OLPC Partners With Macintosh Software Publisher In Pioneering Promo
San Diego, CA - One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a non-profit organization focused on providing educational tools to help children in developing countries "learn learning," today announced it will partner with PocketMac software in a unique fundraising promotion. This is the first time Macintosh software has been used as the lynchpin of a fundraising campaign.
All fundraising efforts will be related to PocketMac's RingtoneStudio 2 for iPhone, their flagship software to create iPhone ringtones. For every copy of RingtoneStudio 2 for iPhone sold, PocketMac will donate $10.00 to OLPC.
"OLPC is happy to be working with PocketMac," said Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairman of One Laptop per Child. RingtoneStudio for iPhone is a creative way to raise resources that will equip more of the world's children with rugged, connected laptops filled with dynamic educational content."
PocketMac RingtoneStudio 2 for iPhone is an easy drag-and-drop solution for iPhone users looking to create ringtones from almost any music and movie file.
"I'm so excited to be working with OLPC," said Tim Goggin, PocketMac's VP of Sales & Marketing. "OLPC is such a wonderful cause and we're glad to make our customers aware of the great work that they do."
About One Laptop per Child:
One Laptop per Child is a non-profit organization created by Nicholas Negroponte and others from the MIT Media Lab to design, manufacture and distribute laptop computers that are sufficiently inexpensive to provide every child in the world access
to knowledge and modern forms of education. These XO laptops are rugged, open source, and so energy efficient that they can be powered by with a small solar panel. Mesh networking gives many machines Internet access from one connection. The pricing goal is $100.
RingtoneStudio 2 for iPhone is available now for $29.95 (USD). For every copy sold during the months of August and September, $10.00 will be donated to OLPC by PocketMac.
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- Posted: Aug 4, 2009 by BabyGotNews
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