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  • Back to School, Back to Basics: 5 Ways Students Can Stay Secure Online

    New semester, new class schedule, new laptop or dorm Wi-Fi — back-to-school season means students are managing more accounts, devices, and shared networks than ever. It is also prime season for scammers, who know students are juggling financial aid portals, campus logins, textbook marketplaces, and new apartment leases all at once. A few simple habits […]

  • We Made the News! give IT. get IT. Featured on NBC10 Boston

    • Date: September 1, 2026
    • Category: News

    Saving money on tech just got a little easier to talk about — and we’re proud that give IT. get IT. was part of the conversation. NBC10 Boston recently ran an investigative piece on how rising electronics prices are hitting families and students especially hard, driven largely by an ongoing global shortage of memory chips. […]

  • The Turnaround Man: The Marty Duggan Story

    • Date: August 19, 2026
    • Category: News

    For six years, Marty Duggan was responsible for retiring outdated electronics at Sappi, the global paper and pulp company where he spent 28 years, most of them in corporate IT. That responsibility, unglamorous as it sounded, would end up connecting him to two people who were just beginning to build something remarkable in Belfast, Maine: […]

  • A Summer of Impact: Real Stories from the Communities We Serve

    • Date: August 13, 2026
    • Category: News

    Summer is often a season for reflection, and this year we have plenty to reflect on. From a residential recovery program in southern Maine to a rural elementary school near the Canadian border, the technology we provide is showing up in places where it truly matters. Below, in their own words, are two organizations sharing […]

  • A Computer, a Community, and a Path Home: give IT. get IT. at Shead High School in Eastport

    Melissa Mitchell knows exactly where you can and cannot get cell service near Shead High School. Stand in the right spot on the ball field across the street, she will tell you, and you might get lucky. Most places, you will not. It is the kind of detail you only know if you live it, […]