Editor’s note: In 2012, Google CEO Sundar Pichai shared his excitement that the Council Bluffs, Leyden, Fond Du Lac and Richland Two school districts were about to go “all in” on technology by providing Chromebooks for their students. Pichai said,Read more…
Virtually explore Indonesia's wonders with Google Arts & Culture
In Jakarta today, we invited kids from SDN 03 Menteng Elementary School to join us on a virtual field trip to cultural heritage sites around the country. With new 360 degree imagery of the temples at Borobodur, Prambanan and RatuRead more…
Experiments and YouTube creators from the International Space Station
Last night in Japan, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) live-streamed a program called “KIBO SCIENCE 360 – A SPACE EXPERIMENT with Google” on its YouTube Channel. Astronaut Takuya Onishi broadcasted live from the Kibo Experimental Module inside the InternationalRead more…
Meet the new Google Home app (previously the Google Cast app)
If you’ve opened the Google Cast app recently, you might have noticed we’ve been hinting at some exciting changes. With the recent announcement of Google Home, our new voice-activated speaker, we are renaming the Google Cast app to the GoogleRead more…
Machine learning turns photos into works of art
Most of us are familiar with photo filters that give our photos a vintage look or a warm glow. But recently, a whole new kind of “art filters” have emerged that turn photos into works of art that resemble famousRead more…
Jamboard — the whiteboard, reimagined for collaboration in the cloud
Bringing the right team together for a meeting or brainstorm can take an idea from being good to great. When we tap into ideas from teams across the globe, our work becomes more collaborative and productive. It doesn’t feel like…well,Read more…
Helping universities build what’s next with Google Cloud Platform
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) now serves over one billion end-users through our customers’ products and services. And today I’m happy to say that we’re investing even more resources to bring these tools to higher education. We’re excited to offer universities theRead more…
Field Trips to our National Parks
The national parks are our shared cultural inheritance, passed on from generation to generation for all Americans to enjoy. We believe everyone should have access to these national treasures, which is why we’ve worked to bring the National Parks onlineRead more…
Android Pay partners with Visa and Mastercard to bring simple checkout to more places online
Today, Google announces strategic partnerships with Visa and Mastercard to bring Android Pay to more places on the mobile web. Android Pay users will soon be able to pay on hundreds of thousands of new sites where Visa Checkout orRead more…
High heels, high culture and high ambitions: YouTube Stars in Brussels
For over a decade now, people around the world have been using YouTube to tell their own stories, in their own words. It’s the perfect medium for passion and performance. Cirque du Soleil demonstrated their skills on stage So, toRead more…