Category: Tech + Social Ventures

Dean Kamen Urges Innovators To Help Solve The World’s Problems

From Cnet: Kamen gave a talk at the Lux Executive Summit here about science and innovation. But he had a clear ulterior motive: convince a room full of technologists to address the “chilling” need for more scientists and engineers to solve the world’s worsening problems. Kamen said that addressing the basic needs–such as water and… Continue reading Dean Kamen Urges Innovators To Help Solve The World’s Problems

Yahoo Tries Affinity Search

Related to my previous posts on affinity search engines (see here and here), Yahoo has decided to dabble in this space: As part of Yahoo!’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month initiative, Yahoo! Search is announcing a new Infobar built on the SearchMonkey platform that will help Search users make donations to help find a cure for… Continue reading Yahoo Tries Affinity Search

Latest on Affinity Search Engines: Google pulls the plug on eco-friendly search engine Forestle

From Ars Technica: Google has ended its partnership with “green” search engine Forestle, saying that the site offered “incentives to click artificially on sponsored links.” Forestle says that it is attempting to “clarify” the issue and get the site reactivated, but for now, we’ll all have to put our environmentally-conscious searching on hold.

SocialVibe: A Social Media Platform That Helps Raise Money For Charities

I searched through my site and realized that I hadn’t yet covered SocialVibe. I consider this organization one of the more successful web based social enterprises. These guys are L.A. based, raised venture capital, and just announced that they’ve raised over $100k in donations since they launched six months ago. The company said that in… Continue reading SocialVibe: A Social Media Platform That Helps Raise Money For Charities

More Affinity Search From Microsoft: Search And Give

One of the most exciting developments we’ve had in the last year was the success of our inaugural Search and Give program where your queries helped to raise more than $250,000 for local schools and non-profits. By signing up at http://www.searchandgive.com/, consumers can start donating one cent per search to more than 100,000 schools and… Continue reading More Affinity Search From Microsoft: Search And Give

Facebook Causes Statistics

Causes, a Facebook-only application that promotes viral donations of time and money to charities and nonprofits, launched a year ago. They’ve now released statistics today on their usage and donation numbers for that first year. Link

Microsoft’s i’m Program Available To Hotmail Users

Hat tip to TechCrunch, “Microsoft’s i’m Initiative, which launched in March 2007, has expanded to include Hotmail. The program donates a portion of the ad revenue generated through Hotmail and Messenger to any of ten worthwhile causes.” Background on Microsoft i’m: i’m is an initiative from Microsoft. Every time you use Windows Liveâ„¢ Messenger or… Continue reading Microsoft’s i’m Program Available To Hotmail Users

Another Affinity Search Engine: Ecocho

Here’s another affinity search engine, Ecocho, which basically take Google and Yahoo search feeds, gets a share of the advertising, and buys carbon offsets with some of that money. See our previous post on affinity search engines to get some background about this space. Here’s the review from TechCrunch.