PND - Philanthropy News Digest:
Now in its tenth year, the program enables ministers to take leave of daily parish life and engage in renewal and reflection for a short period without disrupting the activities of their congregation.... (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Here is this week's events guide. You can download the entire event calendar in iCal format or import it into your Google Calendar. You can also import individual events using the link beside each entry. This events guide is (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup - our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week - we analyze a new breed of content site that is rapidly gaining momentum, look into recent statistics showing that Gen Y is using (Read More)
ChicagoBusiness.com Breaking News:
(Crain’s) — CBS Corp.'s top executive said the company is "in dialogue" with daytime-TV queen Oprah Winfrey about the status of her long-running syndicated program, amidst speculation that the talk-show host could move her sh (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Google has just announced that it is open-sourcing a set of tools its own developers use to build some of the company’s most well known products, including Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Maps.The first tool is called the Clos (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Ribbit Mobile is challenging Google Voice as the trusted receiver, organizer, and transcriber of your phone calls and voicemail. How does it stack up to Google's voicemail services? Aside from a few missing pieces, Ribbit loo (Read More)
WindowsClient.net:
I was searching for “WPF” on microsoftpdc.com, and I found a great video clip with Robert Hess and Don Box talking about the history of PDC’s. At about 4:00, they show a long clip from PDC2001 where Rebecca Norlander, Group (Read More)
Environment - stories: popular:
In fact, I never knew that the program was initially aimed to get more fuel efficient cars on the road. I thought that it was to help tanking American car companies. The report says that some of the clunkers got better gas mi (Read More)
TechCrunch:
More expansion news from Adeo Ressi’s Founder Institute. The startup incubator is steadily expanding. It recently opened up an outpost in Seattle, and now is expanding to New York. “New York City needs a kick in the pants,” (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Free web service CompareMyDocs is an easy-to-use tool that compares up to seven revisions of a Word document or rich text file to help you put together a final draft based on revisions you choose. After choosing the documents (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Apple today announced that the iTunes App Store now features over 100,000 applications for the iPhone and iPod touch. App Store users have downloaded over 2 billion applications. While Apple is obviously celebrating this as a (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Last night, Amazon sent out emails to their Amazon Associates members touting the latest addition to the company's affiliate program: a new feature called "Share with Twitter." According to the email, participants can generat (Read More)
TechCrunch:
[UK] The latest benefactors of Cambridge-based Red Gate’s startup incubator have been unveiled. But before we get to this year’s teams, a quick reminder of how Springboard works.Over the course of ten weeks, Red Gate provides (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Mac only: We've all experienced full hard drives, but divining where all your hard drive space has gone is never easy. Freeware program OmniDiskSweeper easily shows you which files and folders are taking up space so you can f (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Nielsen has recently reported that 46% of viewers aren't skipping the commercials on their pre-recorded DVR programs. That number seemed ridiculously high to us, so we're asking you: Do you watch,... (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Ribbit just announced the launch of Ribbit Mobile. Ribbit Mobile is a cloud-based VoIP telephony service that brings together web-based calling, smart call routing and voicemail transcriptions.It is hard to look at Ribbit Mob (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
When most of us hear the words, "For as little as 50 cents a day..." our brains conjure up solemn images of Sally Struthers. For as little as 50 cents a day MixMatchMusic is offering starving and made musicians a chance to re (Read More)
PND - Philanthropy News Digest:
The three-year commitment will provide support for more than two hundred animal health studies and will provide short-term grants to students interested in animal health and welfare.... (Read More)
PND - Philanthropy News Digest:
The grants include 181 commitments totaling $10.4 million through the foundation's Maryland Small Grants Program, which was launched in December 2007 to help eligible nonprofits more easily and efficiently apply for a grant.. (Read More)
Lifehacker:
If you've got more Halloween loot than you know what to do with and you're pretty certain you don't want the little candy grubbers in your household eating all of it, you can turn it into cash and a donation. Photo by Juushik (Read More)