Google Internet Bus Comes to India

Techtree News Staff, Feb 04, 2009 1244 hrs IST

Life made simple with Internet

Google now aims to educate Indians about power of Internet with its 'Internet Bus'.

The Internet-enabled bus will focus on the four themes - education, information, communication, and entertainment. It will be loaded with useful and informative content in English and Tamil. Google said it will showcase how the Internet can make everyday life simple through services like search, email, social networking, maps and others.

The bus project took off from Chennai yesterday and will reach Vellore tomorrow and will cover numerous cities in Tamil Nadu over the next month and a half.

You can visit the Internet Bus Project website to see when the bus will visit your city; get regular updates. You can also check out photos and videos as Google travels around Tamil Nadu.

Here is the schedule that the Google Internet Bus will follow:

February
03 Feb Chennai
05 Feb Vellore
06 Feb Krishnagiri
07 Feb Salem
11 Feb Erode
12 Feb Tiruppur
14 Feb Coimbatore
18 Feb Dindigul
19 Feb Madurai
23 Feb Tirunelveli
25 Feb Nagercoil
27 Feb Tuticorin

March
02 Mar Pudukkottai
03 Mar Tiruchirappalli
06 Mar Thanjavur
08 Mar Kumbakonam
10 Mar Neyveli
12 Mar Cuddalore
13 Mar Tiruvannamalai

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TEACH INDIANS TO KEEP THEIR CITIES CLEAN.TEACH MUNCIPALITY TO KEEP DUSTBINS EVERYWHERE, REMOVE WASTAGE, RUBBISH FROM STREETS. THAT IS MORE IMPORT AS THIS WILL SAVE BILLIONS OF RUPEES WASTED ON MEDICAL.

by Anjan Sethi, Teheran, on Feb 06, 2009 11:33 PM, Report abuse Reply

walking everywhere, the smells of urnine, rotting waste by the pavements cookYes could not agree more....lived all over the world, born and raised in India, and our standards are even worse than when I was young. At least we could wear saris, oh back then...now you would have slime of spit, paan, snot and every other output from orifices at the bottom. Taxi drivers lean out and spit, policemen spit, well-dressed spit, garbage is dropped without so much as a thought, as something is opened, peeled etc, outs, where as a walker there is constant danger from cooking oil, hot tea, milk and having to step out onto the road, as pavements are often impossible to navigate because of these now institutions of cook outs, vendors run the risk of death from cars with homicidal drivers. None of this is an exaggeration. I grew up and loved India. Now...I am beginning to wonder, where have I been that is worse...cannot think of one, that considers itself to be the great democracy, cool, hot hip! Ha!!

by jaa anti, kolkata, on Feb 20, 2009 04:29 PM, Report abuse

This is an excellent way of communication and I admire googles fantastic share in the internet world asa Pioneer. we wish such projects will empower rural citizens in all walks of life.

by Mariyam sithigh, Karaikudi, on Feb 09, 2009 06:51 PM, Report abuse Reply

Really Appreciated To This System,This Used Is Over All Ihdia And Cover The All Towns & Villages At Tamilnasu

by Mariyam sithigh, Karaikudi, on Feb 09, 2009 06:49 PM, Report abuse Reply

Tata nano + changeable parts + wireless internet + landline + wireless router + std/isd/pco + loan + google + projectors + rented EEE PCs + indian languages == ? Mobile, distributed, hi-tech cyber cafe **network** !! Distributed supercomputer on wheels? Funding from whom?

by drunk, Mumbai, on Feb 07, 2009 10:22 PM, Report abuse Reply

really its appriciated, only when it covers cities all over india. not just in Tamilandu... ;)

by Kiran Y, Hyderabad, on Feb 07, 2009 05:26 PM, Report abuse Reply

This may teach them what LTTE is all about.

by Gopinath billav, mysore, on Feb 04, 2009 02:05 PM, Report abuse Reply

or next stop karnataka and teach kannadigas how to rough up more women coming out of pubs

by cauvery, chennai, on Feb 04, 2009 06:18 PM, Report abuse

Donno why u karnataka people comment like this, shame on you guys. Grow up.....

