Britain's Tech Community Helping Migrants With Mobiles

Frustrated by the lack of technological solutions to the European refugee crisis, a group of London-based techies has started working with charities to find ways to help people on the move, most of whom have mobile phones. Mike Butcher, editor of TechCrunch, a technology news site, kickstarted the idea by organizing a one-day conference for people to showcase ideas to help refugees followed by a "hackathon" at which people write software collaboratively. "I called up...

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