Optimism for India’s digital future
Our CEO reflects on his visit to India and the investments in AI that we shared at our Google for India event to make the country’s digital economy more inclusive,…
Highlights from our partnerships with news publishers in Asia Pacific this year
A summary of news programs and partnerships in 2022 in Asia Pacific
Meet the news publishers changing the industry in Asia Pacific
Earlier this year, we announced our third Asia Pacific Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge— a program that supports innovative projects that help create a …
Helping to solve for sustainability in Asia Pacific
As a tech-forward region that’s home to a large percentage of global youth, there’s good reason to believe that the innovation that’s needed to engage in climate action …
Inside Google Korea’s new accessible office space
I don’t think I’ll ever forget the feeling of walking through the newly opened 28th floor of Google Korea. The space has been reimagined with a focus on “universal design”…
How Gen Z is fighting online misinformation in Asia-Pacific
Last week marked the UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Week— perfect timing for our recently concluded Google News Initiative (GNI) Youth Verification Challenge.The Challenge is for those aged 15…
Creating sustainable growth for Southeast Asia’s digital economy
The past few years have shown Southeast Asia’s incredible resilience, as people and businesses have come online – often for the first time – to find new ways of accomplishing…
The future of fighting misinformation in Asia-Pacific
The global Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2022 shows that trust in news has declined in almost half the countries surveyed, and more people are actively avoiding the news. Meanwhile,…
Supporting fact-checking communities with Nobel laureate Maria Ressa
Editor’s note: Maria Ressa’s keynote speech at the APAC Trusted Media Summit 2022 below. Filipino-American journalist and author, Ressa is the co-founder and CEO of Rappler, who received the Nobel…
Why startups are thriving in South East Asia and Pakistan
In the past few years, startups throughout South East Asia and Pakistan have been steadily growing and taking on the regions’ most pressing challenges. From agriculture to healthcare, these startups…