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It’s up to tech to save the world

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Larry Brilliant, executive director of Google’s philanthropic arm, says the IT industry has a major role to play in tackling climate change and global disease. The technology industry can play a major role in tackling global disease and battling climate change, according to the executive…
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Yahoos fear loss of fun-loving culture

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

While some employees see Microsoft’s bid as a positive development, they worry a merger would cool Yahoo’s free-spirited atmosphere. Will Yahoos’ yodels be silenced? Yahoo employees fretted on Friday that their fun-loving culture, summed up by early company ads featuring a cowboy yodel, could get quashed by…
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Life after Google, with millions

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

A horde of nouveau riche have moved on from the company, trading on Google credentials to reach new heights in tech or attempting to save the world. What would you do if you were flush with $10 million or $100 million? Would you retire, go to work every…
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Doing philanthropy the Google way

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

The well-heeled company touts its plans to bestow money on worthy causes. But how does that compare with other tech sector do-good efforts? Even in philanthropy, Google follows its own rules. With its funding of renewable energy and early warning systems for drought and infectious diseases,…
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