Tag: Charity
Dell and Microsoft launch (PRODUCT) RED branded products
Dell and Microsoft have announced that they’ve partnered and joined the (PRODUCT) RED initiative which sees companies donating a portion of the sale price of products to the Global Fund.
Dell products in the scheme include the XPS M1330 (PRODUCT) RED laptop — featuring high-definition 13.3-inch display, full-sized keyboard, built-in Wi-Fi and optional mobile broadband wireless — and the XPS M1530 (PRODUCT) RED — a 15.4-inch laptop loaded with features like built-in webcam and fingerprint reader. The laptops feature vibrant red colouring and accents.
Google bored of having money – donating $175m to various charities
The piles of cash everywhere at Google HQ are getting a bit too much. Some office doors won’t even open any more, and there’s no cupboard space left for essentials like pens and envelopes thanks to all the bundles of fifties wedged in every cabinet.
That’s why (in one possible dimension) Google has revealed it’s throwing $175 million into helping fight global infection outbreaks – by developing new computer systems…
David Tennant-autographed Dalek up for grabs on eBay
It’s not often the opportunity to own a one-off David Tennant autographed Dalek comes up, and it’s even rarer when it’s containing recorded speech from Nick Briggs (who does the Dalek voices in Doctor Who, durr), and it’s even more rare when it’s been featured on the Friday Night with Jonathan Ross TV show.
The Dalek’s recorded speech was made especially for the show, and all proceeds go to charedee, specifically…
Cancer charity holding 'World's Biggest Coffee Morning' in Second Life
At last, a reason to log back into Second Life that doesn’t involve getting spammed by a brand. UK charity Macmillan Cancer Support is holding what it says is the ‘World’s Largest Coffee Morning’ this Friday within the virtual world, at its new virtual cancer information centre.
It’s been created for Macmillan by Second Life creative firms New Business Horizons and Phoenix Film & Television. Visitors to the centre will be served virtual coffee all day, while giant coffee cups are being placed around the Second Life world to attract donations, with every donor getting a free virtual t-shirt by way of thanks.
One Laptop Per Child kicks off November 12th, two XO laptops for $399
We haven’t heard much from the One Laptop Per Child program recently, so I was fairly shocked to discover on my internet trawls that the program will kick off officially on November 12th.
The previously quoted cost per laptop of $100 has obviously been thrown out the window, with a more realistic price-tag of $399 being attached to each pair of Linux-based laptop. The idea is that customers purchase two laptops for $399, and one will be given to a child in a developing country. The XO laptops,…
Daily Tech Hotlinks for 12-Sept-07: Tron, Steve Wozniak, Spam, EU, Transformers
– Alert the Tron Guy, as a sequel to the film Tron is in the making (Hollywood Reporter) – Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is selling his Nissan for charity, for $100,000 (Gizmodo) – Spam accounts for 83% of all…
Vaughan Smith, English video journalist, Twittering live from Afghanistan
How many of us actually use Twitter for a worthwhile purpose – or even use it at all, these days? Most of my friends’ Twitter feeds are updated with dry accounts of whether they chose sushi or a sandwich for lunch – not the most interesting read, let me tell you!
Luckily there’s a video journalist out there who’s making all us Twitterers look good by association, and that man is Vaughan Smith…
Luckily there’s a video journalist out there who’s making all us Twitterers look good by association, and that man is Vaughan Smith…
Mr Men and Little Miss Celebrity podcasts raise money for Variety Club
Maybe it’s because I’m feeling nostalgic (caught Danger Mouse and Top Cat on daytime telly today) and charitable, but here’s another story that caught my eye today: Mr Men and Little Miss celebrity charity podcasts.
Six of the UK’s favourite celebrities — Tony “Time Team” Robinson, Joanna “Ab Fab” Lumley, Wendy “Pauline Fowler” Richard (shall I stop this now?), Neil Fox, Ben Shephard, and John Simm — will record a Mr Men or a Little Miss story podcast in order to raise money for the Variety Club.
Lenovo to auction off Olympic Torch-themed notebook PCs for global charities
Celebrating the one-year-out mark for the Beijing 2008 Olympics, Lenovo yesterday announced plans for a major philanthropic auction, with limited-edition notebook computers inspired by their 2008 Olympic Torch on offer.
From February 8th next year, at the six-month mark, week-long back-to-back auctions for these “Cloud of Promise” notebook PCs will begin, concluding just prior to the start of the Games. Several of the PCs will be autographed by athletes.
NSPCC to inhabit Habbo Hotel to spread anti-bullying message
Whilst it's more fashionable for companies and charities to get in on Second Life, there are other virtual worlds that are getting a presence from large organisations. The UKs leading children's charity, the NSPCC, is to set up a temporary…
