Here’s your chance to have lunch with Apple CEO Tim Cook at Apple Park

If you want to pick the brain of one of the biggest, most prominent names in tech, you’re going to need money—a lot of it. But at least the cost is going to a good cause. Apple CEO Tim Cook partners once again with Charitybuzz to give fans a chance to have a one-hour lunch with him. It’s his fifth time hosting this charity lunch but it’ll be the first one that’ll be hosted at the new Apple Park campus. Like before, the winning bidder will get to bring one more person to the lunch. And while the meal is included in the bid, travel and accommodations aren’t. The bidding ends on May 16^th at 3 p.m. EDT. At the moment there are already nine bids valued at US$84,888. The auction listing itself has an estimated value of US$100,000.

The proceeds for the auction will go to the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. Cook became part of RFK Center’s board of directors last year after years of supporting the charity. RFK Center aims for a just and peaceful world by teaming up with human rights leaders, teaching social justice, and advancing corporate responsibility. Last year, the winning bid was at U$515,000, which is US$95,000 less than the largest amount raised during the first year Cook hosted this lunch.

Source: MacRumors

Capital One Canada helps out local charities with 40-hour hackathon

Capital One Canada, together with Hackworks, are hosting a 40-hour Gift the Code Hackathon this October 21 to 23 to help address digital issues faced by six Toronto-based charities. Over 100 participants—a mix of volunteers and Capital One associates—will be brainstorming, building, and submitting technology solutions for the charities’ digital challenges. The event, which is hosted by Marc Saltzman, will see the participants broken into teams of four to six experts at BrainStation’s Toronto campus to help solve these problems.

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Jony Ive designs unique iPad Pro for charity auction

If owning a truly unique product matters to you, Apple's Senior Head of Design Jony Ive donated a one-of-a-kind iPad Pro to the Phillips auction house to help the London Design Museum raise money for its relocation. The insides of the iPad Pro will remain the same but its looks have been personally designed by Ive. They aren't just auctioning off the bright yellow-backed 12.9-inch model (still made with anodized aluminum), it also comes with a blue leather Smart Cover and an Apple Pencil with a gold band wrapping around the top with an accompanying orange leather case for the stylus (which Apple doesn't even sell). The set is expected to raise between £10,000 to £15,000 (around $18,000 to $27,500).

Ive's had a personal collection with London Design Museum. Before he became a full-time Apple employee, the museum featured a prototype mobile phone he created and he was the first to get the "Designer of the Year" award from the museum back in 2003 for his work on the iMac.

Source: Phillips | Via: SlashGear

AirBnb's latest vacation booking is a harsh reality

By Sonya Davidson

Winter can be a very long for many of us here in Canada. Like many of you, I've been eyeing vacation options. A warm destination is very appealing especially when we are expecting a snowstorm to hit us. A vacation can't come soon enough! While we all do our travel research as incentive to get us through the day or week, we understand that not everyone an afford a dream vacation. 

Engage and Change, a charity that focuses on giving back to the homeless and less fortunate within the Greater Toronto Area has partnered with AirBnb, to show Canadians what reality is for many on our streets in the dead of winter. 

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