Charity Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple launches charitable matching program for employees

by Dave Caolo (Sep 8th, 2011)

MacRumors has confirmed that Apple has instituted a program to match its employees' charitable donations, up to US$10,000 per year. It's restricted to full-time employees in the U.S. for now, but the company hopes to expand that. Tim Cook announced the initiative to Apple's employees earlier ...

Hit the iPhone snooze button and help charity

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 18th, 2011)

There's no shortage of interesting and creative iOS apps and Snooze is one of them. It's an alarm clock app developed by Letgive, a charitable donation company. The app lets you set an alarm and will donate money (US$0.25) to one of Letgive's non-profit organizations each time you press the ...

Humble Indie Bundle 3 announced, includes Cogs, VVVVVV, And Yet It Moves

by Mike Schramm (Jul 26th, 2011)

The Humble Indie Bundle is back at it again, offering five new indie gaming titles for one low choose-your-own price. This time around, they've got Crayon Physics Deluxe, 3D puzzler Cogs, the excellent retro platformer VVVVVV, Hammerfight, and the award-winning puzzler/platformer And Yet It ...

Zynga, Ngmoco donating to Japan through iOS games

by Chris Ward (Mar 15th, 2011)

Giant gaming company Zynga has joined the Japanese relief effort by enabling in-game donations in FrontierVille, FarmVille, CityVille and other games. A full 100 percent of the virtual goods' purchase prices will be donated to Tsunami relief, and Zynga is partnering with the Save the Children to ...

iPhonewzealand app proceeds donated to NZ Red Cross Earthquake Appeal

by Chris Rawson (Feb 27th, 2011)

Many New Zealand-based Mac and iOS developers are rallying to help the city of Christchurch following its recent devastating earthquake. NZ-based tech blog iPhonewzealand is the latest to join in these efforts. The site's old iPhone app has been withdrawn from the App Store, and in its place ...

Apple joining effort to build $2 billion hospital

by Mike Schramm (Feb 22nd, 2011)

Apple has joined up with other computer firms, including eBay, HP and Intel, in an effort to build a brand new hospital in Stanford, near Palo Alto, CA. The hospital is expected to cost over US$2 billion, and $550 million of that will be donated and raised by the corporate partners program, which ...

SEC forms show Apple execs donated $3 million in 2010

by Mike Schramm (Dec 30th, 2010)

A few Securities and Exchange Commission forms filed this week show that Apple executives gave shares of Apple stock to various charities right around mid-December. The stocks added up to a value of about three million dollars across the four executives that gave. Unfortunately, none of the ...

Indie games on sale for iPhone (and a good cause)

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 21st, 2010)

The popular Humble Indie Bundle for the Mac has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity and has become an inspiration for other indie developers looking to follow their lead. In that spirit, six independent iPhone game developers have banded together and are offering their games at a ...

Humble Indie Bundle hits $1.2 million, promises Steam integration

by Mike Schramm (Dec 20th, 2010)

The Humble Indie Bundle 2 has reached $1.2 million in revenue, topping the last offering, and there are five days left to go, so the turnout for the pay-what-you-want gaming pack should be pretty spectacular. All of the games were previously announced as released on both Mac and PC, but the group ...

TUAW's Daily App: Winta

by Mike Schramm (Dec 14th, 2010)

I first covered Winta (styled WINtA on the App Store) back at GDC Online in October, and found it an enjoyable music game from the creator of Parappa the Rapper, Masaya Matsuura. It's a simple title -- different shapes appear on screen, and the player is meant to tap them in order, which ends up ...

iPads now helping food charity feed the hungry

by David Quilty (Nov 22nd, 2010)

Just last week we wrote about iPads being given out to doctors in Australia, and now we are seeing another hospitality-based use for them -- tracking food donations and pickups for Melbourne's FareShare food charity. An iPad app developed by volunteers and employees of FareShare acts as a ...

Humble Indie Bundle offers five great Mac games for pay-what-you-will

by Mike Schramm (May 4th, 2010)

A group of independent game developers have released a "Humble Indie Bundle," and if you're a Mac gamer, it's a treasure trove. For a donation of your choice (the retail value is set at $80, but you can pay what you want, and you can even specify whether your money goes to the game developers or ...

Square used for fundraiser payments at SxSW

by TJ Luoma (Mar 19th, 2010)

Square is a very cool piece of hardware for the iPhone and other smartphones; when combined with the Square service, you can accept credit card payments right on your iPhone. TechCrunch reports that charity:water used Square at SxSW to collect donations, and other uses are already cropping up; ...

Iconfactory's Twitterrific charity toy auction closes today

by Kent Pribbernow (Dec 7th, 2009)

The Iconfactory is giving you the chance to help a worthy charitable cause this holiday season, and own a rare collectible in the process. The company has placed an original set of 4 Vinyl Toy Prototypes of its Twitterrific icon mascot, "Ollie," up for auction on eBay. These figures, designed by ...

Dev raises price of $3 app to $40 just to spite customers

by Mike Schramm (Oct 13th, 2009)

I like the way Schiau Studios thinks -- when customers complained about the price of their $2.99US App Store game Alchemize, they raised the price up to $39.99. Over on the TouchArcade forums, they make their case: most devs, they say, when faced with complaints about price, will just lower their ...