by Ashish, Delhi, on Feb 04, 2009 07:36 PM, Report abuse

They are tambi immigrants who were in the pub

by Annu, Bangalore, on Feb 06, 2009 09:20 AM, Report abuse

omg, how can someone be immigrant in our own country???

by gireesh, bangalore, on Feb 06, 2009 06:36 PM, Report abuse

Its indeed a really g8 project plan by Google to educate the people of India, why don't u cover urban as well as rural areas.

by radhe krishna, new delhi, on Feb 06, 2009 11:09 AM, Report abuse Reply

its a good job but why not in (jodhpur)rajasthan we all should be benifitted by it.

by Deepika, Jodhpur, on Feb 06, 2009 09:55 AM, Report abuse Reply

i wish it was in up also

by malay, allahabad, on Feb 06, 2009 08:42 AM, Report abuse Reply

i wish it was in gujarat also

by Vinit, Surat, on Feb 05, 2009 10:50 PM, Report abuse Reply

This is an excellent way of communication and I admire googles fantastic share in the internet world asa Pioneer. we wish such projects will empower rural citizens in all walks of life.
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by alagarsamy, Chennai, on Feb 05, 2009 08:39 PM, Report abuse Reply

Great i will be in Coimbatore to see Google Internet Bus ;)

by Jag SEO, Coimbatore, on Feb 05, 2009 04:16 PM, Report abuse Reply

great job by google towards awarness to internet and to educate the people,hope this bus travels throughout India.

by Pulin Shah, AHMEDABAD, on Feb 05, 2009 01:39 PM, Report abuse Reply

Why not Google bus in Delhi and other indian cities also?

by Anonymous, Gurgaon, on Feb 05, 2009 01:28 PM, Report abuse Reply

super

by venky, hyderabad, on Feb 05, 2009 01:06 PM, Report abuse Reply

This is good job by google, This bus is travelling all india or not, if yes can you give schedule for Gujarat (Ahmedabad).

by Nirav Shah, Ahmedabad, on Feb 05, 2009 09:43 AM, Report abuse Reply

Google said it will showcase how the Internet can make everyday life simple through services like search, email, social networking, maps and others. One more thing Google knows then also they not understanding that terrorist take more benefit of google earth or wikimapia website to track the buildings, roads, etc. to make their plan success.

by Indian, Gujarat, on Feb 05, 2009 07:51 AM, Report abuse Reply

There cannot be a better way to promote Internet.Our village Rayavaram is only 20 km from Pudukottai.Hope it comes to the village.There is student population of 3000.In fact our insitutions swears by google products.

by K.SUBRAMANIAN, Rayavaram,Pudukottai Dist.Tamilnadu,Chennai, on Feb 05, 2009 06:08 AM, Report abuse Reply

Will it be possible that the bus also in Maharashtra? People will definetly be intrested in seeing the Internet working in the Village/Town.

by Shailesh Parsew, Pune, on Feb 05, 2009 12:51 AM, Report abuse Reply

Hi !!! Its a great concept to inform and educate people about the power of the internet. I welcome it whole heartedly and congratulate you guys for this great endeavour. Will the bus cover the rest of the states? I would like to see the bus in my hometown of Bhubaneswar in the state of Orissa. Will I be lucky to have the bus here??? Cheers

by Sangram, Bhubaneswar, on Feb 04, 2009 09:19 PM, Report abuse Reply

Awesome Initiative by Google....

by Ashish, Delhi, on Feb 04, 2009 07:32 PM, Report abuse Reply

IT MAY BE VERY USEFUL

by MALAYAPPAN, MADURAI, on Feb 04, 2009 07:17 PM, Report abuse Reply

Good Initiative by Google and hope it doesn't restrict itself and doesn't considers one part of India as whole of India.

by Tushar, Pune, on Feb 04, 2009 02:34 PM, Report abuse Reply