Google India has a launched a very unique initiative to educate the offline population in India about the benefits of Internet.
The project is called The Internet Bus and, as the name suggests, it’s a web connected bus that will travel to different cities of India giving people an opportunity to experience the Internet first hand through the various computers installed inside the bus.
Google Internet Bus in India
The Internet Bus website is available at google.co.in/internetbus where you can see the exact itinerary of the bus or check out Picasa for more photos of this Internet bus.
The bus was flagged from Chennai today and will cover most cities in the state of Tamil Nadu over the next six weeks. Prem Ramaswami & Srikanth Belwadi of Google India say that the bus will showcase Internet services like search, email, social networking, maps and others.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/google-internet-bus-in-india/7015/
Reader Comments
Very sweet. Is it confined to particular state or all over India
Written by Vinitt on 02.03.09
looks pretty :)
Thanks for sharing.
Written by Dipen on 02.03.09
wow Google is really smart, may be google may start its own Air/ Rail/ Road Services in Future, watch out Google Bus Videos at link
Written by drvikram on 02.03.09
I’ve always wondered about innitiatives like this. How do you justify spending so much on something where you won’t see a result for 5-10 years? I’m curious to see where Google takes this.
Written by Sumo Backup on 02.03.09
An Excellent initiative by Google.This will help in creating awareness among the masses.Faster connectivity can improve governance at all levels.
Shashi Panikar
The Economics Club, Mumbai
Written by Shashi on 02.03.09
They at Google never run out of ideas.
That is why many users of Google continue to like it whatever may happen.
Written by Rohit on 02.03.09
…so all is set for a wonderful journey with Google to amazing Incredible India : )
Written by Piyush on 02.03.09
With initiatives like these, you obvious don’t see the results immediately but there are other indirect advantages like you are spreading awareness about the Google brand in villages and other rural areas.
Written by Amit on 02.04.09
Thank Google for involving in such education campaign especially for starting at down south in TamilNadu…
This event will surely make Internet awareness among remote part of TamilNadu
Written by Fasil on 02.04.09
Hope this bus will come to my village too.
Tattamangalam ( Palakkad ) link
Written by Prashanth on 02.04.09
Good initiative by Google! There was a post by Kalyan, I remember – a bus with Firefox logo painted! link= link
Moreover, I am looking to have their journey to other metros as well, like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Calcutta and even Pune too ;)
Written by Netwala on 02.04.09
This is really a great initiative taken by Google, useful for the people at remote places. I wish the Google team All The Very Best, expecting more activities of this kind from Google.
Written by Bhaskar on 02.04.09