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SF Voicemail for Homeless

  • Posted by: danielriley
  • on February 28, 2008 at 5:48 pm

Google teams up with San Francisco and unveils a new plan to give every homeless person in the city a life-long phone number and voicemail, should they choose to accept it.

In an effort to empower the city’s homeless population, the program will enable one to call in for his or her messages from any phone—making it possible for individuals to leave call-back numbers on job applications and to receive test results from health clinics.

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