Right now, his team is using the Gates Foundation grant to study the parameters of the effect they discovered.

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Since then, some of the charities they have worked with include: Autism Speaks, Somali Mam Foundation, Mercy Ships, Water.org, The Girl Effect, Pencils of Promise, End7, and the Jessie Rees Foundation, amongst many others.

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Charities, community groups and other good causes will receive grants from the TPO Foundation, an independent charity whose donations will have the ultimate effect of strengthening society and supporting local communities.

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The CEO of the Symbian Foundation Lee Williams, has quit, to be replaced by CFO Tim Holbrow with immediate effect.

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