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Google’s “Develop for Good” hackathon winners tackle environment, human rights

on September 7, 2012

Google held a “Develop for Good” hackathon for developers surrounding the company’s June I/O conference, allowing developer groups using Google products to tackle a variety of projects related to human rights, the environment, and politics.

Convore is reborn as Grove.io, a chat service for businesses

on January 10, 2012

Group chat startup Convore had pretty good traction after launching out of Y Combinator last year. But in the competitive world of consumer social apps, “pretty good” isn’t enough. So Convore’s founder Leah Culver built a new, business-focused iteration of the group chat service, called Grove.io.