Charity Swear Box
Do you curse a lot? Do you curse a lot on Twitter? Just like if you had a swear jar at home, Charity Swear box will donate a dollar for each swear word your tweet. This creative social media tool for good was created by James Dow and Jay Gelardi, and is a easy, low involvement way to raise funds for charity. Creating something fun, that users already do, results in an easy to use, exciting campaign for good, for the world. If you know someone or seen someone who swears all the time, show them the Charity Swear box and tell them to put their bad words to good use. Watch the lovely explanatory video here, and sign up now as our friends at Fuck Cancer are the featured charity!

Snoball
Today’s savvy digital audience prefers information tailored to them, based on their preferences. News articles, friends reommendations, local events etc., combine for a more personalized experience online. Snoball sees this and is a way for users to donate to charity in an way that’s easy, social and fun. Based on a users preferred activities, and tied to everyday interests, the user is in control of their giving. Create an event, invite your friends to join, when your friends join, the snowball grows through customizable micro-donations or one-time gifts. The concepts behind snowball, and its personalized features, make fundraising results happen easily. The tool is useful because it is automated, fun and group based around events, all to create a “snoball” effect. Still not sure? Watch their video.

TousDonateurs
A recent comScore report notes television ads work substantially less effectively on Millennials than on older generations. However, the presence of key creative elements in advertising were shown to relate strong to successful advertising. TousDonateurs is French site where the advertisers donate to charity if users watch their ads. Users go to the site and select a charity that means something to them. They then watch several 30-second long ads, answer a quick question (to confirm the ad was watched), and the advertiser donates a euro on behalf of the viewer. We already watch 4 billion online videos each day — why not watch with purpose.

WeTopia
WeTopia is an online social game where players can contribute to real world problems. The Facebook game is all about players having fun while raising money for children’s charities. The game is free to play, and users create villages and help the community. When a player purchases a virtual good, that action results in a donation to a real world cause. With so many people playing social games, WeTopia is a way for players to contribute to a cause in a social way. WeTopia has many partners including Save the Children, Children’s Health Fund and others. Brand partners include Clorox, Mattel and Dippin’ Dots. It’s also great to note that in the past Zynga has donated millions of dollars to causes via Zynga.org group.

For even more creative social for good projects,  check out the 50/50 make or break initiative. The inititave is based around a challenge: to launch 50 projects in 50 days then raise 1million pounds for famine relief in East Africa. Looking for inspiring projects or want to get involved? Click here: 50/50 make or break initiative

“Where did I leave my top hat?” or “Four score and 7 years… or just 87 years?”

Luckily we’re offering up several promo codes for the beautifully designed and especially useful Magic Answer Ball app by The Onion, built by Invoke.

All you need to do is think, “What would Abe ask?”, comment on the photo and you are entered to win the app for free! The Abraham image is the first of 5, so check back later this week to see images of Marilyn, Einstein and more!  Comment and share — then shake the app to see what future holds.

So go ahead and shake things up in your life and enter this caption contest for a chance to win The Onion Magic Answer Ball app for free!

You can download the iPhone app here: http://ow.ly/8yhEH

Voting opened Jan. 5 and goes to Jan. 31, 2012. Register an account at http://memelabs.com/eat-st/ then vote daily for your favourite video. So far, Hamilton, Ontario’s Gorilla Cheese is leading the charge with 1,164 votes and counting. Which video gets your vote?

Click this image to download the Eat St. iPhone app and discover street eats near you.

Here’s a quick look at all the food trucks who submitted a video to the contest:

