Tag: CHARITY

Twitter enthusiast Drew Olanoff has been raising money for the Lance Armstrong Foundation and Livestrong by allowing netizens to blame his Hodgkin's Lymphoma for all the ills of world. Apparently, this hasn't enough for the philanthropist, so he has decided to auction off his Twitter account, @Drew, for charity. Olanoff had to clear the sale with Evan Williams, one of the founders of Twitter, ...

In what is likely the world's first such occurrence, a street in the Askar refugee camp in the West Bank has been named after a Twitter account. @arjanelfassed tweetstreet was named for @arjanelfassed, the Twitter account of Arjan El Fassed, who named the street through Dutch Web site Jouw Eigen Straatnam. The site sells the right to temporarily name one of 200 streets in the camp for $146, ...

It's heartening to see the success of Public Radio Player 2.0, the official public radio iPhone app; it's reached nearly two million downloads. Produced in conjunction with the country's various public radio networks, the app offers up hundreds of stations and podcasts, and lets users search the massive collection for live and on-demand streams. There is, however, one major hurdle: Apple's total ...

Residents of Kelowna, British Columbia were shocked and appalled when, in early June, thieves pilfered dozens of computer screens from a resident's driveway, according to The Province. Kelowna General Hospital had donated the monitors to Trinity Baptist Church, and had planned to then distribute the screens to impoverished hospitals in Cameroon, Africa. As a church volunteer loaded the monitors ...

Some musicians have criticized Twitter for being the "highest form of narcissism," but, over the last few weeks, Twitter users have given thousands of reasons to prove that the microblogging community will overwhelmingly come to the aid of others. Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, with the help of the band Jane's Addiction, has managed to raise $850,000, thanks in part to Twitter, for a fan in ...

Unbelievably, Americans throw away two million tons of electronic goods every year. Next time you're cleaning house, consider giving stuff away instead, using your local thrift store, mission or bulletin board like FreeCycle.org. In the latter case, simply list your offering and someone in need will contact you. Likewise, it's a great way to find something for yourself. The only rule? Everything ...

John Lennon may have departed this planet 28 years ago, but that's not to say he can't still have an impact. With the assistance of technology and the consent of Yoko Ono, the heralded Beatle has returned in a new OLPC spot. In the ad, the late musician proclaims: "Imagine every child no matter where in the world they were could access a universe of knowledge. They would have a chance to learn, ...

It's not like (PRODUCT) RED versions of Windows Vista haven't been shipping on associated systems for months now, but for those who'd prefer to keep the rig they have and just get a colorful / charitable upgrade to Microsoft's latest OS, this is for you. Listed on the official (PRODUCT) RED website and up for pre-order now at Amazon, the special edition of Windows Vista Ultimate is slated to ship ...

Salvation Army officials in the Atlanta, Georgia area have introduced a donation-via-text drive, Textually.org reports. By texting "TSA" to the number 90999, a donor gives $5 to the long-running charity, and the money will be charged to the donor's phone bill. Due to the economy, we can only assume that this holiday season, folks will be spending less time at the malls (where Salvation Army ...

How do things like this happen? Matt Harding, of 'Dancing' and Wherethehellismatt.com fame is looking to branch out and add charity and philanthropy to his resume, which currently consists of "world traveler" and "dancing fool." The Internet video phenom recently met with representatives from the United Nations -- seriously, this guy met with officials from the UN -- and his sponsors at Stride ...

Remember when eBay was all about getting tickets to sold-out Radiohead concerts and Superbowls and stuff? Now you can get lots of gross and unnecessary things on there, like this Kate Moss hair extension, which the supermodel "shed" in Germany while fleeing the paparazzi. The victorious hair-finder, (fashion equivalent of the guy who catches a fly ball in his beer at a Yankees game) is ...

After 30-plus years of running Microsoft, Bill Gates is stepping down from his post as day to day leader of the company in a culmination of a phased withdrawal by Gates of himself. First, Gates handed over chief software architect duties to Ray Ozzie. Craig Mundie took over as chief research and strategy officer. Then, the fiery and often frightening Steve Ballmer was tapped to take over as CEO. ...

Google's one phone number for everything service, GrandCentral, is getting a new trial of sorts. Google is taking its 'Do no evil' mantra to the streets of San Francisco -- literally. A partnership between Google, the San Francisco city government, and Project CARE (Communications and Respect for Everybody) is offering a free phone number and voicemail box to every homeless person in the city for ...

We don't want to be downers, but... When you're out tying one on tonight, it'll be easy to forget those out there who can't be with their friends and family on this ultimate party night. But we'd like to encourage everyone out there to show a little love and support for the men and women in uniform serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. The nonprofit, nonpartisan, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of ...

In case you haven't been following along with our occasional coverage of John C. Dvorak, we think he could lighten up a bit. This angry man has made a career out of bemoaning everything from Web 2.0 to the iPhone, and now the OLPC XO, the laptop designed for children in developing countries. Dvorak thinks that the OLPC XO is a slap in the face of the developing world. A modern day "let them eat ...