Over the past few years we’ve had the privilege to work closely with thousands of schools that are seeking to improve and innovate with the help of technology. Every school is different, but we’ve heard a lot of common themesRead more…
Building on Surveillance Reform
Today, we’ve updated our Transparency Report on government requests for user data. Globally, we received 44,943 government requests for information regarding 76,713 accounts during the first half of 2016. We provided user information in response to 64% of those requests,Read more…
Curio-cité Episode 1: Explore the forgotten corners of Paris
Our curiosity pushes us to try new experiences: to learn, to grow, to change our point of view, or simply to have fun. Luckily for us, our cities are full of opportunities for new experiences. But sometimes, to get ourselvesRead more…
Introducing Project Fi’s group plan
With Project Fi, wireless service is simple and easy — you get seamless access to three 4G LTE networks, use data abroad at no extra cost, and you send and receive texts and calls across multiple devices. Last week weRead more…
Google for Entrepreneurs welcomes the latest European tech hub: Amsterdam’s TQ
TQ, the new home for technology startups in the Netherlands, was officially opened today by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. TQ offers facilities including co-working rooms, offices for new startups, innovation labs, a web development school and a cafe that’sRead more…
Celebrating National Coming Out Day with Google Expeditions
LGBTQ history has yet to find a place in many school curriculums, but technology and new tools like virtual reality can open pedagogical doors to cast light on what has been for too long taboo. I’m the Arts/Technology Department ChairRead more…
Announcing Google Code-in 2016 and Google Summer of Code 2017
One of the goals of the Open Source Programs Office is to encourage more people to contribute to open source software. One way we achieve that goal is through our student programs, Google Summer of Code (for university students) and Google Code-inRead more…
A letter to an Inspiring Educator
Editor’s note: This post comes from Maria Vitória, a 2016 Google Science Fair global finalist who is a high school student from Londrina, Brazil. Her teacher, Mr. Fabio Bruschi, won the 2016 Google Science Fair Inspiring Educator Award, which acknowledgesRead more…
Runtastic brings you the beats with Google Play Music
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Celebrating AMP: A year in review
It’s been one year since we launched the open source Accelerated Mobile Pages Project (AMP), our initiative to improve content-loading speed to benefit users, businesses, publishers, websites and the mobile web as a whole. Source: Google Blog