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McKinsey on Corporate Philanthropy: Mind Your Own Business

If only the Big 4 and the top consultancy firms could run on sustainability thought leadership white papers instead of free cash flow, 2008 would surely be a banner year. The latest epistle is from McKinsey who this week publish an insightful survey on corporate philanthropy. The...

Tags: McKinsey & Co., Philanthropy, NetSuite Inc., Survey, Business Goal, Marketing Research, Marketing, James Farrar

Blog posts 2008-02-28

Microsoft shares source code with AIDS researchers

Microsoft shares source code with AIDS researchersMicrosoft shares source code with AIDS researchersThe philanthropy goes beyond just Bill Gates and we now see it extend through the company. Lets hope Microsoft donates this software and source code to other diseases as well. I can imagine the slogans now, "Microsoft:...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, philanthropy, Microsoft Corp., source code, GPL, software, No_Ax, programmer, Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services

Discussion threads 2007-06-13

Photos: Apple paints the iPod red

The company has philanthropy in mind with its latest Bono tie-in. But it hasn't forgotten the music player's hedonistic side.

Tags: Media players, Digital music, Digital media, philanthropy, music player, Apple iPod, Apple Computer Inc.

Image galleries 2006-10-13

Photos: Apple paints the iPod red

Company has philanthropy in mind with its latest Bono tie-in. But it hasn't forgotten the music player's hedonistic side.

Tags: Media players, Digital music, Digital media, philanthropy, music player, Apple iPod, Apple Computer Inc.

Image galleries 2006-10-13

The Business of Changing The World: Corporate Philanthropy

The Business of Changing The World: Corporate PhilanthropyCorporate PhilanthropyThe Entrepreneurs Foundation is working with hundreds of young companies to help them establish corporate philanthropy at the earliest stages. EF uses a web-based software platform powered by Marin-based AngelPoints to help its portfolio companies manage their community services. Over...

Tags: philanthropy, Corporate Philanthropy

Discussion threads 2006-10-09

Gates Foundation gives $500 million to Global Fund

Gates Foundation gives $500 million to Global FundGates Foundation gives $500 million to Global FundBig ups to the Gates Foundation. It's through charities like this and philanthropists like Bill and Melinda Gates that donations for good causes are possible. The people with these diseases will be overjoyed knowing...

Tags: Nothing, Mr Gates, Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, United Way, Global Fund, philanthropy, Seattle Times, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-08-09

Additional Resources

iPhone Fatigue

Let's go to the videotape. Or, at least the digitized history of the iPhone. Jan. 9, 2007 – Apple introduces the iPhone at MacWorld. "iPhone is a revolutionary and magical product that is literally five years ahead of any other mobile phone," according to CEO...

Tags: Apple iPhone, 3G, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-11

My 15 minutes with Bill Gates, and how the Web was born

Once upon a time, when Bill Gates still flew commercial and I was a budding journalist in need of a haircut, I had a number of opportunities to interview and otherwise interact with Bill Gates. It was often contentious, always intriguing, and more often than not frustrating as well. Part...

Tags: Web, Multimedia, PC, Bill Gates, Bill, Desktops, Hardware, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry Ford

Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry FordDeservedly so. He is a modern day Henry FordLike HF, Bill Gates has truly made a historic impact on the high tech industry and his philanthropy work is already making an incredible difference.Good for him.Having said that, Microsoft has missed the internet boat...

Tags: INTERNET, Microsoft Windows, Leadership, Strategy, Bill G, personal computer revolution, Bill Gates, Billg, Henry Ford, modern day, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

WinXP on XO laptops OK as long as Linux runs, too

Microsoft's agreement to offer Windows XP on OLPC's XO laptop is appropriate and long overdue. It was pure hypocrasy for Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates to publicly decry the so-called "Digital Divide" while privately refusing to support the XO simply because Linux was a supported operating system. ...

Tags: Operating System, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, Gates Foundation, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft Windows, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-05-16

How big can Ubuntu get?

How big can Ubuntu get?Really, wrong question. Mark Shuttleworth is not in this for the money, heis in it for the sheer fun of it, pride, and recognition. He loves excitement, and he is living his dream. If he can keep from losing his fortune on this, it will be...

