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Google Adds Non-Profit Information To Knowledge Graph, Gives Them A Boost With Google Follow Buttons | TechCrunch

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Google Adds Non-Profit Information To Knowledge Graph, Gives Them A Boost With Google Follow Buttons | TechCrunch : Today, Google announced that it’s now filling up its Knowledge Graph with information about nonprofits, which will help people find the organization they’d like to check out and potentially donate to.

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Google and Facebook Help Nepal Earthquake Survivors and Contacts Connect - NYTimes.com

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Google and Facebook Help Nepal Earthquake Survivors and Contacts Connect - NYTimes.com : "Google’s Person Finder was tracking about 6,300 records as of Monday evening. Anyone can enter a person’s name, biographical information and photograph into Google’s database. Google does not review or verify the data." 'via

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KoboToolbox Gets $100K 'New Digital Age' Grant from Google

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Each grantee uses technology in innovative ways, Google said, “helping ensure that technology will be a force for good as five billion people connect to the Internet for the first time in the coming years.”' KoboToolbox was one of 10 nonprofits in the U.S.

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Red Cross Fights Disasters With Social Media, Mobile Apps GOOGL - Investors.com

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Red Cross Fights Disasters With Social Media, Mobile Apps GOOGL - Investors.com : "In response, disaster relief organizations are creating mobile apps and better leveraging technologies like geographic information systems (GIS) and social media to improve their reach and services. via Blog this'

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Technolog - Google tool helps find Christchurch earthquake victims

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Technolog - Google tool helps find Christchurch earthquake victims: "The Google Person Finder is a free, simple-to-use tool which was dreamt up after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

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Don't let Twitter, Facebook, Google be the only game in town - CNN.com

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Don't let Twitter, Facebook, Google be the only game in town - CNN.com: "There's no reason that organizations or individuals who want to use the Web to relay critical information have to rely on Twitter or Facebook or Google or any other giant of the technology industry in the first place.

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Google Makes Hyperlocal Search An Even Hotter Topic | Technomix | Fast Company

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Google Makes Hyperlocal Search An Even Hotter Topic | Technomix | Fast Company: "Google's given its mobile browser version a serious make-over, and added in some very neat tweaks that result in a 'redesigned local search experience on your phone.'

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