Plaza Publishing, producer of Charity Finance, governance and Professional Fundraising magazines, has rebranded as Civil Society Media to reflect the market we serve and tailor our content to a more defined audience.

Charities and environmental organisations can win a day’s free website user testing and usability consultancy in a competition run by digital media company Cogapp. Launched to coincide with World Usability Day on 12 November, entrants must send a brief summary of how their organisation could benefit from a website usability MOT and send it to UXcomp@cogapp.com by 26 November.

The world society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) claims to have increased online donations by nearly 50 per cent with a campaign powered by on-demand email and one-to-one marketing solutions provider ExactTarget. It ascribes this success to its ability to tailor email content to the preferences of its supporters.

John Tate compares the Microsoft upgrade path to a cloud solution. October sees the full release of Windows 7 – Microsoft’s new desktop operating system. This is a very interesting time for Microsoft as last release, Vista, has gained very limited traction in the business sector. Home users who have purchased new machines recently are likely to have had them delivered with VISTA and in the main use what they have been given.