Posted by Jack Hebert, Software EngineerWhile political consistency (or inconsistency) can be funny, as John Stewart pointed out in a recent episode of the Daily Show, it can also be a serious political matter.With upcoming elections in the United Stat…
Posted by Rohit Ananthakrishna, Software EngineerOver the last few weeks we’ve presented a number of new language launches for Google News: 9 new editions in Africa, a Turkish edition and a Malayalam language edition in India. We’re proud to present th…
Posted by Cibu Johny and Deepak Raghuwanshi, Software Engineersഎല്ലാവര്ക്കും ഓണാശംസകള്!To all our Malayalam-speaking readers, we want to wish you Onashamsakal. We are very happy to mark this festive sea…
Posted by Josh Cohen, Business Product ManagerAggregators like Google News were today the subject of news – this time pertaining to a 2002 story regarding United Airlines. For those of you who are interested in the nuts and bolts of why this was ind…
Posted by Punit Soni, Product ManagerToday, we announced that we’re launching an effort to give Internet users everywhere more tools to discover, explore, and celebrate much more of our journalistic heritage by digitizing archival newspapers and making…
Posted by David Garnick, Product ManagerThe Republican National Convention is underway in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Google News is taking you there. Well, maybe not literally there, but as close as we can get you! For the duration of the convention, you…
Posted by Mahesh KM, Software EngineerOne of our most important goals for Google News is to expose readers to a diverse range of journalistic viewpoints. This is why we think it’s important to have hundreds, if not thousands of different sources for im…
Posted by Divon Lan, Product ManagerGoogle News is a truly international project, spanning dozens of countries and over 20 languages. But that still leaves plenty of countries without their own dedicated edition of Google News.Today, we are delighted t…
Posted by Mustafa Icil, Country Marketing Manager, TurkeyToday, we’re delighted to announce the launch of Google News in Turkey. Now, Turkish-speaking users in Turkey and around the world are a click away from the latest news in their native language. …
Posted by Lara Rennie, Software Engineer, TrondheimWe have software engineers from almost every country in the world, so we know as well as anyone how passionate folks can get about their hometown athletes. This year, the Google News team is doing our…
Posted by Vinodh Kumar, Kiran Gunda and Prasanna Meda, Software Engineersவணக்கம். தமிழில் செய்திகள்! (Greetings, News In Tamil!)It’s not every day that you get to launch a product in a more than 2,000-year-…
Posted by Frank Harris, Senior User Experience DesignerOver the course of the next few weeks, you may notice a few changes to Google News… or maybe not. You see, we’ll be running some experiments on the look and feel of our site, based on an accumula…
Posted by Xin Li, Engineering ManagerThe devastating earthquake hit China’s Sichuan province at 2:28 pm on May 12. I was so worried: there was no news about what had happened shortly after the earthquake, and even worse, I was unable to reach my pare…
Posted by Brandon Badger, Product ManagerIt’s part of the vision of Google News to crawl and index every word of every news story, around the world. It’s a lot of information, but we’re working on ways to make this index more specific. For example,…
Posted by David Garnick, Product ManagerThe massively destructive cyclone that struck Myanmar (Burma) has caused an extensive loss of life. However, in the wake of the cyclone, there are new crises facing the population of the country. Getting aid to t…