Tagged: Charity

Twestival raises $250,000 for charity
Social networking site Twitter recently held its first round of 'Twestivals', charity events aimed to raise money for charity: water.

Google expands project to give homeless people phone numbers
Internet giant Google has revealed it is to partner with shelters in the Californian city of San Francisco to provide homeless people with a phone number and voicemail facility.

Google's InStedd project involving Facebook 'set to launch'
Today (January 17th), a Google-funded global humanitarian technology project involving Facebook is set to launch, CNET News.com reports.

Charity search engine Everyclick.com hoping to increase success
Everyclick.com, a UK-based search engine that raises money for charities each time a user conducts a query, is hoping to significantly increase the amount of money it generates over 2008, the Guardian reports.

Google involved in Our Stories project
Search engine giant Google, along with One Laptop per Child (OLPC) and Unicef, has launched a new project to preserve cultural identities around the world.

Environmental campaigners utilise Google Earth
An environmental group which campaigns against coal mining involving the removal of mountaintops is to begin using Google Earth to boost its campaign, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Google announces YouTube boost to non-profit organisations
Search engine Google has announced that its video-sharing site YouTube is set to help non-profit organisations.

Google announces robotic race to the moon
Google has announced a robotic race to the Moon, the winner of which will be in for a windfall of $30 million.

Charities are struggling with a successful online presence - can Google help?
The second benchmark study of UK Charity Websites conducted by E-consultancy gives an insight into how well charities operate in the online environment. The results are unedifying but Google is offering support.

Google Earth Outreach targets non-profit apps
Google have introduced yet another new feature to their Google Earth satellite program to help non-profit and charity organisations build applications that highlight their work around the globe.