Microsoft, who many times sells products we don’t like, partnered up with Feeding America to donate the equivalent of eight meals every time someone downloads Internet Explorer 8. As Feeding America largely works through donations, they can offer the food up for very cheap. MS is paying $1.15 per download. source
One of the Techcrunch‘s bloggers, MG Siegler, has become known for somewhat transparent shoddy journalism of late, but the worst example yet may be his tearing apart of Microsoft’s gesture by claiming that it all looks like hooey to him. If you’re gonna post something, do your homework or don’t post at all. OK? source