Google to Donate for every Android Pay Transaction
by Q3 Technologies Q3 Technologies - Building Quality into SoftwareHolidays are for giving, and Google wants to give back to
the community in the most generous way using technology, all the while
marketing its latest product. Google has announced that it will donate one dollar
from every transaction through Android Pay to an NGO this Holiday season.
This is Google’s effort to ramp up its mobile payments
platform, Android Pay. The tech giant will donate upto $1 Million to special
education projects tailored towards children with special needs in partnership
with the nonprofit organization DonorsChoose.org. The program started on
November 24th and continues till the end of the year.
It is estimated that teachers for special needs spend around
$500 annually from their own pockets in order to introduce new projects and
activities to help children with special needs. Collectively a part of Google's
Global Impact Challenge: Disabilities campaign, it states that $1 from every
transaction through Android Pay will be donated to over 6.4 million children in
connection to the charity till Decebmer 31, 2015. Also, on Black Friday, Google
donated $2 for every transaction. The campaign aims to improve the lives of
people with disabilities.
Android Pay is an NFC-based payment system on newer Android
phones that supports payments at over 1 million outlets across the United
States including AT&T, BJs, Babies “R” Us and Toys “R” Us, Bloomingdale’s,
Express, Macy’s, GameStop, Office Depot, Sports Authority, Staples, Walgreens, Aeropostale,
Whole Foods, and many more. Just like Apple Way, Android Pay allows a user to
tap to pay at a POS outlet. The campaign is available in all states except
Alabama, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Mississippi and South Carolina, as
such program are prohibited in these states.
Google tried the same approach a few years ago using
Google.org by launching an app called One Today. It allowed users to donate $1
to different charitable organizations using a mobile phone. Although the app
still exists today, it failed to gain the traction needed to cross 100,000 app
downloads. Google.org has already donated more than $720,000 to support special
education projects across the states.
The new campaign is part of a larger initiative by Google
with over $20 Million in grants from Google.org for organizations to improve
the lives of children with disabilities.
The Android Pay application is available on the Play Store
and works on any NFC Android device running Android KitKat 4.4 or higher.
Download Android Pay Here - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.walletnfcrel
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