Tag: DONATE

In just a day and a half, the massive virtual populations of Zynga's FarmVille, CityVille, and FrontierVille have donated more than $1 million in aid for victims of the natural disasters in Japan. Zynga has added special virtual goods to several games which players can purchase to donate funds. It's a very clever use of in-game purchases, and one even the most jaded of FarmVille detractors ...

Google's Chrome for a Cause extension promises to donate money to a charity for every new tab you open in Chrome until this Sunday, December 19. At the end of each day you can choose where the money will go, and you have five charities to pick from: Doctors Without Borders -- an independent, international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid in 70 countries The ...

Search Google for "stock photography" and you will get an endless list of results. There's no shortage of sites trying to make money off the work of stock photographers, and apparently no shortage to drab sites and blogs who seek out the stockiest images, despite the fact that it all looks like the same clip-art that was used in 1996. Finding truly good images usually requires a lengthy search ...

If you're doing a lot of holiday shopping online this year, and you're looking for a painless way to give something back to your favorite charity, consider installing the Browse for a Cause Firefox extension. Instead of asking for donations directly, Browse for a Cause adds affiliate codes to sites like Amazon, and then donates the affiliate fees to the charity or charities you select. That way, ...

Microsoft is expanding that successful I'm Initiative we heard about last year to include Hotmail. The company started the I'm Initiative in 2007's March and has so far raised nearly $1.5 million to give to charities. The "service" makes using Microsoft's services -- specifically Hotmail and Messenger -- beneficial to several causes. Microsoft shares a portion of its advertising revenue ...

Once you've sorted out gifts for your family, friends, and favorite bloggers, why not give a bit back to the people whose free software you enjoy (and depend on) all year 'round? Devanshu Mehta has put together a great list of free software projects and organizations that depend on your donations and involvement to keep producing great products. Among his picks are the Mozilla Foundation, the ...