April News: Using Tech for good

Here at Iridescent Ideas we are excited how Tech can change the world for the better.  This is why we created the Forerunner Prize.

A recent BBC articles look at female entrepreneurs using Tech for good and in particular video games.  After 12 years making games for education and training, Jude Ower went on to create an international games platform with a social conscience - Playmob.

"After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Zynga, the creator of Farmville, launched a campaign to raise funds for the victims by selling an in-game item, with a percentage of each purchase going to help the victims," she explains.
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