32 posts and columns on charity
Waywire, Cory Booker’s Attempt to Build a Web Video Startup, Sells to Magnify
Booker, who is likely to win one of New Jersey’s senate seats on Wednesday, had already donated his shares in the troubled company to charity.News Byte
Apple Earns a Shout-Out From Bono for AIDS Contributions
Apple has contributed more than $65 million to the fight against AIDS in Africa. This according to U2 singer and (RED) charity head Bono, who said Friday that “Apple is certainly leading the crew” of fundraisers with its (Product) RED Special Edition iPods and accessories.“Luminary” Access Site IfOnly Officially Launches With $3M in Funding From Tech Luminaries
Delivering the A-List to the masses?As He Preps for Skull Surgery This Week, Brett Bullington Talks About His Brain Injury and Social Media Medicine (Video)
Here’s the good part of sharing.News Byte
Zuckerberg Gives $500 Million in Stock to Silicon Valley Charity
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said today he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, were donating 18 million shares of the company, currently worth almost $500 million, to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, a nonprofit that helps channel philanthropic gifts. Zuckerberg said the funds would go toward health and education projects.Something to Be Thankful For: Brett Bullington’s Recovery Path Is Made by Walking (Video)
The beloved Silicon Valley exec and investor is on the mend.News Byte
Facebook, Google and Twitter Partner With Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher Charity
Though actors Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher separated well over a year ago, the pair continue to collaborate on the charity work they began as a couple. Kutcher and Moore recently extended the mission of their joint foundation to combat the exploitation of children online, renaming it THORN: Digital Defenders of Children and enlisting tech companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter to support it.Demand Media Finally Breaks Away for Good From Lance Armstrong
The race is not always to the swift.News Byte