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Comic Relief is using Google+ Hangouts to broadcast comedy shows, making it one of the first UK charities to exploit this interactive video broadcasting channel.

Pingit, Barclays' person to person (P2P) mobile app, has added a 'donate with Gift Aid' function.

Guide Dogs is to promote regular giving via mobile phones after partnering with mobile phone service Donate Mobile.

One Cent Call has launched a giving platform that lets anyone with a mobile phone give small amounts regularly via the phone bill.

The average online donation in the UK has risen by 21% since 2010, according to analysis of the last three years of online donations by software and services firm Blackbaud.

Visceral Business is once again studying how charities are connecting with supporters and stakeholders through digital technology and social networks.

Cancer Research UK has appointed games and software development agency Guerilla Tea to build the charity's first mobile phone game that will combine fun and pinpointing new genetic causes of ca

The Google for Nonprofits programme, which offers charities free and discounted access to online collaboration tools, advice, and free Google advertising, has now been extended to charities registe

Online giving site CharityGiving has been suspended while the Charity Commission continues its statutory inquiry into The Dove Trust, the registered charity which runs the service.

Not-for-profit online giving platform The Big Give has won the Digital Giving Award at the Technology4Good Awards 2013.