AFP Blog

MAY 11, 2012

Crowdfunding raised $1.5 billion worldwide last year : Almost US$1.5 billion was raised in 2011 by crowdfunding platforms around the world, according to an industry report released Tuesday by Massolution, the research group of industry body Crowdsourcing. There were almost 350 crowdfunding platforms, or online fundraising platforms that generally accept small donations, at the end of 2011, the report found, up by more than 50 percent from the beginning of the year.

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AFP Blog

MAY 11, 2012

A Facebook Promotion Connects a Charity With a Loyal Donor - Social Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

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AFP Blog

MAY 11, 2012

Goodbye QR Codes, Hello Near Field Communication?  Engage365 : nother day, another technology being called “THE” thing to have this year. Discussion around Near Field Communication (NFC) technology in smartphones has been bubbling for months if not years, coming to a head recently with Google’s official support of NFC and their dropping of QR code support in the Google Places service.

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AFP Blog

MAY 11, 2012

Charities fear new EU rules on website cookies will deter users | Third Sector : Website operators will have to get permission from users before putting cookies on computer systems Charities are concerned about what new EU cookie laws will mean in practice and how they should comply. From 26 May, all website operators must gain the consent of web users before putting cookies on their computer systems.

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AFP Blog

MAY 11, 2012

MediaPost Publications Mobile To Become Top Email Platform 05/02/2012 : Return Path projects that mobile will overtake Webmail and the desktop PC to become the leading platform for e-mail by year’s end.

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