News from Google
India news announcements
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YouTube to live stream all DLF
IPL 2010 matches
20 January 2010
First major sporting event to be live-streamed across the globe Fans can catch all the
action live on a dedicated IPL channel at www.youtube.com/ipl : …
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Google launches landmark driving
direction on Google Maps
16 December 2009
Google India announces the launch of landmarks in driving directions for users of
Google Maps. Users can now navigate around locations using Google Maps on …
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Google’s Internet Bus Enters God’s Own
Country – Kerala
9 December 2009
Having travelled more than 10,000 kilometers across 4 states of India during the last
10 months, Google Internet Bus continues to add more miles and …
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Google launches search by voice for Nokia
S60 phone users
2 November 2009
Have you ever been in a hurry and really needed to find an answer to something, but
there was no one to ask? Like what …
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Indian Local Businesses get a boost with New,
Data-Rich Dashboard in Google Local Business Center
14 October 2009
New feature will provide businesses with new visibility into the ways their local
listings are found on Google, enabling them to make smarter decisions about …
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Google empowers SMBs to kick start online
ad-campaigns for free
6 October 2009
Bringing the power of Internet advertising to small businesses, Google India today
announced a special initiative to help entrepreneurs jump start their online
advertising campaign …
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Google’s Internet Bus Enters the Hindi
Heartland
24 September 2009
Internet Bus to cover 10 cities in Madhya Pradesh After covering Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
and Andhra Pradesh, Google™ India today announced the arrival of the …
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First ever Orkut Zeitgeist measures the pulse of
Indians online
25 August 2009
Interesting discoveries as orkut mercury rises across India Google India today
announced its first ever Orkut Zeitgeist in India. Zeitgeist means the "spirit of
the …
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Bring out the artist in you, and doodle
for Google!
21 August 2009
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you visualise the Google homepage? The
colourful, characteristic Google logo, of course! But every now and …
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Google’s Internet Bus in Andhra
Pradesh
22 July 2009
Google India today announced that the Internet Bus™ will now tour the state of Andhra
Pradesh. This is Google’s initiative to reach out to people …
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Google’s Internet Bus in Karnataka
13 May 2009
Google™ India today announced that the ‘Internet Bus™’ will now tour Karnataka.
Starting its journey from Bangalore the bus will travel through 15 towns in …
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Google launches Internet Bus in Tamil
Nadu
3 February 2009
Google India today launched an Internet Bus™ – a mobile bus designed to provide an
Internet experience to the people across the cities of Tamil …
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Google.org Launches Gram Panchayat Puraskar
in AP and Karnataka
11 December 2008
Announces Rs. 5 lakh for winning panchayats Google.org – the philanthropic arm of
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) – today announced the launch of the Gram Panchayat …
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Google Releases Fastest Rising and Most
Popular Search terms in India for 2008
10 December 2008
Today, Google announced its India Zeitgeist, a look at 2008 through the collective eyes
of the Indian users on the web. The 2008 year-end India …
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Make Google SMS Search, your best
friend
18 November 2008
Now you can get answers to all of this and more through a simple SMS at the price of
your regular SMS*. Cricket scores and …
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New safety filter for an enhanced
orkut experience
23 October 2008
orkut is one of the most popular web destinations in India today with users from
multiple age groups and even more diverse backgrounds. In fact, …
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Google India launches second leg of the
Internet safety campaign
17 September 2008
Partners with IAMAI, government and local law enforcement authorities to take the ‘Be
NetSmart’ message to Chennai, Kolkata and New Delhi Google India has launched …
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Google Announces Developer Day in
India
1 September 2008
Google Developer Day Will Focus on Building Great Web Apps and Advancing the Web as a
Platform Google today announced in India. Developer Day is …
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Now you can Map Your World with
Google
27 August 2008
Google Map Maker launched in India - Google today announced the launch of Google Map
Maker™ (mapmaker.google.com) in India. A global product conceived and developed …
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Google launches Tamil News and Tamil
Transliteration
5 August 2008
Google India today reiterated its strong focus on serving Tamil speakers by announcing
the launch of a new edition of Google News™ in Tamil and …
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Google India names Business Heads for
Financial Services, Technology and Travel & Local
26 May 2008
Google today announced the appointment of Sridhar Seshadri as Business Head – Financial
Services, Parminder Singh as Business Head – Technology and Narasimha Jayakumar
as …
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Google aapki bhasha mein
5 May 2008
Google today announced the launch of Google Translate™ translation service for Hindi.
This new launch enables automated translation between Hindi and English. If you
want …
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Another reason to have fun on
orkut
17 April 2008
OpenSocial applications launched on orkut Do you love books and playing games online?
