Meet Mulu, a Pinterest-Like Site for E-Commerce — With a Cause

Mulu.me blends e-commerce with boldfaced names to push products — but also ties buying to charitable giving.
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Zynga Appoints New Executive Director for Its Philanthropic Arm

Ken Weber has been appointed as executive director of Zynga.org, the social gaming company’s philanthropic division, to which players have contributed over the years. The company said earlier that a portion of its $1 billion stock offering in December will go toward charitable causes through Zynga.org. Weber spent the past six years as COO at The ONE Campaign, an advocacy organization focused on fighting poverty and preventable disease in Africa.

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The Cost of Online Giving

Donating to a charity online may be costlier than you think.

Sweet Charity: Apple Matches Employee Donations

Feeling flush, Apple is boosting its philanthropic commitment.
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Overstock Says No Shortage of Inventory in the World That's Ripe for Discounting

In so many ways, Overstock may be considered the original flash sales site. Now, it too is experimenting with daily emails that offer steep discounts on select merchandise.

Hate Ads? You'll Love This Site. Love Ads? You Too.

A site for people who love to complain about ads. That’s most of you, right? It’s created by an ad guy, of course.

Liveblogging the Facebook Mobile Event: Single Sign-On for Social

BoomTown arrived late to the Facebook mobile event for the press due to traffic related to the parade for the San Francisco Giants’ World Series victory–and where I would much rather be right now. Go Giants! In any case, I am here in the cafeteria of Facebook again, where the company continues its attempts to take over the known digital universe before Google does. The latest parry: Single sign-on!

Erasing Computers for Donation, Office on Netbooks and Installing Windows 7 on an iMac

How to erase personal files before donating an Apple eMac

How to Plug a Leaking Record–Don’t Even Try

In the old days, back at the beginning of this decade, news that a band’s new album had leaked on the Internet before it went on sale was a big deal. And it occasioned lots of wailing and hair-pulling in the music business. But that was when people bought CDs. Now it’s a way to raise money for charity.
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David Geffen Thinks The New York Times Is a Charity Case. So What Does He Want to Do About It?

A new series of reports argues that billionaire David Geffen doesn’t want to make money by investing in the New York Times–he wants to save it. Fair enough. But how exactly does he plan to do that?
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Holiday Giving: An Online Guide

Jerry's Lunch Partners: BoomTown Not Invited