2016-01-26 Google lahjoittaa pakolaisille

[Gunnar Hymén]

http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/25/google-donates-5-3-million-in-chromebooks-for-refugees/

5,3miljoonan taalan edestä chromebookkeja, täytyyköhän sitä vaihtaa hakukonettakin 

To give some of the millions of refugees in Europe access to education and asylum application information, Google is equipping nonprofits in Germany with Chromebooks. The company announced a $5.3 million grant and the launch of Project Reconnect, an initiative with NetHope that will distribute the computers to organizations working with refugees. Google says the Chromebook has a proven track record when it comes to education, and in this case, it can be used to run learning and language apps or provide access to government info for those seeking asylum.
"They're automatically kept up to date with the latest features, apps and virus protection," explained Google.org director Jacquelline Fuller. "And they can be configured and managed by a central administrator (in this case the nonprofits) to offer relevant programs, content and materials depending on the situation."

pikku veto paikallaan
a) onko tämä hyväntahtoinen ele?
b) loistava juoni ottaa mahdolliset terrorosmot seurantaan?

[Supernuiva]

pikku veto paikallaan
a) onko tämä hyväntahtoinen ele?
b) loistava juoni ottaa mahdolliset terrorosmot seurantaan?

c) loistava juoni edesauttaa eurooppalaisten hyvinvointivaltioiden tuhoutumista

[Nuivake]

Googlekaan ei halua olla rassisti ja ennakkoluuloinen. PR ja "imitsi" ja somepisteet ym...

[Toni R Jyväskylästä]

Lähinnä ihmetyttää että Google yrittää kerätä irtopojoja Saksasta tällä pelleilyllä vielä uudenvuoden tapahtumien jälkeen.

[zache]

Google is giving away 25,000 Chromebooks to help refugees in Germany
Google.org has announced that it's giving a $5.3 million grant to a charity in Germany so it can give 25,000 Chromebooks out to nonprofits working with refugees arriving in the country.

Nonprofits can apply now to the NetHope charity's Project Reconnect to get their hands on laptops that they can use to help refugees with things like form-filling or language-learning, all while maintaining administrative control over the devices.

The main drawback with Chromebooks of course is that you have to have internet connection to get the best out of them, which means any charities that are using them will have to have a Web connection.

There's already been lots of awesome activity from the tech community to help refugees find safety and start integrating, including efforts from Google itself.

In October, the company created a mobile microsite with key information for people who had just arrived in the country, as well as updating its Translate service to help people from the Middle East navigate German and English signs.

The first lot of Chromebooks are slated for delivery in March.

Some might suggest such a generous move is merely an extension of Google's lobbying efforts in the EU and beyond.

• http://thenextweb.com/eu/2016/01/25/google-is-giving-away-25000-chromebooks-to-help-refugees-in-germany/
• http://venturebeat.com/2016/01/25/google-pledges-5-3-million-in-chromebooks-to-help-refugees-in-germany-reconnect/
• https://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/refugees-education-chromebooks.html

[Chew Bacca]

Kohta googlella on edustava otos turviksien vierailemista sivuista. Mikä epäilemättä luovutetaan amerikkalaisille.