Community Broadband Act To Reach Senate
The bipartisan Community Broadband Act, supported by some well-known US senators, was passed out the Senate Commerce Committee today and will proceed to the full Senate for a vote. Most famous among the senators that introduced the bill are John Kerry, John McCain, and Ted Stephens, whose claim to fame at this point was labeling [...]
YouTube, Google Checkout Cater To Nonprofits
Nonprofit organizations have, like everyone else, always been able to use YouTube for free. But a new arrangement will give them more exposure and an innovative way to get funds. The YouTube Nonprofit Program “will enable non-profits to create dedicated YouTube channels for themselves, making it even easier for people to find, watch, and engage [...]
Friendster Adds Fan Profiles
Friendster has introduced a new feature on its social networking site called "Fan Profiles" which lets bands, companies, celebrities, nonprofits and other groups promote themselves. Fan Profiles are a separate account from a standard Friendster profile and is listed differently in friends lists. Fan profiles have more features including mass email capabilities, contact list management [...]
Google Extends Apps To Non-Profits
Registered non-profit organizations in the United States will be able to use the Google Apps Education Edition for their communication needs.When Google first introduced the Education Edition of its Google Apps, it looked like a natural fit for non-profits. It took a while for Google to extend the service to non-profit organizations under the same [...]
Death Knell Chimes For Internet Radio
In March, the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board approved a proposal by SoundExchange, working on behalf of the RIAA, which would implement a significant increase in royalty rates for streaming audio providers. Realizing that these rates would put them under, online radio stations banded together in one last desperate appeal to the CRB to reconsider the [...]
Google Gives Clicks To Charity
Everyone’s aware of Google’s old “do no evil” motto, but not as many people know about the company’s good works. Some folks were very surprised by the extent of one recent charitable act: the Google Grants program essentially dumped $10,000 into a non-profit organization’s AdWords account. Todd Mintz discovered Google’s gift while he was helping [...]
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