Splunk, the publicly traded data processing and analytics company, today announced that it has acquired SignalFx for a total price of about $1.05 billion. Approximately 60% of this will be in cash and
Life is short, difficult and, most likely, ultimately meaningless. In this age of immediate fan service, it’s important to remember that you can’t always get what you want. That goes double when i
Gather a mob and Facebook will now let you make political demands. Tomorrow Facebook will encounter a slew of fresh complexities with the launch of Community Actions, its News Feed petition feature. C
Snapchat has posted an official response to users who signed a petition on Change.org asking the company to reverse its controversial update, which people say makes the app more difficult to use. In t
Facebook is serious about using Groups to propel its new mission to "bring the world closer together." That's why it's made a big-name hire for the product leader for the Facebook Groups team. Former
A few weeks ago we reported on LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman’s investment in social justice petitions site Change.org. Since then a few people with direct knowledge of the situation have to
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman announced today that he's making a big bet on Change.org, the site for social justice petitions. Hoffman is leading a $30 million round, with other investors including
Change.org, founded in 2007, long ago became the go-to place for people wanting to capture the attention of corporate giants, as well as for local activists looking to effect change in their communi
Online harassment is a serious problem for every member of the online community, including companies like Change.org. While the majority of petitions are deeply inspiring stories of people power, we o
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.change.org/">Change.org</a> got its start in 2007 as a social network for non-profits. For years, growth was slow for the fledgling social action platform, but, ove
<a href="http://www.change.org">Change.org</a> launched in 2007 as a social networking site for non-profits. Today, the site looks quite a bit different and has morphed into a petition platform that w
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Change.org uses social networking to help social causes. The site already has it’s own network for linking volunteers to causes and voters to politicians. Now they’ve also launched a new N
We covered the social activist community Change.org when they first launched back in February. The site is one of a few philanthropic startups tailoring the latest web features for non-profits and pol
Nonprofit social networking site Change.org is launching this morning and hopes to change the way the average person or activist interacts with nonprofits. The site focuses on getting users to issues