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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 07:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sparked: Volunteer work, right in your cubicle]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 07:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Sparked volunteers can work with nonprofits around the globe. (Click to enlarge.) (Credit:Sparked)When Ronald McDonald House in Cincinnati needed a nine-page English document translated to Arabic, the children's advocacy organization turned to Sparked. Someone living in Jordan logged on and translated the prose in a few hours. Then someone from California confirmed the accuracy of the piece. Crowdsourcing skills and bite-size volunteering is what Sparked is all about. Sparked connects corporate employees with nonprofits via the Internet, giving employees a way to volunteer right from their cubicles. Sparked co-founder Jacob Colker calls this micro-volunteering, a term he's trying to coin.  When I visited the small, barren Sparked office in San Francisco's hip SOMA neighborhood, Colker showed me the company's volunteering platform, which it licenses to major corporations. Employees from companies including new client LinkedIn or Google, Frog Design, Kraft, and SAP can sign in and volunteer during their lunch breaks--and people can focus on certain regions or specific issues. But the volunteer work is not limited to corporate partnerships. Individuals can also sign up at their leisure to help nonprofits with all things digital, from branding issues to blogging advice. Originally, Colker thought people would volunteer their time while sitting on the bus or lounging by the pool. As it turns out, people out and about are probably not going to be able to help a nonprofit with a branding issue, Colker said. Instead, he maintains, people would much rather help others from their office, right at their desktop, during the free time they have between work-related tasks. The company started as The Extraordinaries in 2008 and within the past eight months rebranded itself to switch its mobile focus more to the Web. Arizona Myeloma Network explains what kind of help it needs. (Click to enlarge.)(Credit:Screenshot by Boonsri Dickinson/CNET) &quot;Mobile is just a solution,&quot; Colker said. &quot;Our focus is helping nonprofits get great work done, by helping companies engage their employees.&quot; Traditionally, corporations spend money on employee-volunteering programs to help strengthen company culture and help employees feel good by making an impact on society. But these programs require people to physically show up to do volunteer work.  Old-school volunteering programs require a lot of overhead: Nonprofits need to interview volunteers, train and manage them. Through Sparked's network of 2,500 nonprofits, organizations can just post and let people find the projects. Volunteers just have to search to find projects that suit them.  There are other crowdsourcing options out there. Catch A Fire is a skills-based volunteering Web site that helps professionals to assist nonprofits. But unlike Sparked, which lets people volunteer on their free time with no strings attached, Catch A Fire requires a commitment of 50 or so hours, depending on the project, and is not focused on corporate volunteering. &quot;It's still traditional volunteering made easier though an online profile. We have a white-label solution,&quot; Colker said.Choosing a challenge During lunch yesterday, I logged in to Sparked in search of a volunteer project. For causes I'm interested in, I ticked off environment, health, and food (because my stomach was grumbling, but also because I want to help those who don't have enough to eat) and I listed my skills as blogging, research, and social media.  Apparently, there are 26,118 people who share my interests and 48 current challenges I could choose from--from helping the Arizona Myeloma Network with its social-media strategy to assisting the Cameroon Association of Active Youths in moderating Linked In, Facebook, and Twitter pages. The Asheville International Children's Film Festival wants a catchy tagline. Depending on how I was feeling, I could choose a volunteer challenge or, &quot;American Idol&quot; style, rate other volunteers' suggestions that have been posted online. I picked a challenge requested by East Metro Youth Services that solicited advice on what platform to blog on. I suggested Tumblr. Next time I log in, I might look for a nonprofit in need of a blogger. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rumor: Next Nintendo console to debut at E3 2011, may outpace 360, PS3]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 07:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[What is the big N up toHaving trouble remembering the lastWii game you bought According to Game Informer, it might be because Nintendo is prepping to announce a brand-new console at this year's E3 2011 show in Los Angeles. But that's not where the rumor ends. Apparently the successor to the Wii will be an HD console capable of at least matching or even exceeding the current-generation performance of theXbox 360 andPlayStation 3. While such a machine would certainly be a departure from Nintendo's current place in the gaming market, we'd imagine it might eliminate some isolation the Wii experienced in the past when developers looked to create multiplatform games. Most titles found their way to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, not always the Wii. A new console from Nintendo is certainly not out of the realm of possibility. While Microsoft and Sony have both been able to breath new life into their respective systems with products like Kinect and Move, the Wii has slowly come to a halt. And if the introduction of new add-ons hasn't been enough of a threat, the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3's online and marketplace experiences have been superior since day one. Specific details remain light, though the reported source claims the next system will see a late 2012 release. Will it feature motion controls 3D We'll just have to wait until early June to see when CNET will be reporting live from the Nintendo press conference and on the show floor at E3 2011.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CES: Acer shows nameless 7- and 4.8-inch tablets]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 08:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>trsoson58</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Acer's 4.8-inch tablet is the tablet with no name.(Credit:Eric Franklin/CNET)LAS VEGAS--Earlier this week Acer introduced its 10-inch Iconis A500 tablet, but Acer also gave a sneak peek of 7- and 4.8-inchtablets.Neither tablet has a name as of yet, and neither was functioning when we saw them. Acer is planning to release them, however no date was specified. No other information concerning OS or processor was officially released.One thing we did notice was that the 4.8-inch tablet's screen had a crazy aspect ratio, but Acer was unable to confirm exactly what it is.Take a look at the pics to get an idea of the connections and features each will sport when released (as well as a possible name for the 4.8-incher). 4.8-inch Acer tablet (photos) 7-inch Acer tablet (photos)  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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