By John Glenday

A charity mix-up brought on by smartphone owners over-zealous autocorrect has seen people who had intended to donate money to Cancer research UK accidentally adopt a polar bear instead.

The confusion arose when participants of the #nomakeupselfie campaign which has generated more than £2m for cancer charities since it went viral.

Some selfie-takers have fallen foul of the text-message donation system however as after typing the word ‘BEAT’ to make their donation some phones changed this to read ‘BEAR’, diverting their cash to the WWF instead.

Unsuspecting donaters were then presented with the following unexpected reply: “Thank you for choosing an adorable polar Read full story ›

Source: The Drum