Google launches app help find people in Japan

Google launches app is expertise to helping to people locate information on loved ones in the aftermath of a major earthquake and tsunami near the city of Sendai, Japan.
As it did for recent devastating natural disasters in Haiti, Chile and New Zealand, Google has launched a Person Finder app, designed as a user-populated search tool for information on missing people in the area. Searchers can look up missing people by name, and get an update on their status. Several people listed in the database have taken to the site to post messages of their own, confirming their well-being.
At time of writing, the database has user-generated information on 8000 people, but will grow as more people search, and more information is logged.
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