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Salvation Army is testing Square to take donations this holiday
With the holidays coming it means it’s time for the Salvation Army to deploy it’s bell-ringers and red kettles to take donation, but this year the non-profit is testing a new way of taking donations with Square. This year the Salvation Army will equip 40 locations in Dallas, San Francisco, Chicago and New York (10 more »
Interested in touring Bill Gates’ house? Be prepared to shell out $35,000
It is no secret that Bill and Melinda Gates are generous in terms of charity work, and it also seems that they are willing to open up their home to one lucky bidder. In the name of charity of course. Each year they participate in a charity auction, at which one of the items that more »
Buy a book from Pentax, help cancer research
Pentax has released a photo collection book, the proceeds of which will benefit childhood cancer research. The book includes works from 59 international photographers and used virtual tools to bring the artwork together into a unique collection. The PDML Photo Annual is available now and 100 percent of its profits go to the National Childhood more »
12th Annual PC building competition to take place at CES 2009
The 12th annual Build Your Own PC Race for Charity hosted by TigerDirect, CompUSA, AMD and Systemax is set to take place again from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. on January 8, 2009 at the Wynn Hotel. In case you aren’t familiar with this charity event, basically 30 tech journalists/companies work amongst themselves to design a PC in the shortest amount of time. For first place, $10,000 gets donated to that companies’ chosen charity, second place gets $2,500 to their charity, and then third gets $1,000 for their charity.
To give some perspective on how fast these computers can be assembled, last year’s winner, Maximum PC’s Will Smith, made his PC in 10 minutes 30 seconds.
TripAdvisor to donate $1M, your vote counts
TripAdvisor, one of the biggest travel guide websites on the world wide web, has come up with an interesting idea to give back to the community. It will come in a shape of a big donation and will be given to a worthy cause.
The best part is that you can vote where the money goes to. There are 5 options: Conservation International, Doctors Without Borders, National Geographic Society, The Nature Conservancy, and Save the Children. You’ve got until the 12th of November to vote on the organization that should receive $1M.
MSI intro’s the charity-supporting Wind netbook Love Edition
MSI has recently unveiled a new special edition for its Wind netbook, the Love Edition and it will support the Global Charity Program. The new special edition Wind will be available in pure white with tans, bright silver and shining gold hearts on the casing. It will otherwise keep the same specs as the standard edition Wind.
With the introduction of this netbook, MSI is also launching the “Love with the Wind” global charity program which will help “poor children” in countries such as Taiwan, China, Poland, Ukraine, Turkey, Russia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Korea and India learn to use computers.
According to MSI, their goal is to “make a concrete contribution to bridge the digital divide and encourage others to show their care as well.”
Canada’s Future Shop offering $100 toward Blu-ray/HD DVD combo player purchase
In a move similar to Circuit City, but not quite as generous an offer, Canada’s Future Shop is helping those customers that were unfortunate enough to commit to the now dead HD DVD format. The offer from Future Shop does have some nice points and some limitations. First off they are accepting standalone HD DVD more »
