[New post] Google assists refugee crisis with lightweight mobile info site & improved Translate offering

Ben Lovejoy posted: " Following Google's donation-matching program, which has so far raised more than $12M to fund humanitarian aid for refugees from Syria and other war zones, the company says that it is now providing technological assistance too. In a blog post today," Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on 9to5Google Google assists refugee crisis with lightweight mobile info site & improved Translate offering by Ben Lovejoy Following Google's donation-matching program, which has so far raised more than $12M to fund humanitarian aid for refugees from Syria and other war zones, the company says that it is now providing technological assistance too. In a blog post today, Google says that it has developed an open source project called the Crisis Info Hub to provide migrants with access to the immediate information they need on arrival in Greece in a lightweight, battery-saving way. The company says that it is also helping to beef-up mobile data connectivity locally ...  Read more of this post Ben Lovejoy | October 23, 2015 at 6:53 am | Tags: European Union, Google, Google Translate, Greece, Humanitarian aid, Isis, Migrant crisis, Refugee crisis, Refugees, Syria, Word Lens | Categories: Google Corporate | URL: http://wp.me/p1w6tN-vU9 Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from 9to5Google. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://9to5google.com/2015/10/23/google-technology-refugees/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com