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Public Alerts for Google Now, Google Search and Google Maps available in Canada 22 Apr 2013 | 04:40 pm
(Cross-posted on the Google Canada blog: English , French ) With floods and spring showers in the forecast, Canadians can now receive warnings of drastic weather changes directly to their mobile dev...
TV White Spaces trial launches in South Africa 25 Mar 2013 | 01:52 pm
White spaces are unused channels in the broadcast TV spectrum. They offer the potential to improve Internet connectivity where they are most needed - in the developing world. Today we’re announcing th...
Public Alerts for Google Search, Google Now and Google Maps available in Japan 7 Mar 2013 | 06:50 am
With nearly 5,000 earthquakes a year , it’s important for people in Japan to have crisis preparedness and response information available at their fingertips. And from our own research , we know that w...
Identifying available spectrum 4 Mar 2013 | 11:10 am
Today, there are billions of phones, tablets, laptops and other mobile devices connecting to the Web wirelessly. Meanwhile, people living in parts of the world without wired infrastructure rely on wir...
Improving Internet access in emerging markets 25 Feb 2013 | 04:00 pm
People are constantly finding new ways to use the Internet to address our biggest challenges: global education, health care, clean water, effective government. But we’ve only scratched the surface on ...
RISE Awards 2013: A global effort 14 Feb 2013 | 04:37 pm
“I am standing in a partial enclosure made of sticks and plant fronds. This is the school for roughly 35 students, ranging in age from three to about 20 years old. There are no desks. There is only a ...
Responding to the severe flooding in Jakarta, Indonesia 18 Jan 2013 | 03:23 am
The Google Crisis Response team has assembled a resource page to help track affected areas and provide updated emergency information for the millions affected by flooding in Jakarta. We also have a mo...
Promoting civic innovation through technology 16 Jan 2013 | 04:00 pm
The Internet is redefining citizenship in the 21st century. Technology is helping people to connect, engage, and contribute to society and each other like never before. We’ve seen developers use our C...
Paving a path to intelligent energy use 14 Jan 2013 | 02:30 pm
(Cross-posted on the Google Green Blog ) One of the best parts about working at Google is the chance to use the Internet and digital technology to help us all manage energy better. We’ve seen big cha...
An energetic welcome to Arun Majumdar 17 Dec 2012 | 05:59 pm
One of the world’s biggest challenges is bringing reliable, sustainable and affordable energy to everyone. We need a new energy blueprint for the future—the latest advances in technology have the pote...
