Amazon launched two new features today. Day One is a weekly literary journal featuring one short fiction author and one poet, delivered to Kindle readers or apps for $20 a year. And AmazonSmile donates part of what you spend on Amazon to a charity of your choice. [smile.amazon.com via AllThingsD]
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Every so often, the great Internet resource that everyone uses Wikipedia starts asking people for donations. This year a gigantic morning pee-colored banner pops up asking for a few bucks so the lights can stay on and we can all get free information. It’s a great cause! Can you imagine the internet without Wikipedia? But have any of you guys ever donated? More »
Wikipedia is an amazing website. In fact, it’s probably become such an integral part of your life that you hardly give it much thought except for when messages start popping up at the top of the screen, asking for your financial aid. More »
Trying to launch a concerted nonprofit video campaign can feel like tilting at windmills: you might have one moment of undivided attention from viewers before they’re off to watch cats and Nigerian pygmy goats. Google wants to make the most of that time through its YouTube Campaigns initiative. The strategy brings on-video overlays and channel sections that show viewers both a progress meter for the campaign as well as a handy links to explore and share what they’ve found. If all goes well, charities and like-minded organizations get more donations and YouTube views, while we in the general public are reminded that there’s more to life than K-pop videos. It certainly beats manning the phones for a celebrity fundraiser.
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YouTube Campaigns lets nonprofits draw our interest without the telethons originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 20 Oct 2012 06:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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