Following the series of murderous terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday the 13th last week, assistance for the victims has started pouring in. Big tech companies such as Google, Facebook, Twitter and Skype have reached out to help victims and their families in every possible way.

Google unleashed free calls to Paris through Hangout, its telecommunications platform immediately after the attack to help friends, relatives of victims and everybody else from around the world make free international calls to Paris and stand as support them, reports Memeburn.

Earlier, during the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake, Google used Hangouts as a helping tool to allow people to make calls to their dear ones free of cost. This time was no exception, and other tech companies followed Google’s footsteps to ease the situation in many ways.

For the first time, Facebook used its Safety Check tool in a man-made disaster such as the 2015 Paris attack although the social networking company previously used the same tool only for natural disasters like the tsunami the struck Japan in 2011.

Immediately after the barbaric attack in Paris, Uber disabled its Dynamic/Surge pricing option to make the tool affordable to all. Uber also made headlines earlier this month when it offered free Uber rides in Sandton when a pedestrian bridge collapsed.

Twitter has received praise for being the fastest to help people during disasters and this time the company followed its own plans. The hashtag option flooded Twitter accounts, allowing people from to provide victims with any kind of assistance they needed such as food and medicine.

The most trending hashtag #PorteOuverte helped victims of the attack learn about where they can stay if they have nowhere to go.

While various organizations and people from all quarters stood in solidarity to extend help in Paris, the tech world also acted with sincere responsibility.

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