Social Good – Charity and Technology in the online universe
1. U.S. charitable giving in 2009 – $303 billion (online donations $15 million).
2. Total average online donation $144.72.
3. Find a graph for online charitable donation growth in the attached infographic.
4. Largest online U.S. charities – United way, American Cancer Society, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Educational Media Foundation.
5. Largest offline U.S. charities – YMCA, United Way, Catholic Charities USA, Goodwill Industries, The Salvation Army.
6. Mobile Donations – After the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the American Red Cross began raising donations via text messages. Text’s sent to the Red Cross ‘s shortcode would charge $10 to the user’s phone bill. Phone providers helped ensure that 100% of donations went to Haiti.
7. 95% of them were first time donors.
Over a period of time we all have come across various exalting and cool Google logos and know who is tha brain behind this superb logos. This doodle in U.S version of Google’s search engine today is one hell of a logo to arouse interest and curiosity.
This logo is animated which reacts to the pointer of the mouse, moving close to it will desiperse the particles / pieces. Unlike other Google doodles, this one is unclickable, so one cannot know the story behind it (Mouse hover doesnt work here 
). We can assume that it might be Google’s birthday which falls on September 27th .
Watch the embedded video to see Google doodle in action, i am sure you will love it.
P.S. It will be Google’s 12 th birthday.
Facebook Privacy: 6 Years of Controversy
After the most popular social network in the world Facebook’s long – awaited location-based functionality Places was announced, serious privacy concerns for users of the social network pitched up.
This is not the only controversy which Facebook has sparked for its privacy practices. Facebook’s problems stretch back to before its founding when than Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg hacked into the school’s network to steal pictures of students for a site that ranked their attractiveness.
Attached is an infographic with the post tracing the history of privacy snafus that have dogged the platform since its creation.
Here is a quick snapshot
Feb 2004 – Facebook then called thefacebook.com, launched from Harvard dorm room. Mark Zuckerberg had to shut down an earlier site after facing Harvard sanctions for hacking into school directories and posting students photos without their consent.
Sep 2006 – There was a huge backlash from users who called the site “Stalkerbook” and protested that it was creepy to constantly see what their friends where doing.
Nov 2007 – Facebook responded to outrage by allowing users to opt out of Beacon.
Feb 2009 – Facebook announced that users would allow to “review, comment and vote on” a new set of Facebook principles and other policies.
Aug 2009 – Facebook announced policies based on Canadian government recommendations.
The graphic below was created for Mashable by Lisa Waananen.
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