This week we look at a global crowd-sourcing project, how mobile wallets will change fundraising and getting ready for the final release of tickets for NFPtweetup’s third birthday.

This week’s bytes is a virtual smorgasbord of tech news. It explores the new Google Analytics, the results of a survey into clicktivism, some Twitter heat mapping, news of how Twitter sign ups have changed since the iOS 5 integration, Android news and how the length of your posts affects peoples engagement with them. We round it all off with a suggestion that you see the wonderful Junkhearts, written by our own Simon Frank.

This week Google+1 goes mobile, we discover a new Twitter with a twist and we check up on checking in.

Google has been making more waves in tech news this week. Some of it good, some not great but all of it interesting.

Facebook are downgrading check-ins while Foursquare are upgrading its check-in options. Also this week, Jumo has been acquired by GOOD and we donate in our sleep.

The office has been enjoying watching the funny and heartfelt charity videos submitted for the JustTextGiving video competition this week. Charities wishing to enter the competition simply need to create a short, creative video using their JustTextGiving code and post it to YouTube, and the video with the most views by 23rd of this month [...]

DudaMobile DudaMobile has recently launched a new self-serve platform that allows existing website owners create a mobile version of their site by simply typing in the website’s URL. This is a simple and brilliant offering for small organisations, who haven’t got the time or resources to make sure their site is mobile friendly. The service [...]

This week’s beautiful bytes looks at how the launch of JustTextGiving, Likester and Unity could impact the sector and looks at an innovative use of Groupon for clever crowdsourcing.

Twitter launched UK office, looks to buy Tweetdeck. Everything Everywhere waives text donation fees and Marks and Spencer rewards Foursquare check-ins with charity donations.

Google had a good idea about a year ago with a Gmail Labs feature called Mail Goggles, which required you to solve math problems in order to respond to email. If you failed to answer the math problems correctly, no email for you. Perhaps community users – especially those of, say, the Red Cross – need a pair of Twitter Goggles. Earlier tonight, someone who updated the Red Cross’ official Twitter account was apparently getting “slizzerd”.

This week: How much does a Facebook fan cost, and how much are they worth? Also, Valentine’s Day activity on Twitter and a treat from NFPtweetup!

When they first came to office, the Obama team had a mantra: “Never waste a good crisis”. They then spent the next two years doing exactly the opposite. In the past few months we’ve seen a couple of decent crises – the first involving WikiLeaks, the second involving the political upheavals in Tunisia and Egypt. Both involve the internet in one way or another.