This will be our last post on the Google.org blog. In order to make it easier for people to get the latest news from Google in one place, we're moving to the Official Google Blog . Google.org ...
http://blog.google.org/2015/01/goodbye-googleorg-blog_35.html
Cross-posted from the Google Asia Pacific Blog We’ve launched several tools, available on our Typhoon Yolanda crisis page , to help gather and relay information in connection with the incred...
http://blog.google.org/2013/11/crisis-tools-for-typhoon-yolanda_50.html
(CROSS-POSTED FROM GOOGLE AFRICA BLOG) TV White Spaces—the unused spectrum between TV channels—have the potential to bring wireless broadband access to underserved and rural areas. These low...
http://blog.google.org/2013/11/trial-in-cape-town-shows-that-tv-white_26.html
When people get sick, they turn to the Web for information. Back in 2008, a team at Google dug into this behavior and found that certain search terms were good indicators of flu levels. We later ...
http://blog.google.org/2013/10/flu-trends-updates-model-to-help_16.html
A catastrophe or natural disaster can occur when least expected. That's why the Google Crisis Response Team created Public Alerts and Crisis Map to help people better prepare for these unfortunat...
http://blog.google.org/2013/10/public-alerts-and-crisis-map-for_77.html
As summer approaches, reliable and easily accessible information about where fires are burning and how to stay safe is important. That’s why we’ve launched a Google Crisis Map to show fire ...
http://blog.google.org/2013/10/get-latest-on-australian-fires-with_35.html
Sometimes, the best way to take a new idea from the research phase to the real world is to take that idea into the field. Google.org has provided a $2 million grant to the De Novo Group to adva...
http://blog.google.org/2013/10/supporting-new-solutions-for-broadband_39.html
Last week, India’s east coast was struck by Cyclone Phailin, a severe tropical cyclone that displaced hundreds of thousands of people in the affected region. Google Crisis Response publish...
http://blog.google.org/2013/10/responding-to-cyclone-phailin-in-india_87.html
Cross-posted from the Public Policy blog Imagine a world where you spent 30% of your monthly income on basic Internet service. Could you pay? What might you have to give up? For billions of peo...
http://blog.google.org/2013/10/joining-forces-to-advocate-for-more_54.html
Last week, Colorado was hit with severe storms and flooding, washing out roads and bridges and leaving thousands displaced. Many people, including local Googlers, have been evacuated from their h...
http://blog.google.org/2013/09/responding-to-colorado-floods_89.html
Cross-posted from the Google Latin America Blog After one of the worst floods in Acapulco, Guerrero, caused by recent tropical storms “Ingrid” and “Manuel” , the Google Crisis Response ...
http://blog.google.org/2013/09/google-person-finder-launched-in_85.html
Earlier this year we launched Google Public Alerts for the first time in Japan, covering earthquakes and tsunamis. Today, we’re expanding the service to include weather-related alerts for typ...
http://blog.google.org/2013/08/expanding-public-alerts-in-japan-with_77.html
Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog Inspiring the next generation of scientists and engineers is crucially important—breakthroughs don't happen without people to make them. We want stud...
http://blog.google.org/2013/08/help-inspire-next-generation-of_49.html
As Taiwan heads into another Typhoon season, the need for reliable and easily accessible information about where the next storm will hit and how to stay safe has never been more important. Tha...
http://blog.google.org/2013/07/public-alerts-for-natural-disasters-now_13.html
We know spectrum is an essential resource to power the future of the Internet. Using untapped spectrum can help improve broadband access in many parts of the world—as it’s doing in our trial ...
http://blog.google.org/2013/06/television-white-spaces-database_51.html
As flooding continues to affect Alberta, the Google Crisis Response team has launched a new crisis map with emergency-related information. To view the crisis map, visit: http://google.org/crisis...
http://blog.google.org/2013/06/crisis-map-launched-for-alberta-floods_83.html
Cross-posted from the Google Developers Blog On June 1st and 2nd, thousands of developers from across the U.S. came together at nearly 100 different locations to participate in the first ever�...
http://blog.google.org/2013/06/hacking-for-change-at-google_5.html
To help bring more of Africa online, we often work with others: offering programs to get universities connected , supporting nonprofit innovators to increase engineering know-how, and partnerin...
http://blog.google.org/2013/06/more-than-15-african-countries-gather_81.html
ON MONDAY, THE OKLAHOMA CITY REGION WAS STRUCK BY A DEVASTATING 2-MILE WIDE TORNADO . ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED, PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES AND THOUSANDS REMAIN DISPL...
http://blog.google.org/2013/05/responding-to-oklahoma-tornado_98.html
(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 MOB...
http://blog.google.org/2013/04/public-alerts-for-google-now-google_86.html
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 announ...
http://blog.google.org/2013/03/tv-white-spaces-trial-launches-in-south_78.html
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...
http://blog.google.org/2013/03/public-alerts-for-google-search-google_4.html
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 o...
http://blog.google.org/2013/03/identifying-available-spectrum_12.html
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 s...
http://blog.google.org/2013/02/improving-internet-access-in-emerging_30.html
> “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 year...
http://blog.google.org/2013/02/rise-awards-2013-global-effort_16.html