Chat bots are gaining their popularity, and the question arises-how to create them? One of the solutions is to use specialized platforms for this, such as Pandorabots . “Bot” (reduction from “robot”) is a program that imitates human activities. Pandorabots includes The Pandorabots Playground -a free online service for creating chat bots using built-in opportunities and tools. A large section of Tutorial will make it possible to understand the possibilities and create your first bot.

Using Internet services, we leave on the network many “traces” that can be preserved, re-parted and available to outsiders. To protect your privacy in the Big Data era is a difficult task, but, fortunately, there are a number of simple tools available to ordinary Internet users. With their help, you can control who has access to your data, evade mass surveillance and protect private life. We will not touch the advanced methods of protection like PGP shift.

In early 2016, an interdisciplinary group of researchers from New York University conducted a survey of NPO representatives on the topic of data visualization. The result of their work allows you to better understand why it is not so often possible to meet such a useful and interesting information product as infographics in non -profit organizations. Social Design Notes publishes the main conclusions from this study - what problems are social activists, trying to visualize the data.

The Facebook show show is arranged in such a way that each post sees only a small percentage of your account or page subscribers. This leads to the fact that not everyone sees the news and, accordingly, important information can go unnoticed. The solution to this problem can be paid posts and advertising. Kissmetrics marketing portal published 10 tips (Eng), which will help use Facebook as efficiently as possible. 1.

Mobile devices occupy a significant place in our daily life. Every day they collect and store information about their user. Photos, video, personal data, mail, notes, history of messages in messengers-all this can be in the hands of attackers, even despite the protection of devices using a password, a pin code or fingerprint. Drinking and installing applications only from official sources and blocking the phone, it seems to us that such digital security measures are enough. But is it so?

On July 9 and 10, 2016, the Greenhouse of Social Technologies will hold Hakaton “Green Days of Altai” , dedicated to environmental problems. In Barnaul, employees of non -profit organizations, civil activists, programmers, designers and residents of the city will meet on one site to develop and launch their projects, services, and applications. Within two days, participants will have to develop and present the jury projects aimed at solving environmental problems.

The leading world specialist in raising funds for non-profit organizations Anthony Mayers will give a master class at the international conference on the filming, which will be held on June 17-19 in Moscow.

Lev Krylenkov , representative of the Observers of St. Petersburg , spoke about public control in the elections by collecting data from observers. He shared the experience of using technological solutions that were used for this. Leo Krylenkov spoke at Crowdlab -Khakaton Craudsourcing applications to solve public problems, which was held on June 4 and 5, 2016 in St. Petersburg. Download Presentation in PDF .