Nonprofits awaken to the power of the Internet - Long Island Business News

Nonprofits awaken to the power of the Internet - Long Island Business News: "Ed Lally, vice president of development for The Hospice Care Network, sat in front of a colorful quilt with panels on which people wrote messages such as “My dad was no. 1,” “I miss my dad,” and “I love my grandpa in heaven.” Quilts like these provide both moving memorials and money for charities.

But this Woodbury-based group plans to take that idea into the 21st century, asking people to donate toward a virtual quilt, designing online panels for a high-tech tapestry that will exist on screen.

The group hopes to debut its virtual quilt within a few months."

Yahoo Backs Google Development Tool - washingtonpost.com

A variety of coverage of this topic is posted here yesterday and today.

Yahoo Backs Google Development Tool - washingtonpost.com: "Yahoo will support Google's OpenSocial software, which allows developers to put their programs on more social-networking sites."

The new OpenSocial — now a little less Googley : Good Morning Silicon Valley

The new OpenSocial — now a little less Googley : Good Morning Silicon Valley: "Today, Google moved to negate any concerns about its role by joining with Yahoo and MySpace to create an independent nonprofit OpenSocial Foundation “for the open and transparent governance of the OpenSocial specifications and intellectual property.” Said Google’s DeWitt Clinton, “This foundation, modeled after the community-led and industry-supported OpenID Foundation, will seek to ensure that the technology behind OpenSocial remains implementable by all, freely and without restriction, in perpetuity"

In spurning OpenSocial, Facebook loses face | Coop's Corner : A Blog from Charlie Cooper - CNET News.com

In spurning OpenSocial, Facebook loses face | Coop's Corner : A Blog from Charlie Cooper - CNET News.com: "Nearly every time proponents of open standards confront companies clinging to a proprietary view of technology, you know who's going to have the angels on their side. So I'm still scratching my head over Facebook's decision to reply to the new OpenSocial proposal with a raised middle finger."

Yahoo, Google, MySpace form nonprofit OpenSocial Foundation | The Social - CNET News.com

Yahoo, Google, MySpace form nonprofit OpenSocial Foundation | The Social - CNET News.com: "It's like the Justice League of social media: Google, Yahoo, and News Corp.'s MySpace.com announced on Tuesday that they have formed the OpenSocial Foundation, a nonprofit group to support the OpenSocial initiative that Google kick-started last year to promote a universal standard for developer applications on social-networking sites."

PC Pro: News: Wikipedia grabs record donation

PC Pro: News: Wikipedia grabs record donation: "The Wikimedia Foundation has received an unprecedented $3 million donation from a single organisation, twice the amount it raised in the whole of 2006."

Major Donors Generous Online | WebProNews

Major Donors Generous Online | WebProNews: "A new survey conducted by Convio, Sea Change Strategies and Edge Research found that major donors to nonprofits give generous amounts to various causes online.

On average major donors give $11,000 each year to a variety of nonprofits and they spend an average of 18 hours a week online."

Charities go online to stay in the running and reach the next generation of givers | Society | The Guardian

Charities go online to stay in the running and reach the next generation of givers | Society | The Guardian: "Charities hit by falling donations over the past year yesterday welcomed figures showing online fundraiser justgiving.com had channelled more than £250m to the sector since its launch in 2001."

KSDK NewsChannel 5 - DPS Director Thanks RIM for Rescheduling BlackBerry Updates

KSDK NewsChannel 5 - DPS Director Thanks RIM for Rescheduling BlackBerry Updates: "KSDK -- Director of Public Safety Mark James applauded the outstanding cooperation from Research In Motion (RIM) with Missouri's emergency response community. RIM postponed a scheduled 4 hour BlackBerry Database upgrade for all North American subscribers from early Saturday morning, until a future date."

AFP > Resource Center | Fundraising news > Are Tech-Savvy Millenials the New Voice of Philanthropy?

AFP > Resource Center | Fundraising news > Are Tech-Savvy Millenials the New Voice of Philanthropy?: "Are Tech-Savvy Millenials the New Voice of Philanthropy?

(March 24, 2008) It’s a pretty good assumption, at least from the people eWire talked to this week, that Millennials, also known as Generation Y—born in 1982 and after—show strong promise to be the next great civic-minded generation."