Microsoft To Donate $2m To Support Relief Efforts In Japan

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Nsanity on 14 March 2011

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Although company's official support tweet may have been perceived wrong, it doesn't mean they aren't committed to the ongoing support relief efforts in Japan after the massive human tragedy.

Microsoft today has come out to make an initial commitment to donate $2m to help support ongoing relief efforts, which includes initial $250,000 in cash as well as in-kind contributions such as software says official press statement.

http://segmentnext.com/2011/03/14/microsoft-japan-support-relief-efforts/

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ms is helping with bing maps somehow... i read an article of it and got bored. But it has to do with their bing 3d maps thingy

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Nsanity on 18 March 2011

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Here's a little excerpt from an Engadget article that lists some contributions from Japanese companies towards the help effort:

"As a tech publication, we're obviously focused on the impact recent events will have on Japan's vast consumer electronics industry -- an industry that has responded with millions of dollars in cash, equipment and services to help with the relief effort. Thus far, Canon, Panasonic, and Sony have each pledged ¥300 million ($3.67 million) in donations. Sony is also matching employee contributions as will Mitsubishi who's donating a whopping ¥500 million ($6.1 million) in aid. On the equipment side, Sony is donating some 30,000 radios to relief efforts while Panasonic is providing 10,000 radios, 10,000 flashlights, and 500,000 batteries. NEC, Kyocera, and Epson are each donating ¥100 million in funds, computers, and telecoms and IT equipment."

The rest of the article isn't relevant to the aid effort but I'll include the source link below anyways.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/14/japanese-quake-will-likely-affect-our-supply-of-gadgets/

It's good to see the corporate world helping out in one way or another. I just wish I could do more than simply donating money.

Nice to see all these companies helping out.