CauseVox, a web startup based in New York City, announced today the launch of its fully customizable crowd-funding platform for nonprofits. The platform, in beta, offers easy to use and manage charity-branded fundraising pages. CauseVox helps nonprofits raise more money and create more awareness through a donation webpage creator that...

The Indianapolis-based nonprofit DirectEmployers Association launched massive network of employment Web sites this week, and by the end of the month will have 40,000 worldwide. The 40,000 sites, with Web addresses that all end in ".jobs," have the potential to upend jobs classifieds online companies such as Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com....

The search giant Google (GOOG) tried to buy GroupOn for $6bn and GroupOn said "NO NADA" and  GOOGLE couldn't buy Groupon = GOOGEL OFFERS Google is preparing to launch a very own Groupon-like service, Google Offers, that will notify subscribers about deals in their area. The service will send one...

Mozilla has slapped down Skype's official Firefox plug-in for causing untold amounts of browser crashes and page slowdownsand is officially adding the toolbar to Firefox's blocklist. According to the Mozilla Blog, the toolbar is causing “browser crashes and it slows down certain processes by up to 300 times.” The Skype...

Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin and YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim are among the leading investors in an $8-million round of financing for a Silicon Valley start-up Qwiki. Qwiki is a startup that responds to search queries with interactive multimedia presentations rather than links, co-founded by entrepreneur Doug Imbruce and Internet industry...

On January 19th, Group buying site LivingSocial which sells vouchers for restaurants, spas, retail stores, teeth whitening and other services, usually at 50% to 90% off -- released a "once-in-a-lifetime" deal for a $20 gift card to Amazon.com. Cost: $10. Deal: What's rarer than spotting a snow leopard, Halley's Comet,...

I guess you're familiar with the 5 stars rating system that's often used on sites to rated items? When I was looking on google, there were many such jQuery plugins i found but jRating grabed my attention. Acording to the developer, jRating is a complete jQuery plugin for star rating...

Today's social media websites, simple web content editing tools, and easily created blogs and personal website applications give job seekers the ability to add content and manage their personal brand and search engine results as never before. Remember that every time you use social media to communicate, you’re developing your...

The 51 year-old chief justice Robert J. Torres Jr. of the Supreme Court of Guam spoke on “Media and the Courts" before a full-house crowd which included his Philippine counterpart, Chief Justice Renato C. Corona, and other jurists, law practitioners, and developmental aid partners at the Supreme Court Hall in...