$1 MILLION IN “NEW DIGITAL AGE GRANTS” AWARDED BY GOOGLE EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN ERIC SCHMIDTTO ORGANIZATIONS FIGHTING GLOBAL CHALLENGES

Announcement of the grants coincides with the paperback release of his New York Times bestselling book The New Digital Age, co-authored by Jared CohenGoogle executive chairman Eric Schmidt has donated $1 million to establish the New Digital Age Grants, which will be awarded next month to organizations around the globe that are using technology to solve pressing human problems. The focus of the grants grew out of the book Schmidt and Google Ideas director Jared Cohen co-authored, THE NEW DIGITAL AGE, which will be released in paperback on March 4 by Vintage Books. In writing the book,