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Boost your agency’s credibility and visibility with a presence on LinkedIn.

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Texting raises millions for Haiti; preparing for next data explosion; top desired features for future cell phones.

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February 2010

Bits&Bytes

Texting Raises $10 Million and Counting For Haiti

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 Haiti-born hip-hop musician Wyclef Jean's Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund by texting the word "Yele" to 501501, or they can donate $10 to other nonprofit organizations, such as the American Red Cross, by texting the word "Haiti" to a specified number, like 90999. The donation is charged to a user's cell phone bill. The actual donation is made after the user pays the wireless bill.

The American Red Cross said that of the $37 million it has raised for Haitian relief efforts, more than $8 million has come via mobile phone users. "It's unprecedented that we've received this amount," said Nadia Pontif, a spokeswoman for the Red Cross.

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