MAKATI City, Philippines – Google is offering online tools to fans who want to follow news and medal tallies in the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
Google said users of iGoogle, Google’s personalized homepage, can add news feeds, games, and other content that match their interests.
Google also offers tools to find out where events are happening and even tour the stadiums virtually with 3D images on Google Earth.
“We’ve always been interested in providing tools for people to find out about the things they care about” said Derek Callow, Google marketing manager for Southeast Asia, in a statement. “This set of tools provides a great way for fans to stay on top of everything that’s going on in this year’s summer games, from beginning to end.”
Google also offers the same online tools in Filipino.
August 9th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
everyones eye is on medal tally. it is good to know that u r bringing this news for us. but make it quickly and update it after every events.