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There's an easier way to recycle your old mobile phones and receive instant cash in exchange. Users can drop off their used device at an ecoATM, which can automatically detect the phone model and determine its working condition. It can evaluate the phone on the spot and give the user a market value based on its assessment. If the consumer is happy with the price, then they have the option to either take the cash or donate the money to a charity.

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) expanded its Google Wallet push Monday, adding new coupon and loyalty card services to its mobile payments product as well as a few new retailers hoping to make it easier for customers to spend money.

Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners has launched a social media fund raising effort called Let's Not Do Lunch which aims to capture money otherwise spent on lunch. The effort hopes to raise £1 million for famine relief in East Africa.

Another example of the growth of "small social"

My good friend, Ted Rubin, says the following about the idea of a POS system dedicated to Groupon purchases - That's great. Now Groupon's Brand customers can lose money on every transaction, AND they make it easy for people to do it more often. Perfect.

" to keep an eye on things remotely, and manages to do it for less than Dropcam."

Money is what matters;-)

Wow, there is a LOT of venture capital flowing right now. This bubble is surely going to burst at some point.

Mo money, mo money: https://www.google.com/search?q=million+funding+2014#q=million+funding+2014&tbm=nws

The new financial app society?

More Londoners than ever are using contactless payments to get around the capital, and now, a new initiative called "Penny for London" is asking commuters to add charitable donations to their daily routine, too. The idea is that every time you use a contactless card to pay for travel, you also put aside a nominal amount -- between 1p and 10p -- for charity. Then, at the end of the each month, Penny for London charges the accumulated total to the same card, and forwards the money on to the Mayor's Fund for London, Cash for Kids, The Prince's Trust and other charitable organisations.