Tags: Desktops, Ubuntu, open source

Discussion threads 2008-04-23

Facebook: Revolution, Weed and Philanthropy

Facebook: Revolution, Weed and PhilanthropyWeb 2.0's social missionJames, yes if one can get past the death-by-cringing effect of the interview, it is fascinating to watch young Zuckerberg struggle to form a sense of FB's broader social mission. Maybe the trick for Web 2.0 CEOs and champions is not to make...

Tags: Channel management, Web 2.0, Web, Facebook

Discussion threads 2008-03-27

News to know: Windows 7; FCC; Census IT; HDMI; MacBook mystery; Fave Windows programs

Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Your turn: Readers choose their 10 favorite Windows programs Gallery right Mary Jo Foley: Why Windows 7 might go to pieces Michael Krigsman: Billion-dollar IT failure at Census Bureau George Ou: HDMI survival guide...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., HDMI, Microsoft Windows 7, Information Technology, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Rootkits, Federal Government, Operating Systems, Software, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-21

Facebook: Revolution, Weed and Philanthropy

At the risk of endlessly re boiling the cabbage on the now infamous Sarah Lacy interview of Mark Zuckerberg at SXSW, it is worth highlighting some pretty important things he had to say on Facebook & corporate philanthropy before the reporter became the bigger part of the story.  The flippant style of interview...

Tags: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Web 2.0, Government, Homeland Security, Strategy, Internet, Management, James Farrar

Blog posts 2008-03-21

Tech Sector Takes a Kicking in Ethics Ranking

Quite honestly it is hard to take too, too seriously sustainability ratings such as the CRO 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2008 but they are kind of fun to pull apart none the less. Predictably these rankings generate a fair degree of false humility from the ascendant and gnashing and...

Tags: Sustainability, Ethics, Emotion, Intel Corp., Tech Sector, James Farrar

Blog posts 2008-03-06

Windows: Time to Go on a Diet

Windows: Time to Go on a Diet...by abandoning WindowsI don't mind Windows, but you're right, it needs to be trimmed, a lot. Maybe the stripped-down Windows project will help.Linux does have less bloat, but[i]I haven't bothered to put together a "Winbloatagraph" equivalent for Linux versions, but I suspect that that...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, KDE 4.0, Microsoft Windows, Diet

Discussion threads 2008-03-03

McKinsey on Corporate Philanthropy: Mind Your Own Business

McKinsey on Corporate Philanthropy: Mind Your Own BusinessInternational Longevity CentreJoris - keep trying, trends are moving your direction. You will get traction and maybe you need to reach beyond the traditional ommunity relations types. In fact CSR Europe is running a specifc effort on demographics which maybe of interest to...

Tags: Corporate Philanthropy, McKinsey & Co., Joris

Discussion threads 2008-02-29

Lawson on Corporate Social Responsibility:Thou Shalt Obey The Law

My, my! Industry Corporate Social Responsibility CSR white papers are becoming like buses - nothing for ages then all of a sudden three in a row. First the Economist Intelligence Unit supported by SAP, then IBM and now Lawson enters the fray with the oddly titled The Convergence of Corporate...

Tags: Compliance, Lawson Software Inc., Industry Corporate Social Responsibility White Paper, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Leadership, Management, Business Operations, James Farrar

Blog posts 2008-02-20

IBM on Corporate Social Responsibility: Collaboration, Integration and NGO Foot Soldiers

Corporate responsibility at IBM is a class act so high expectations then when the IBM Institute for Business Value this week came out with a piece on CSR: Attaining sustainable growth through corporate social responsibility. Dazzling stuff but one or two clangers as well. IBM...

Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Collaboration, Revolution, Business, IBM Corp., Integration, NGO, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Leadership, Management, Business Operations, James Farrar

Blog posts 2008-02-16

On 'creative capitalism,' Gates gets it

On 'creative capitalism,' Gates gets itDon't aim this at corp's., stockholders arethe ones you have to convince. All they most care about is the value of their stock. For management to take on this type of social workings they would get fired.So Gates"It's gung-ho, rather than hairshirt, philanthropy."Gates talk,...

Tags: capitalism, creative capitalism, Ferrari

Discussion threads 2008-01-25