Cell phone users in the United States contributed more than $10 million to Haitian earthquake relief through text messages in the first week after the earthquake hit. The Mobile Giving Foundation called it a “mobile-giving record” for funds raised for a single cause. Jim Manis, CEO of the foundation helping to manage cell phone donations, said it was receiving up to 10,000 text messages per second. Cell phone users can donate $5 to … [Read more...]
Texting Raises $10 Million and Counting For Haiti
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