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Now you can use Flight Search to plan a trip for the whole family
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Since launching
Flight Search
, we’ve heard from many travelers eager to use Flight Search to plan trips for their entire family. Starting today, we’re adding support for multiple passengers, as well as children and infants.
It’s easy. Select the number and type of passengers you want to bring along. Your price will be updated, instantly. Then click on the “Book” button to conveniently complete your booking with our partners.
Our goal is to make planning and booking travel as fast and enjoyable as possible -- whether you’re traveling alone, with a friend or with your entire family. Try
Flight Search
today to see how fast and easy it is.
Posted by Bob Lewis, Software Engineer
Flight Search lets you search for regions, not just airports
Monday, January 28, 2013
Let’s say you want to take your family to Hawaii for spring break, but you’re not sure which of the islands sounds most appealing. There is now a way to quickly and easily search for a broader set of destination information. In this case, instead of checking prices to Kailua-Kona or Kahului, you could type ‘Hawaii’ into
Flight Search
. Live prices would then appear on the map, so you can quickly compare the cost of the different options.
Whether you’re planning a trip on your desktop, tablet or phone, you can use
Flight Search
to search for countries, states, islands and even continents from any U.S. or Canadian origin.
Try searches like ‘Australia’, ‘Europe’ or ‘Florida’, and don’t forget to send us a postcard!
Posted by Peter Balsiger, Software Engineer
Giving back in 2012
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
In the spirit of giving, we wanted to take a moment to reflect upon some of the charitable efforts our Boston Googlers have made over this past year.
Provided local grants to
MIT’s MITES and MOSTEC
programs,
Science from Scientists
,
CodeEd
,
Breakthrough Cambridge
,
Digits
,
Citizen Schools
,
hack/reduce
and many more
Over 220 Boston Googlers joined more than 5,000 Googlers across the globe to give back to our local communities during the week of
GoogleServe 2012
Hosted over 1,000 K-12 and university students for tours of the office, and to learn about computer science and online marketing careers
Donated time and talents to train 366 nonprofits on Google tools for nonprofits, 70 teachers on Google EDU tools and 701 small-medium business on Google small business tools. Check back
here
for future local training events
Trained more than 75 Boston senior citizens on basic internet tools, search and email through our
Age Engage program
Donated time and talents to more than 130 students from Boston Public middle schools, through our partnership with
Citizen Schools
Raised over $8,600 and collected 240 non-perishable items for the
Greater Boston Food Bank
Raised funds to help care for local Boston women and children at
Rosie’s Place
, a sanctuary for women in need
Hosted Google’s
Computer Science Summer Institute
, a three-week program that boosts the computer science skills of 30 rising college freshmen from underrepresented backgrounds
Partnered with the Community Charter School of Cambridge and the Kendall Square Association to host a
Third Thursday
event for the Kendall Square community
Delivered meals to the critically ill and homebound through the annual Thanksgiving
Pie in the Sky
fundraising event
Donated more than $2,000 to
New York Cares
to benefit Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, by selling hundreds of shirts across multiple Google offices
Donated over 80 gifts to families in need through our annual
ABCD Headstart
gift drive
Assembled Thanksgiving baskets for the
East End House
, which delivered over 850 baskets to needy families in the Massachusetts area
While this represents only a small portion of the charitable efforts made by Googlers around the world, we wanted to acknowledge the kind hearts and minds of our Boston-based team!
You can find out more about the global grants and Global Impact Awards we host on the
Google Giving
page and the
Official Google Blog
.
Posted by Liz Schwab, Cambridge Community Affairs Lead
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