India’s 15th general election is fast approaching, and Google’s determined to help anyone wanting to either participate in or monitor the event. The search giant launched the Google India Elections Centre in both English and Hindi to facilitate the spread of information.
Election To Impact Indian Outsourcing?
Reports have been surfacing since last night’s election that while overall, India seems to have embraced the election of Barack Obama as the President of the United States, there have been some worries among the country’s people due to Obama’s position on outsourcing.
Google.org, Partners Create Indian Investment Company
Its current designation – we won’t call it a name – lacks imagination, to say the least. But Google.org, the Soros Economic Development Fund, and Omidyar Network have created an entity that should be of great help to small- to medium-sized Indian businesses.
Google Extends Hand To Indian SMBs
Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm, is teaming up with the Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF) and the Omidyar Network to help boost small- and medium-sized businesses in India secure funding.
Google Tightens Bond With Indian VCs
Aside from the U.S., I’d say that India is probably Google’s favorite country. Now Google’s showing it an extra bit of love by investing in two venture capital funds.
Google Takes On Indian Parliament
The recommendation of an Indian parliamentary committee threatens to change the wording in proposed legislation that would hold Google and other service providers accountable for content traversing their system.
Guruji.com Offers Indian Alternative To Google
The term “Google killer” is bandied about every so often, but let’s face it: no one company is going to kill Google anytime soon. But a company could “stump” the search engine giant – particularly in a foreign market – and Guruji intends to do exactly that.
Google To Digitize Indian Palm Leaves
Google digitizes books on a fairly regular basis, but it’s not every day that manuscripts made of palm leaves join the “to-do” pile. That’s the case, however, at the University of Mysore in India, where over 800,000 documents are set to be brought into the twenty-first century.
Google Sets Sights On Indian “Techno Complex”
Never mind another research facility, and a call center is so comparatively small as to be out of the question; Google intends to build a new “state-of-the-art techno complex” near Hyderabad, India.
Indian Wi-Fi Mesh Spun Using Google
The citizens of Mumbai, India may soon be blessed with a wireless mesh network that should blanket the city. And although Lifestyle Networks and its managing director, Abhishek Javeri, are behind this development, Mumbai’s citizens will also owe a thank-you to Google.