Google Engaged In Search and Alert Efforts Following Earth Quake and Tsunami in Japan
Posted March 11th, 2011
The Google homepage is famously sparse. Despite the few times a year the appearance of the logo is altered or a game of Pac Man is facilitated, the homepage offers the basic search function that built the much expanded companies empire.
Today Google is engaged in a different kind of search. Users in the immediate areas affected by the massive earthquake off the coast of Japan and the Tsunami that followed are now seeing a search and report feature added to Google’s homepage. The feature (which was also used during the Christ Church, New Zealand quake) was created to assist in the public’s search for missing loved ones and for survivors to report their status and location.
In other areas of the Pacific awaiting possible damage, like the western coast of the United States, the Google homepage includes a Tsunami Alert.
Tags: Google, Japan, Tsunami
Posted in Tech News, World Events by Kelly Hardy
