Google launches Person Finder for Japanese quake victims

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  1. JRViejo

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    Computerworld Article by Sharon Gaudin.​
     
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    Wow, now they have a database of people! :rolleyes:
     
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    Says the man who uses Google Chrome. :D *puppy*
     
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    I wonder how effective that really is.
     
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    Scared? Lol. They've had a database. What do you think happens with all those Gmail accounts, searches through their engine and so on?
     
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    If anyone can do it effectively, Google can
     
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    When one is missing a relative, a friend or colleague, the least of one's worries is whether or not Google is maintaining a people's database. The only thing one wants to know is if that other person is OK, and to that extend, Google is providing a service, similar to the old Amateur Radio in its heyday. Other Internet sites are helping as well:

    Twitter, Facebook become lifelines after Japan quake by Sharon Gaudin.

    For the moment, I'll give all these Web sites the benefit of the doubt, for helping Japan & its people during this crisis IMO.
     
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    Japan is prone to earthquakes. I don't have relatives there but this catastrophe that happens to them was so scary. I have just heard earthquake in New Zealand then now in Japan...what's next? Very unpredictable and unexpected. :doubt:
     
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    JRViejo, Mar 15, 2011
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    Don't point at me man :D
     
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    JRViejo, Mar 17, 2011
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    Google banzai!!:D
     
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