CANADA

Gorilla Cheese – Hamilton, ONT, Canada - @Gorilla_Cheese

Guanaco – Vancouver, BC, Canada - @guanacotruck

Soho Road – Vancouver, BC, Canada - @SohoRoad

Twirlees- Chatham, ON, Canada- @twirlees

Puerto Vallarta Amigos – Victoria, BC, Canada - @pvamigos

Fiasco Gelato – Calgary, AB, Canada - @fiascogelato

Westcott Country Kitchen – Didsbury, AB, Canada - Facebook Page

Hot Diggity Dog – Erieau Beach, ON, Canada

Wandering Bean – Toronto, ON, Canada

WASHINGTON

Streat Food – Ferndale, WA - @streatfood

OREGON

Blues City Biscuits  - Portland, OR - @BCBiscuits

CALIFORNIA

Chunk n Chip – All over, CA - @chunknchip

Dusty Buns Bistro – Central Valley, CA - @dustybunsbistro

Red Oven Pizza – Carlsbad, CA - @RedOvenPizza

Bill’s Hotdogs – San Jose, CA - Bill’s Hotdogs Facebook

Sweiner’s Swiss style hot dogs – San Diego, CA – @swienersswiss

Smitten Ice Cream – San Francisco, CA - @Smittenicecream

Bacon Bacon – San Francisco, CA - @baconbaconsf

Soho Taco – Orange Country, CA - @SOHOTACO

Gourmet Rockstars -Palo Alto, CA - @GourmetRockstar

MOEggrolls – Los Angeles, CA - @moeggrolls

ARIZONA

Luncha Libre – Phoenix, AZ - @LunchaLibre

NEW MEXICO

Oz Patisserie - Albuquerque, NM – @ozpatisserie

TEXAS

Mad dog Underground Cafe – TX

Colibri Cuisine – Austin, TX - @ColibriCuisine

Dogellos – Austin, TX - @DOGellos

Way South Philly – Austin, TX - @waysouthphilly

Create Burger – El Paso, TX - @CreateGoEats

49er Kitchen – El Paso, TX

So-Cal Tacos – Dallas, FW, TX - @socaltacos

Ruthie’s Rolling Café – Dallas, FW, TX - @Ruthiesrolling

Jo Dawgs – Dallas, FW, TX - @eatjodawgs

Red Jett Sweets – Dallas, FW, TX - @redjettsweetsFW

The Bacon Wagon – Dallas, FW, TX - @baconwagon

Nammi Truck – Dallas, FW, TX - @nammitruck

The Butcher’s Son – Dallas, FW, TX – @thebutchersson

Crepe Nation, LLC – San Antonio, TX - @crepenationllc

Rickshaw Stop – San Antonio, TX - @rickshawstopsa

Wing Xpress – Houston, TX - @WingXpress

Bernie’s Burger Bus – Houston, TX- @BerniesBurgers

EatsieBoys – Houston, TX - @eatsieboys

MINNESOTA

Messy Giuseppe – St. Paul, MN - @MessyGTruck

Chef Shack – Minneapolis, MN - @chefshack1

TENNESSEE

Memphis Munchies – Memphis, TN - @Memphismunchies

GEORGIA

Hail Caesar – Atlanta, GA - @CaesarTruck

SOUTH CAROLINA

Alfresco Mobilista – SC - @AlfMob

Hello My Name is BBQ – Charleston, SC - @hellobbq

FLORIDA

Aphrodisiac Ice Cream – Miami, FL - @aphorodisiacice

Papas Tapas MIA – Miami, FL - @PapasTapasMIA

PENNSYLVANIA

Fat Boys House of BBQ - Bethlehem, PA - @fbhouseofbbq

Guapos Tacos – Philadelphia, PA - @guapostacos

NEW YORK/ NEW JERSEY

Chef Johnson’s Johnson - Westchester, NY - @johnsontruck

El Diablo Tacos – Brooklyn, NY - @eldiablotacos

The Cinnamon Snail – Hoboken, NJ - @veganlunchtruck

Mamma Marci’s – Hoboken, NJ - @mammamarci

MASSACHUSETTS

Momogoose – Boston, MA - @Momogoose

Go Fish Food Truck, from Brother Trucker – Boston, MA - @BrotherTrucker

National Geographic brings dinosaurs back from the past

National Geographic Channel Comes to Life

Pet a cheetah, splash around with dolphins, get up close and personal with a dinosaur and experience a hurricane storm all from the comforts of … a mall? Appshaker, a digital agency based in the UK has been making big waves with live motion and gesture-based technology, starting with this amazing campaign for National Geographic wherein they gave mall-goers in Hungary the opportunity to interact with the channel’s content.

Cube unfolds to reveal the magic of GE

GE Lighting Exhibition 

At a retail trade show in Dusseldorf called Europshop, Appshaker applied its skills to help GE Lighting stand out amongst other exhibitors. Through the magic of a paper cube with markers on it, Appshaker was able to allow people to experience four different applications of GE products, taking the “show, don’t tell” model to new levels.

Starbucks uses AR to celebrate the holidays

Starbucks Animated Holiday Cups

Starbucks invites its imbibers to bring their red cups to life by using mobile-based augmented reality. Simply download the Starbucks cup magic app and then scan a character on your red holiday cup and it will come to life. Nothing brings about the spirit of the holidays like an animated skating figure or sledding boy and polar bear with your morning coffee.

A real person becomes clickable in real time

Toyota FT-86 Promotion

We can safely say, we’ve never seen a car promotion like this. Toyota created  hype around its new FT-86 model vehicle by transforming busy Shinjyuku station in Tokyo into a live art demo showcasing the Art of Speed. A giant billboard was painted by various artists, while computer engineers transformed the mural into an interactive website, all in real time. The project is now known as the fastest painted website. Check out this video of the process presented in 86 seconds.

Finecooking.com takes the stress and guesswork out of planning, cooking and serving an entire home cooked Thanksgiving feast with its free Thanksgiving Menu Maker app. The beauty of this newly-released app is that it doesn’t just offer an array of delicious recipes, it also breaks down the preparation process, telling you how far in advance to prepare your doughs and fillings so you’re not frantic on the big day.

Adapting a four person recipe for a 10 person party can prove to be disastrous, even if you’re a bonafide math whiz. Save yourself the trouble of manically calculating your recipe conversions and invest $1.99 in the Smart Chef Conversions Kitchen Calculator app. It’s an easy way to turn your pints into gallons without compromising the taste of your recipe. You may also want to look into the Smart Chef Substitutions app, which will help guide you towards alternative ingredients if you find that you’re missing a few key ones while you’re cooking up a storm.

Family and friends who can’t join in the Thanksgiving festivities may be thankful to receive your customized Thanksgiving Photo Card made with the free Thanksgiving Photo Cards app. This app allows you to frame and personalize pictures from your own photo library. The addition of its new ink technology also allows you to actually write a personalized message right there on the screen. This is a great way to spread some holiday cheer and also a way to keep the kids entertained while you’re handling the meat and potatoes of the party planning.

Did you know that Ben Franklin, in a letter to his daughter, proposed the turkey as the official United States bird? We sure didn’t and as it turns out, there’s a lot we didn’t know about Thanksgiving and turkeys. The Thanksgiving app from TIITFD Software delivers a bevy of obscure Thanksgiving and turkey related facts for your knowledge and enjoyment. You can share these with guests during dinner or, if you’re really crafty, devise some kind of trivia game out of them.

Who doesn’t love a good Mad Libs story? With the free Word Spree: Thanksgiving Lite app you can now create your own hilarious, sometimes nonsensical, Thanksgiving stories guaranteed to give family and friends a good chuckle. The free lite version provides you with 15 Thanksgiving story templates with titles like Turkey Pardon, Grandma’s Recipe, Monster Turkey and a classic favourite, Embarrassing Family.