It takes years of practice to perfect the pirouettes. Months of rehearsal to get the crescendos just right. Multiple stories of lights, rigging and machinery to set the scene. At the world’s leading performing arts venues —like Carnegie Hall, theRead more…
From hoverboards to adult onesies: the gifts we’re searching for this holiday
If your holiday shopping plan this season involves grabbing a spare minute on your phone to hunt for presents while you’re standing in line or on the train to work, you’re not alone. More than half of holiday shoppers sayRead more…
Google gobble: Thanksgiving trends on Search
In just a few hours, people across the U.S. will be settling in for a day of food, family and football as they celebrate Thanksgiving. As the day of gluttony and gratitude comes closer, people have been turning to GoogleRead more…
Discover Jordan’s past and present in Google Maps
Starting today you can explore more than 30 historical sites throughout Jordan in Google Street View. To tell you more, read today’s guest blog post, by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan. -Ed. What a great day forRead more…
For Star Wars fans, old and new
The first memory I have of watching a movie is with my dad. I was around four years old, and one afternoon he fired up our bulky, ’80s-style front-projection TV and the Betamax, and popped in Star Wars. Of course,Read more…
Introducing the new Google+
If you head over to Google+ today, you’ll see that things look a little different. Since we last posted, we’ve spent a lot of time listening to what people using Google+ had to say. There were two features they keptRead more…
Get ahead this Thanksgiving with Google Maps
It’s that time of year again. Next week, tens of millions of us will hit the roads, consume millions of pounds of turkey, and then spend billions on Black Friday deals. Google Maps looked at Thanksgiving trends from the lastRead more…
Bringing the NYC Veterans Day Parade to veterans across the country
I am a veteran and a Googler. I retired in 2012 after a 25-year career in the military, and this week with Google.org, I helped bring veterans with disabilities, and those otherwise unable to travel, their first virtual reality experience.Read more…
Navigate and search the real-world … online or off
Roughly 60 percent of the world is without Internet today, and even where online access is available, it can still be spotty. That means that quick and easy access to information is still not possible for a majority of theRead more…
TensorFlow: smarter machine learning, for everyone
Just a couple of years ago, you couldn’t talk to the Google app through the noise of a city sidewalk, or read a sign in Russian using Google Translate, or instantly find pictures of your Labradoodle in Google Photos. OurRead more…