Google Factory Tour: Google Health Launched

Today starting at 9:30am Californian time, Google is holding a press event in their Mountain View headquarters lasting until noon (another factory tour was held in 2005). Google announced they will give insights into search, with Google’s R.J. Pittman, Carter Maslan, Johanna Wright, and Marissa Mayer speaking. I’m live-blogging from the webcast.
 
Google Health launched

The Google Health site once you’re signed in.
Google Health was put live early on, but only mentioned officially by Marissa Mayer later on during the talks. According to Google, with their new free service you can collect and manage your medical records and health information by building an online profile, and educate yourself about health issues. Google notes the service is currently English and US only (and for users age 18+), though you can access the interface from other countries too.
Last year, Marissa already suggested Google Health will be launched in early 2008. “If you look at [...]

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