Every year around Ramadan, people turn to Search with questions like “What is Ramadan?” or “Why do Muslims fast in the summer?” For those who celebrate Ramadan, the questions can be a bit more complex: “When is Iftar in Finland?”Read more…
AlphaGo’s next move
Cross-posted from the DeepMind blog With just three stones on the board, it was clear that this was going to be no ordinary game of Go. Chinese Go Grandmaster and world number one Ke Jie departed from his typical style ofRead more…
The High Five: trending searches this week
The tragic attack in Manchester was top of mind for many searchers this week. Here’s a look at what people wanted to know, and four other trending topics from the week of May 21. Attack in Manchester This week, aRead more…
Turning #teampixel photography into an immersive art exhibit
For the next few weeks on the iconic High Line in New York, you can check out hundreds of images submitted by Pixel users from around the world. Together with Refinery29, we’ve created the Meadow, an immersive digital installation thatRead more…
It’s Beatlemania in Google Earth
The Beatles’ eighth album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, first hit the record stores in June 1967. The album was created at Abbey Road Studios and features classics like “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” and “With A LittleRead more…
Bringing digital skills training to 30,000 farmers in Vietnam
Farmer Nguyen Thi Tham receives basic training on how to use her smartphone to navigate the internet Nguyen Thi Tham has worked as a farmer her entire life. She has always relied on her neighbors for information about the weatherRead more…
A reminder about links in large-scale article campaigns
Lately we’ve seen an increase in spammy links contained in articles referred to as contributor posts, guest posts, partner posts, or syndicated posts. These articles are generally written by or in the name of one website, and published on aRead more…
Make your own data gifs with our new tool
Data visualizations are an essential storytelling tool in journalism, and though they are often intricate, they don’t have to be complex. In fact, with the growth of mobile devices as a primary method of consuming news, data visualizations can beRead more…
Our ongoing commitment to support computer science educators in Europe
The need for employees with computer science (CS) and coding skills is steadily increasing in Europe—by 4 percent every year between 2006 and 2016 according to DigitalEurope. But educators are struggling to keep up with the demand, often because theyRead more…
Google Optimize and Google Surveys 360 Join Forces with AdWords
AdWords users get two new ways to understand and better serve their customers Here’s good news for AdWords advertisers: as you heard yesterday at Google Marketing Next powerful new integrations with Google Optimize and Google Surveys 360 are coming soonRead more…