San Francisco homeless to get free voicemail from Google
Written by admin on February 29th, 2008 in devices and gadgets.
Thanks to a new program, the homeless in San Francisco, California will have an important tool to be able to get back on their feet. The new tool will be life-long voicemail accounts and phone numbers given to any homeless person in the city courtesy of Google.
The program, which is expected to start soon, will give homeless people a permanent, local voicemail phone number that can be accessed by any phone. This could prove useful if a homeless person needs to list a phone number on a job application or if he or she needs to receive important medical information from clinics.
According to Google senior project manager Craig Walker, “We’re firm believers in the power of technology to improve the daily lives of individuals and communities as a whole, and we recognize that access to phone and voicemail services is one way that Google can help San Francisco’s homeless stay connected with family, friends, social workers, health care providers, and potential employers.”
Read more at MSNBC.
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