Tag: Google
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Google graduates Lunchpad Africa Class 2, opens applications for Class 3
Google on Friday graduated the Class 2 of its Lunchpad Accelerator Africa programme in Lagos. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Class 2 comprised 11 start-ups from six countries. Google Country Director, Mrs Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor while giving an overview of Google’s Launchpad Accelerator Africa programme described Launchpad as a global mentoring programme that would help start-ups build and…
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Google commends FG on eNigeria
Google on Thursday commended efforts of the Federal Government through the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on effective regulations to promote e-governance in the country. Mrs Titi Akinsomi, the Head of Public Policy Google Nigeria made the commendation at the just concluded eNigeria Conference and Exhibition organised by NITDA in Abuja. According to her,…
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Google experts collaborate to tackle child sexual abuse online
Google experts and engineers are taking part in an industry “hackathon” this week where technology companies and NGOs are coming together to collaborate and create new ways to tackle child sexual abuse online. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Google Product Manager, Abhi Chaudhuri, made this known on Wednesday in Google’s continuous fight against child sexual abuse online.…
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Contract for the Web: What governments, companies, citizens should know
As the world awaits the 50/50 moment when more than half of the world’s population will be online, inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee has launched a campaign to persuade governments, companies and individuals to sign a Contract for the Web. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Contract for the Web that has received support from…
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50/50 moment: Over half of world’s population will be online in May 2019
Next year, the world will reach an important milestone, the 50/50 moment, when more than half of the world’s population will be online. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports May 2019 has been projected as the 50/50 moment when more than half of the world’s population will be online for the first time in the history of the…
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Inventor of World Wide Web launches contract for better Internet
Inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee has launched a campaign to persuade governments, companies and individuals to sign a Contract for the Web set of principles designed to defend a free and open Internet. Berners-Lee, who hatched the Web in 1989, said a sense of optimism about the Internet had been damaged by…
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Google Impact Challenge Nigeria opens for public voting
The Google Impact Challenge Nigeria, a competition to find the most innovative, not-for-profit Nigerian organization using technology to solve societal problems, has opened for public voting, an official said on Monday. The Country Director, Google Nigeria, Mrs Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor, said in a statement in Lagos that the competition would bring people’s attention to the good…
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Google workers walk out to protest office harassment, inequality
Hundreds of Google employees and contractors in Asia staged brief midday walkouts on Thursday, with thousands more expected to follow at offices worldwide, amid complaints of sexism, racism and unchecked executive power in their workplace. In a statement, the organisers called on Google parent Alphabet Inc to add an employee representative to its board of…
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Google launches $25m AI Impact Challenge to address world issues
As a part of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for social good, Google has announced the launch of AI Impact Challenge. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the Google AI Impact Challenge is open to nonprofits, academics, and social enterprises from around the world to submit proposals on how they could use AI to help address some of the world’s…
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Google celebrates Stella Adadevoh On 62nd posthumous birthday
Tech giant, Google is celebrating late Nigerian medic Stella Adadevoh on her 62nd posthumous birthday with a doodle. Doodles are changes made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists, pioneers, and scientists. “Today our #Googledoodle celebrates the life of Stella Adadevoh, the Nigerian doctor, who helped stop the…