The Internet offers lots of opportunities to explore, create and collaborate. But the internet is in many ways a mirror of our real world, which isn’t always pretty, and to make the most of the web it’s vital to keepRead more…
Android Pay Integrates with Mobile Banking Apps
Android Pay is joining with several banks around the world—including Bank of America, Bank of New Zealand, Discover, mBank and USAA—to make it even easier to use your cards with Android Pay. If you’re a customer of one of theseRead more…
Come play with WebVR Experiments
Everyone should be able to experience VR, and WebVR is a big step in that direction. It’s open to all browsers, making it easier for developers to create something quickly and share it with everyone, no matter what device they’reRead more…
Whoa, that’s one big tree … check it out in a new Street View collection
Today, Google Maps is bringing you more Golden State beauty—we’ve added six destinations to our California State Parks Street View collection. In the Big Basin Redwoods State Park, you can gaze up at California’s famous redwoods, take in the spectacularRead more…
Fast Drawing for Everyone
Drawing on your phone or computer can be slow and difficult—so we created AutoDraw, a new web-based tool that pairs machine learning with drawings created by talented artists to help you draw. It works on your phone, computer, or tabletRead more…
Taking aim at annoying page jumps in Chrome
Have you ever opened a link shared by a friend to an article you were eager to read, scrolled to the second paragraph, and found yourself suddenly back near the top of the page, as if everything had shifted beneathRead more…
Google Cloud expands Education Grants Program to 30 additional countries
This month the Google Cloud team attended the Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), a conference that brings together 1,200 computer science (CS) professors from around the world. We had the chance to learn from professors who areRead more…
Our focus on pay equity
Pay equity is a huge issue, not just for Silicon Valley companies, but across every industry in every country. It’s very important to us that men and women who join Google in the same role are compensated on a levelRead more…
Say bees! The buzz about Cloud Vision API
What do declining bee populations and machine learning have in common? Natural personal care brand Burt’s Bees hopes to plant 2 billion bee-nourishing wildflowers through its latest Bring Back the Bees campaign, and has enlisted the Cloud Vision API toRead more…
With these Pixel tips, your photos will bloom bright
Spring has sprung, and so have desert wildflowers, daffodils along the highway, and even the tulips you picked up at your florist. Everything seems to be in bloom—and everyone is sharing photos of flowers on social media. Your petal picsRead more…