Want your friends to know about your favorite hangouts? Now that OpenSocial …
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Google Launches New Forms of Payment
for AdWords™ in India
6 March 2008
Today, Google announced the widening of its bouquet of payment options for the AdWords™
advertising program in India. Advertisers will now have the power to …
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Google India launches
nationwide Internet safety campaign
5 March 2008
Partners with Mumbai Police to help 25,000 students ‘Be NetSmart’ The Internet has
evolved as a great tool for millions across the globe. By typing …
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Google India Awards Women
Engineers
3 March 2008
Google India today announced the winners of the first ‘Google India Women in
Engineering Award’ recognizing and rewarding deserving women students in Computer
Science and …
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Soros Economic Development Fund,
Omidyar Network and Google.org Launch Small to Medium Enterprise Investment Company for
India
20 February 2008
Investment to Target "Missing Middle" Between Microfinance and Commercial Capital
Markets The Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF), Omidyar Network, and Google.org
announced today that they …
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Now Search for Hot Trends on Google India
Labs
5 February 2008
Hourly updates on what Indian users are looking for on Google Google today announced
the launch of Google Trends™ and Google Hot Trends™ reports on …
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Orkut celebrates 4th anniversary with
more privacy controls
30 January 2008
orkut users have always found a reason to smile. Now, they have a reason to celebrate.
Their beloved orkut has just turned four! What started …
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Google.org Announces Core Initiatives to
Combat Climate Change, Poverty and Emerging Threats
18 January 2008
Reveals its plans for philanthropy; announces new grants and investments worth
$5,320,000 in India In its continuing effort to use the power of information and …
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Google’s Indian Year-End Zeitgeist
highlights hot searches in 2007
18 December 2007
With the end of the year in sight, it’s time to reflect on what made 2007 special.
Today we are releasing our first ever annual …
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Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India,
Addresses Google India’s "Be the Change" Employee Summit in Hyderabad on December 3,
2007
3 December 2007
The text for the speech is available at – Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Addresses Google India’s
Employee Summit The video can be found at http://youtube.com/watch?v=B7VSia9AOe4 …
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It’s Q&A time on orkut
2 November 2007
Today we’re launching a new feature on orkut™ called orkut ask friends. It gives you
the ability to ask questions to and receive answers from …
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Google Boosts its Venture Capital Investments in
India
29 October 2007
Google today announced two partnerships that further its commitment to fostering
innovation in India. Google has invested in the early stage venture capital fund
Ventureast …
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Google SMS Launches in India
9 October 2007
Google announced today the launch of Google SMS™ for mobile users in India. This beta
offering brings the power of Google™ Search to users’ fingertips, …
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Google Introduces Google Gadget Ads and
AdSense for Mobile
19 September 2007
Google Inc. announced the introduction of two new ways for advertisers to communicate
with users. Google Gadget Ads™ is an interactive ad format that is …
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Google Strengthens Its India Story
20 August 2007
Launches India Labs, Local Search and Local Business Centre Google India today
announced the launch of an India serving innovation platform, Google India Labs,
and …
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Orkut celebrates India’s Independence with its
Users
10 August 2007
Poll to seek users opinion Google Inc. today announced that it is running an opinion
poll on the Orkut™ site to celebrate India’s 60th Independence …
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Google signs MoU with Government of Andhra
Pradesh
11 May 2007
Google today marked its continued investment in India by announcing a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Andhra Pradesh to buy land in …
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Google Names Shailesh Rao as Managing Director for
Google’s Business in India
20 March 2007
Google today announced the appointment of Shailesh Rao as Managing Director, Sales and
Operations for Google India. Based in New Delhi, Shailesh will manage Google’s …
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Google launches Hindi News and Hindi
Transliteration on Blogger
15 March 2007
Google today reiterated its strong focus on serving Indian language speakers by
announcing the launch of Hindi transliteration on Blogger™, Google’s web publishing
service, and …
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Google launches Cricket World Cup Campaign
12 March 2007
To include a Cricket Blogging contest With World Cup fever at all-time high, Google
India unveiled a Cricket World Cup Campaign today, promising cricket fans …
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Google Invests in Early Stage Indian
Venture Capital Funds
14 February 2007
Google Inc. today marked its continued commitment to India with the announcement of its
investment in two early-stage venture capital funds, Seedfund and Erasmic.
India, …
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Google Code Jam 2006
14 August 2006
Programmers Worldwide Invited to Participate in Google’s Fourth Annual Global Coding
Competition Registration opens August 14th; finals to be held in Google’s New York
City …
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Google Names Richard Kimber as Managing
Director of Sales and Operations for South East Asia
5 July 2006
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced the appointment of Richard Kimber as
managing director, Sales and Operations, South East Asia. Based in Sydney, Australia,
Kimber …
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Google Announces Winner of the 2006
Google India Code Jam
7 April 2006
Ardian Kristanto Poernomo Codes His Way to Rs.122,000 Grand Prize Google Inc. today
announced Ardian Kristanto Poernomo from Nanyang Technology University in Singapore as
the …
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Google Continues India Growth
9 February 2006
Opens business operations in Delhi, Mumbai Google Inc. today marked its continued
investment in India with the opening of its business operations in Delhi and …
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Google Continues India Growth
7 February 2006
Opens business operations in Delhi, Mumbai Google Inc. today marked its continued
investment in India with the opening of its business operations in Delhi and …
