Since the launch of its super search engine, Google also pioneered in launching brand new products: Gmail, Google Maps, Android OS, Google Checkout, etc. One of my newfound favorites is the Google Art Project, which gives users the interactive ability to visit museums from around the world. TIME Magazine praises it as “one of the longstanding promises of the Internet–of the last century’s worth of technology.”
Many Googlers devoted their time to develop a project that handles crises. According to a recent news article from physorg.com, Google engineers are designing “a multi-lingual Crisis Response Page with links to resources such as emergency hotlines, relief organizations, maps, and a service for finding loved ones.” In the aftermath of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami disasters, the Official Google Blog reports:
In Japan, Person Finder went live within an hour of the earthquake. More than 600,000 contact entries have been made since then—more than all other disasters combined—and there have been several reports of people finding their loved ones safe.
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