How Google made a Doodle game For Valentine’s Day, Google made a game where you play a rolling pangolin looking for love. This is how a team of artists, engineers and designers made one of Google’s most complex Doodles to date. by Lexy Savvides Think of Valentine’s Day and the first thing that comes to...Read More
Google, NetEase talk China Play Store JV The glacial return to China for Internet titan Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is making its debut in the 2017 headlines, with a word that the company is in talks to open a Chinese version of its app store with online game giant NetEase (NASDAQ:NTES). That tidbit nicely sets the...Read More
Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages are great for speeding up the web on your phone, but not so much if you want to share links with friends. Frequently, the only hint at the original link is a brief mention at the top — share the page you’re looking at and you’ll give people Google’s AMP cache,...Read More
Photo: Getty A potentially major blow for privacy advocates occurred on Friday when a U.S. magistrate ruled against Google and ordered it to cooperate with FBI search warrants demanding access to user emails that are stored on servers outside of the United States. The case is certain to spark a fight, because an appeals court...Read More
Google is now the world’s most valuable brand, according to a new study, snagging the No.1 spot from Apple which has been the incumbent since 2011. The annual ranking from Brand Finance says Google’s (googl) monetary value increased to $109.5 billion last year, representing a 24% increase overall. By contrast, Apple’s (aapl) monetary value fell...Read More
Trayvon Martin’s parents are considering a run for political office The move is in response to the Trump presidency, which is threatening to undo the work on racial justice that Sabrina Fulton and Tracy Martin have been doing since their son was murdered five years ago. USA Today broke the news, and has a posted...Read More
Most MBAs want to make money – it is still a big part of business. But for my MBA students, making money is not enough. I teach three classes for MBA’s at UVA Darden: Software Design, Software Development, and Applied Digital Innovation. For many of my students, Google is now a top recruiting choice. It’s...Read More
Alphabet buys its own ads to give its hardware top search spots, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Products like the Nest thermostat and Pixel phones — owned by Alphabet’s Google — came up top in 91 percent of 25,000 related searches, according to analysis by the Journal and data firm SEMrush. The December...Read More
The splashiest auto news coming out of CES and the North American International Auto Show has been about new models, self-driving tech, and wild concepts. But in a quieter series of moves, automakers also continued to strengthen their control over what it is we’re able to do inside our cars, particularly when it comes to...Read More
(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Which one’s better, Google Home or Alexa? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answer by Kartik Ayyar, Engineer at Google, on Quora: I have two Echos and two Google Home devices. First off, I think they are both...Read More
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