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Help Japan in the hour of need!
Sunday, 20 March 2011 13:24

 

Popular recourses and social networks alleviate the process for people who wish to contribute to help Japan to overcome the consequences after tsunami.
It’s natural to feel bad after the natural disaster in Japan. Every person is able to help though it seems for you that you can do nothing about it. Different tech companies alongside with social media companies try their best to make it easier for Internet users to lend a helping hand. Do you want to acquire a new mobile application? Choose the one, making simultaneously a donation. Do you need Groupon? Pay some additional bucks to help people. The globe is not so huge in the digital era, and this makes the task is not that hard for us.
Groupon
Groupon lets its clients to make donation from $5 to $25, no percent will be deducted from the sum you contribute and it will be directed right to support emergency relief work of the International Medical Corps.
Twitter
Twitter is limited with informational assistance only as it does not have a monetary based action. As an alternative the network performs very important mission, where users are able to communicate and share information on the subject. The users of this microblogging site encourage each other to donate and to help.
LivingSocial
LivingSocial in cooperation with GlobalGiving is posting a banner on all coupons, asking the customers to spend the means they managed to save thanks to the discounts to help people, living in Japan.
iTunes
Not only discount aggregators can rally monetary support for Japan. One more step was added to the purchase procedure as you acquire music in Apple, which provided the customers with chance to donate to relief efforts via the Red Cross. The contribution can start with $5 and reach about $200 dollars. Update your music library and do not forget about those who are currently in need.
Zynga
In order to avoid misunderstanding we will say that everything concerning Farmville can look annoying though it is not so this time. The omnipresent Facebook game together with its producer Zynga make in-game acquisitions possible and they prompt players to make donations to the tsunami relief. The same options were included into different games, such as Cityville, Words with Friends, Frontierville, zBar and Zynga Poker.
Smartphone Apps
Some gaming applications from Japanese creators are ready to help their country during the disaster. The favorite Street Fight IV from Capcom, which is a developer from Japan costs 99 cents and the whole profit will be given away for charity purpose. These means earned till March 22 will be aimed at assistance to people who suffered during the earthquake.
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I from Sega at a price of $3.99 is doing the same thing through March 20 to help its nation of origin and to provide the assistance to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Efforts.

Popular recouHelp Japan in the hour of need!rses and social networks alleviate the process for people who wish to contribute to help Japan to overcome the consequences after tsunami.

It’s natural to feel bad after the natural disaster in Japan. Every person is able to help though it seems for you that you can do nothing about it. Different tech companies alongside with social media companies try their best to make it easier for Internet users to lend a helping hand. Do you want to acquire a new mobile application? Choose the one, making simultaneously a donation. Do you need Groupon? Pay some additional bucks to help people.

The globe is not so huge in the digital era, and this makes the task is not that hard for us.

Groupon

Groupon lets its clients to make donation from $5 to $25, no percent will be deducted from the sum you contribute and it will be directed right to support emergency relief work of the International Medical Corps.

Twitter

Twitter is limited with informational assistance only as it does not have a monetary based action. As an alternative the network performs very important mission, where users are able to communicate and share information on the subject.

 

The users of this microblogging site encourage each other to donate and to help.

LivingSocial 

LivingSocial in cooperation with GlobalGiving is posting a banner on all coupons, asking the customers to spend the means they managed to save thanks to the discounts to help people, living in Japan.

iTunes

Not only discount aggregators can rally monetary support for Japan. One more step was added to the purchase procedure as you acquire music in Apple, which provided the customers with chance to donate to relief efforts via the Red Cross. The contribution can start with $5 and reach about $200 dollars. Update your music library and do not forget about those who are currently in need.

Zynga

In order to avoid misunderstanding we will say that everything concerning Farmville can look annoying though it is not so this time. The omnipresent Facebook game together with its producer Zynga make in-game acquisitions possible and they prompt players to make donations to the tsunami relief. The same options were included into different games, such as Cityville, Words with Friends, Frontierville, zBar and Zynga Poker.

Smartphone Apps

Some gaming applications from Japanese creators are ready to help their country during the disaster.

The favorite Street Fight IV from Capcom, which is a developer from Japan costs 99 cents and the whole profit will be given away for charity purpose. These means earned till March 22 will be aimed at assistance to people who suffered during the earthquake.Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I from Sega at a price of $3.99 is doing the same thing through March 20 to help its nation of origin and to provide the assistance to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Efforts.