Tuesday, July 3, 2007 at 3:38 PM Posted by Adam Kovacevich, Manager, Global Communications and Public Affairs Still looking for that perfect summer vacation? Consider a visit to great Nebraska destinations like the Fort Robinson State Park, the Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer, and of course, Carhenge. U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson (Nebraska) — who [...]
Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 1:04 PM Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel I’ve addressed some of your comments about the broadband market and differentiating web traffic based on type. Now I’ll turn to another big subject of your comments on net neutrality. Doug, Keith, Drywall, asokoloski, psmith, and others engaged [...]
Posted by Rishi Jaitly, Policy Analyst At the risk of sounding like a broken record, one of our policy aims is expanding free flows of information around the world, and advancing the practical ability of users to express themselves. The Internet can clearly be a powerful tool for diverse voices to speak and be heard. [...]
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 10:14 AM Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel Yesterday I addressed some of the comments on my net neutrality post dealing with the broadband market. Today I’ll delve a little deeper on another issue you asked about: type-based traffic differentiation. Several users commented on [...]
Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 6:36 PM Posted by Adam Kovacevich, Manager, Global Communications and Public Affairs There’s been some discussion here in Washington about our planned acquisition of DoubleClick — as well as questions from policymakers about what this acquisition and others mean for the online advertising space. Check out this new post over [...]
Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel Thanks to all who read my initial posting on network neutrality, and especially to those folks who took the time to leave comments. While I don’t have the personal bandwidth (ouch) to respond to each and every posting while also taking care of my “day job” [...]
Monday, June 25, 2007 at 1:01 AM Posted by Adam Kovacevich, Manager, Global Communications and Public Affairs It’s been pretty cool to work on a project like this blog for a few months, flip a switch to turn it on, and sit back and watch users respond. Now I know how our engineers feel when [...]
Friday, June 22, 2007 at 3:36 PM Posted by Andrew McLaughlin, Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs The Associated Press is running a story headlined “Google Asks Government to Fight Censorship.” The story highlights some (until now) fairly quiet discussions we’ve been having with various parts of the U.S. government, including the Departments of [...]
Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 2:17 PM Posted by Liz Eraker, Policy Analyst Earlier we told you about how Sen. Ben Nelson used Google Earth and Maps to illustrate his trip to Iraq. Yesterday, a state government official hit Capitol Hill to talk about how his agency is using Google Earth for homeland security. Jim [...]
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 8:44 AM Posted by Pablo Chavez, Policy Counsel New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg — a guy who knows firsthand about using technology to make information more available — visited the Googleplex yesterday to see the campus and talk to Googlers about a broad range of issues. In an [...]