In 2016, the Digital News Initiative Innovation Fund, our €150 million commitment to supporting innovation in the European news industry, offered EUR 51m to 252 ambitious projects in digital journalism across 27 countries. Today, we’re thrilled to open the FundRead more…
Active listening apps on Chromebooks foster future skills
Editor’s note: Today’s post is by Michael F. Opitz, professor emeritus of reading education at the University of Northern Colorado and author of Listen Hear! 25 Effective Listening Comprehension Strategies. At today’s Google Next event, we’re announcing a new programRead more…
Higher quality neural translations for a bunch more languages
Last November, people from Brazil to Turkey to Japan discovered that Google Translate for their language was suddenly more accurate and easier to understand. That’s because we introduced neural machine translation—using deep neural networks to translate entire sentences, rather thanRead more…
Google Play turns 5 today!
Google Play is celebrating its 5th birthday today! On March 6, 2012, we opened our digital doors to offer you a one stop shop to find and enjoy your favorite apps, games, movies, TV shows, music, and books—and access themRead more…
The She Word: Googler Alexandrina Garcia-Verdin and her “tribe of women”
In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating the powerful, dynamic and creative women of Google. Like generations before them, these women break down barriers and defy expectations at work and in their communities. Over the course of the month,Read more…
Building #withClassroom: stories of real schools using Classroom integrations
A few years ago, we launched the Classroom API to make it easier for developers to integrate their applications with Classroom, and for administrators to manage classes. Since then, hundreds of applications have integrated with Classroom to help teachers gamifyRead more…
Meet your #GoogleAssistant
When your hands are full in between the kitchen and the kids. When you feel like hitting the open road on a last-minute trip. When you’re about to win that bet with friends. Or when you need to fit inRead more…
Get more work done on Android: Exchange Tasks now available on Gmail app
On Android, we’re always excited to help users be more productive at work. Last year we added support for Exchange accounts in Gmail app for Android so you can use one familiar mail app for both work and personal business. We alsoRead more…
Six tips to make your photos pop
Sometimes taking a photo indoors results in a yellowish tint. Or on cloudy days, things can look too cold and unnaturally blue. We often turn to editing tools to correct these off tones, but don’t always have the time orRead more…
Schools in Sweden have made Chromebooks nummer ett (number one)!
Editor’s note: We’ve seen strong momentum with Chromebooks worldwide, and today we reached a new milestone: Leading education analyst Futuresource has announced Chromebooks are the top-selling device across laptops and tablets for schools in Sweden. As we build out aRead more…