The company has shortlisted 16 ideas that has the potential to help most number of people and up to five of them, would receive funds worth $10 million.
The project is a “call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible”. The 16 ideas such as building a real time, user-reported news service and making educational content free online, were shortlisted from thousands of ideas submitted by people from different parts of the world. Going by the website, the firm would give $10 million to fund the implementation of as many as five ideas. The public can vote on these ideas till October 8.
Published 30 September 2009, 16:43 IST