Tech Edge: Hollow Point | Fast Company-Tech Edge: Is Geolocation the Next Social Empire?

Tech Edge: Hollow Point | Fast Company: "Everyone from Google to HBO thinks 2010 is the year we embrace geolocation and tell friends and marketers our every move. Farhad Manjoo locates the problem with that idea."

CAF examines how technology can boost Gift Aid | UK Fundraising

CAF examines how technology can boost Gift Aid | UK Fundraising: "Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) is exploring how technology can be used to transform and simply the Gift Aid process to maximise the potential of this tax relief. It has commissioned a study by the independent, public policy think-tank ResPublica which will publish its findings during the Summer.

CAF estimates that around £750 million of Gift Aid relief goes unclaimed by charities each year."

Guest Post: How Nonprofit Groups Can Benefit from Foursquare - Social Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Guest Post: How Nonprofit Groups Can Benefit from Foursquare - Social Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Guest Post: How Nonprofit Groups Can Benefit from Foursquare

By Peter Panepento

Recently, I asked readers to offer their ideas for how nonprofit groups can best use the social-networking site Foursquare.

Followng that post, we received a number of interesting ideas and I had the chance to connect with Joe Waters, director of cause and event marketing at Boston Medical Center."

5 QUESTIONS with Ed Messman, founder and CEO of Giveo - Boulder Daily Camera

5 QUESTIONS with Ed Messman, founder and CEO of Giveo - Boulder Daily Camera: "Ed Messman has worked with venture-backed, early-stage technology companies for more than 13 years.

As a former executive at Boulder's HiveLive, an enterprise social software company, Messman noticed the convergence of several market and demographic trends, particularly around philanthropic engagement and giving. This spurred the creation last week of Giveo, which uses social networking and crowd-sourcing technologies for charitable-giving initiatives.

Messman recently spoke with the Camera about Giveo and how its new online platform has the potential to revolutionize how people approach charitable donations."