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Posted by Andrew Silverman, Senior Product Manager Since we announced our plans to acquire ITA Software in July, we’ve spent a lot of time talking with players in the online travel industry — airlines, travel agents, and search sites — about our p…

Posted by Alan Eustace, Senior VP, Engineering & Research (Cross-posted on the Official Google Blog)In May we announced that we had mistakenly collected unencrypted WiFi payload data (information sent over networks) using our Street View cars. We …

Posted by Adrienne St. Aubin, Public Policy Analyst (Cross-posted on the Google Online Security Blog)In the physical world, basic safety measures are second-nature to almost everyone (look both ways, stop drop and roll!). In the digital world, however…

By Brian Richardson, Manager, Public Policy Communications Google Product Manager Jonathan McPhie was in DC recently to meet with privacy advocates, academics and members of the media to help spread the word about our new Privacy Tools page on the Goo…

Posted By Derek Slater, Senior Policy Analyst Music legend Stevie Wonder recently spoke at the United Nation’s World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). He delivered a simple, important message: “End the information deprivation that keeps t…

Posted by Amy Lambert, Associate General Counsel, EmploymentGoogle grew by more than 16,000 people between 2005 and 2009 — a five fold increase in the size of our company. In fact, we were hiring so fast that on average 40 new recruits were joining ev…

Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media CounselThis morning the Federal Communications Commission adopted final technical rules related to white spaces – the empty airwaves between broadcast TV channels – that we believe will pave the…

Posted by Will DeVries, Policy Counsel The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) is the law that regulates how government agencies can access a user’s electronic data from an online service provider. Unfortunately, the law was written in 198…

Posted by Bob Boorstin, Director, Public Policy The development of the Internet as a global, free and open resource is a constant challenge. The dynamic and decentralized nature of the Internet offers new opportunities for communication and free expres…

Posted by Adam Kovacevich, Senior Manager, Public Policy CommunicationsThe Wall Street Journal ran “a debate” about fairness in search today. In it, Google fellow and engineer Amit Singhal discussed how search has evolved to meet users needs. It’…

Posted by Larry Alder, Business Operations Project ManagerI’m in Logan, Ohio, today to announce that Spectrum Bridge, the Hocking Valley Community Hospital, and Google have teamed up to deploy a broadband network using the TV white spaces.This is an …

Posted by Mistique Cano, Policy Communications Manager Updated with video from the event below.Let’s say you go to a documentary screening at the National Archives. After the screening your friend really wants gelato. You search for a place nearby on …

Posted by Derek Slater, Senior Policy Analyst Earlier this year the FCC launched a wide-ranging Data Innovation Initiative to improve the ways it collects, analyzes, and disseminates information about the state of broadband in the United States. They

Posted by Pablo Chavez, Director of Public Policy Earlier this week U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Ron Kirk held a roundtable with a cross section of Silicon Valley companies to discuss trade challenges and opportunities faced by the U.S. tech s…

Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel On November 4, 2008, as millions of Americans lined up to cast their ballots in a historic presidential election, another important vote was taking place at the Federal Communications Commis…