Wantful unwraps $5.5M for alternative gift-giving service

A startup aiming to help people avoid giving bad gifts is itself the recipient of the one gift we all tend to appreciate: cash.

Wantful, an alternative gift-giving service that gives gift recipients the power of choice, has raised $5.5 …

Holiday Gift Guide: 10 online charitable gift options for the person who has everything

Let’s face it: These days, most of us have more than enough stuff.

Instead of buying more gadgets and do-dads for your loved ones and friends, have you considered making a charitable donation in their names instead? Or handing out …

Wal-Mart’s new app mines Facebook data to help you buy better gifts

Wal-Mart, the mega corporation known for its mega discount stores, is ready to conquer a new mega frontier. It’s a land ripe with retail opportunity; it’s the land you already know as the social web.

WalmartLabs, the company’s seven month-old …

Group-gifting tool Giftiki lets Facebook friends chip in for a present

For many people, a simple “Happy Birthday” on a friend’s Facebook wall is enough. But a startup called Giftiki is launching a new group gift-giving tool Monday to make a birthdays a bigger deal using Facebook.

The idea behind the …