy2Cl8G6pcfcYGRUXlSmj2qFAWOyFfwdv%2FmI%2BLSunaqaQqZMsOZ6ipPoIqcemCfDEfzyVS8aeoyW779qwdsmUuNeBXDBm4e3M7hIJyzYxoG8ku5LRvWfBL1nJ4jwrhwIdGM%2FYFu2KLTEkzCrgmTNzAMlXfdVvRd9GvBIrILTh50jabQfHKFczZgkK5JNjw%2F2eSAtyLWZNf1BD8EekfuLdE9nvREeJrBOhPlbvsB8uC3tfhKAQ7zjBDhElc5XahtKG8wlkmAI7Z7pbAehMsx7aKk0m3Z2aTPkBEXyMdn4fglWZpk3dtNGtQK900yOXgGXZeyxcuSwlU5Tw%2Fzw2Tzf50Ckl%2Bdr3TNQv3JVC8PgdeSSA58B7SA1xnnNz%2B4fQs6Qul%2FNHIniEJ7QjMnukmz6%2F54a%2F0ivtgawfD7hRvJUXOBxWtJ2DLhxvXK5uPZNLNU7WRFPd19OsLi6ASqBLd%2BrrYLPQtGrqEf7j6HZUHc9g5v6IBF5ZISs9CQtLaCKdQiKsLViS5D0oEDe%2FqzX5VG9tpuNCqNsIDpsf6mc6t9vDOZFEeTbXNaML7lutQGOrEB6ZTsZ3nt%2FOC%2F7DDGnAdEV8%2FuCFe46fXYQx9bZ%2ByNm9HWibkI67CEg7XWj9BigwD1JRWIFiK87L4xBhHApEZ0Imxru6Tp7f03jOq4I9Np3rym3CYt836D2YLUA5djJ7ALl6H3xo%2BAb55mabyBqNdJUOVzrt0xRfQ%2FQeZW8hQaj6HxqD439Ca3fDwnoM90G8ucRxqvKDmNwj%2BbxytaW99xjhlinQaqWUm%2FEI35VvanRmrp&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47U242ORE6Z%2F20260826%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Date=20260826T101706Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=900&amp;X-Amz-Signature=dced7feffb07565e0a1f6112f9803086429b1296b7dfae9880138f7356d0b87f 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=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEFIaCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJHMEUCIBFJ0jWQEy0sna03dxlFL6UDTfI0tian%2BqZ3h1VH2Dg%2BAiEAsrPH1aIRfgtMEXFC3T%2FzonozAJQqlb7H2yGOB9i4oCYquQUIGxAFGgwyNzM1NzAxOTU0MzMiDNI1wtC71UD4gs99MyqWBaiSaHymR22AI6UPYa2DuZ6fhD8GofMj9UdjYW67XopaIwGGk747lYhv3m3VEHBvEQwUW8wktRXQYewopOReezpWgulaKCJhJbO5L%2FbNIi1afDWU3yOlS7%2BwYzB1%2FrXatLgi1QDMIIngxoVjYRoc%2FwqFjqNU0ZSLXCVSghvzBhseADzIEck3yMjwNbS8OAgcNJWYhoswajxbxzzg9SmA3S6s1DZmuh8QslTOfCNQYZEH7QYrS%2B%2BerPQmbcTaNokf2W%2FUWN%2FKRgS6UrP5YtQrl5tNnxfNPOUyO4XnUHXDQtwMBDVuHZsPXdOZXaTMUrsN0Oy2Cl8G6pcfcYGRUXlSmj2qFAWOyFfwdv%2FmI%2BLSunaqaQqZMsOZ6ipPoIqcemCfDEfzyVS8aeoyW779qwdsmUuNeBXDBm4e3M7hIJyzYxoG8ku5LRvWfBL1nJ4jwrhwIdGM%2FYFu2KLTEkzCrgmTNzAMlXfdVvRd9GvBIrILTh50jabQfHKFczZgkK5JNjw%2F2eSAtyLWZNf1BD8EekfuLdE9nvREeJrBOhPlbvsB8uC3tfhKAQ7zjBDhElc5XahtKG8wlkmAI7Z7pbAehMsx7aKk0m3Z2aTPkBEXyMdn4fglWZpk3dtNGtQK900yOXgGXZeyxcuSwlU5Tw%2Fzw2Tzf50Ckl%2Bdr3TNQv3JVC8PgdeSSA58B7SA1xnnNz%2B4fQs6Qul%2FNHIniEJ7QjMnukmz6%2F54a%2F0ivtgawfD7hRvJUXOBxWtJ2DLhxvXK5uPZNLNU7WRFPd19OsLi6ASqBLd%2BrrYLPQtGrqEf7j6HZUHc9g5v6IBF5ZISs9CQtLaCKdQiKsLViS5D0oEDe%2FqzX5VG9tpuNCqNsIDpsf6mc6t9vDOZFEeTbXNaML7lutQGOrEB6ZTsZ3nt%2FOC%2F7DDGnAdEV8%2FuCFe46fXYQx9bZ%2ByNm9HWibkI67CEg7XWj9BigwD1JRWIFiK87L4xBhHApEZ0Imxru6Tp7f03jOq4I9Np3rym3CYt836D2YLUA5djJ7ALl6H3xo%2BAb55mabyBqNdJUOVzrt0xRfQ%2FQeZW8hQaj6HxqD439Ca3fDwnoM90G8ucRxqvKDmNwj%2BbxytaW99xjhlinQaqWUm%2FEI35VvanRmrp&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47U242ORE6Z%2F20260826%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Date=20260826T101706Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=900&amp;X-Amz-Signature=3ea0e2521c605b6614e1246131e383c1524d7759793e8243380796d19308c4b4 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/>Apps for Good\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>&#8211; 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