hack for good Archives | Microsoft Garage http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/tag/hack-for-good/ Wed, 12 Jun 2019 22:57:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 This is what happens when interesting ideas, passion for technology, and experimental engineers converge http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/2018/02/when-interesting-ideas-passion-technology-experimental-engineers-converge/ Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:00:57 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=garage-en-us/?p=4524 Each year, we host dozens of customer and partners in the Microsoft Garage. As we walk visitors through our community hub, makerspace, and most recently, our new Mixed Reality room, we often discuss everything from fostering innovation to designing spaces where people want to come together to collaborate. Across tech, banking, education, healthcare, and everything in between, one topic that....

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]]> 2017 Hackathon team connects with non-profit Yuwa to create mobile app http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage/blog/2017/12/2017-hackathon-team-connects-non-profit-yuwa-create-mobile-app/ Thu, 14 Dec 2017 20:52:11 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=garage-en-us/?p=3952 Devika Mittal, a corporate strategy manager at Microsoft who grew up in New Delhi and now lives in Washington, DC, knew that child trafficking and violence against women in rural areas in India was a growing human-rights crisis. But for a long time, the fate of at-risk Indian girls far away from her, while distressing, was something she felt helpless....

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