Jigsaw will take over from Google think tank Google Ideas and will incubate companies concentrating on information access and online security.

Google Ideas, the think tank for internet technology developer Google, pivoted yesterday to become a technology incubator called Jigsaw.

Google Ideas was founded in 2010 to devise ways of using the internet and online technology to help overcome societal issues such as censorship, corruption and violence, which affect some of the places where the internet was relatively new.

Jigsaw will seek to incubate and invest in technology that will expand information access for vulnerable populations and combat cybersecurity threats. Jared…