Google China has launched a multitude of help efforts for people looking for information in relation to the disastrous May 12th earthquake centered in Sichuan province. Some days ago, the Google China homepage linked to a special Google Maps layer, as previously mentioned:
Earthquake In China Unnoticed By Google?
This article was going to be a quick roundup of Google’s response to the earthquake in China – mention a donations page here, a map there, done. As it turns out, though, the company didn’t provide much material.
Twitter Used To Report Earthquake
Twitter doesn’t always work well; its frequent outages have earned it all sorts of negative attention. It has at least partially redeemed itself, though, as Twitter was one of the first sites on which news of the earthquake in China appeared.
Google News, Earth Evaluated After Earthquake
In emergencies’ aftermaths, various Google services have become go-to resources. Following an earthquake in the UK, Google Earth and Google News seem to be getting mixed reviews.
California Earthquake Prompts Twitter Reaction
At any given moment, people on Twitter are likely to tell you that they’re hungry, sore, or tired. But last night, people used Twitter to report something that was literally of earth-shaking importance: an earthquake near San Jose.
Ask Documents Earthquake, Death Of Google Pen
Ask.com is based in Oakland, California, and as many people know, the region experienced a minor earthquake late last week. For Ask, this was an opportunity to plug its Earthquake Search. The Ask.com team also took a moment to note one casualty: a Google pen.
Blogger Claims He Predicted Indonesian Earthquake
I am going to have to channel Nostradamus to get to the bottom of this one. Apparently, Dan Sherman, a blogger …