Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Explore the ocean with Google Maps

Dive deeper at maps.google.com/ocean


Google Maps strives to provide people around the globe with the most comprehensive, accurate and usable map of the world - including the underwater world. This ocean collection includes six of the world's most incredible underwater spots, including coral reefs (and their inhabitants) in Australia, the Philippines and Hawaii. This imagery is available to millions of people through the Street View feature of Google Maps and in our Street View Gallery at: maps.google.com/ocean.


Friday, January 13, 2012

Google Science Fair

Along with CERN, The LEGO Group, National Geographic and Scientific American, today Google launched the second annual Google Science Fair, the largest online science competition in the world, open globally to students ages 13-18. Either individually or in teams of up to three people, students pose a question, develop a hypothesis and conduct science experiments to test it. The entire process is detailed and submitted online, via a website template participants fill out themselves, so all you need to participate is curiosity, an Internet connection and a browser.


Link: Google Science Fair

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Google Halloween Doodle 2011


A fun time-lapse video of the Google doodle team & friends carving giant pumpkins in the Halloween spirit. Shot on location at Google's Headquarters in Mountain View, CA. Music by Slavic Soul Party! Composed by Matt Moran.


Thursday, October 20, 2011

Street View hits the stunning Swiss Alps railways

Street View hops on the train to capture the Swiss Alps

Coming soon: In cooperation with Rhaetian Railway, our Street View team has collected images from one of the world's most scenic railway routes—the Albula-Bernina line in Switzerland which is also a UNESCO Heritage site. http://maps.google.com/streetview

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Introducing Galaxy Nexus. Simple, beautiful, beyond smart


Galaxy Nexus is the next generation of Nexus devices co-developed by Samsung and Google. Nexus combines innovative hardware with the newest version of Android, 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, and the latest Google mobile services.



Thursday, October 6, 2011

Google Earth celebrates 1 billion downloads


Explore the stories behind Google Earth's 1 billion download milestone. Visit www.OneWorldManyStories.com to experience the ways people have used Google Earth over the years.


Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Blogger Dynamic Views


An overview of the seven new dynamic views in Blogger that use to customize your blog. Built with the latest in web technology (AJAX, HTML5 and CSS3), Dynamic Views is a unique browsing experience that will inspire your readers to explore your blog in new ways. The interactive layouts make it easier for readers to enjoy and discover your posts, loading 40 percent faster than traditional templates and bringing older entries to the surface so they seem fresh again.



Monday, September 26, 2011

The Dead Sea Scrolls Online


The Dead Sea Scrolls are now online; a project of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, powered by Google technology.


Tuesday, July 12, 2011

What Do You Love?


http://www.wdyl.com | Get more of what you love by searching across numerous Google products with one click.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Automatic mobile rendering for Google Sites

Google just added automatic mobile rendering in Google Sites for iOS 3.0+ and Android 2.2+ devices, and a mobile version of the Google Sites lists.

By going to General settings under More actions > Manage site and clicking on Automatically adjust site for mobile phones, your Google site will be automatically adjusted whenever it’s viewed from an iOS or Android 2.2+ device.

Source: http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2011/06/automatic-mobile-rendering-for-google.html

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Google Search by Image


Now you can use an image instead of words to start your Google search.

Friday, June 10, 2011

Google's Electric Vehicle Fleet Infrastructure

Over the last few years, several innovative electric vehicle (EV) technologies have emerged in the marketplace and here at Google, Google have been working to update their green transportation infrastructure. Google now have over 30 electric plug-in vehicles in 'Gfleet' -- the car-sharing program for Googlers. Google also have developed the largest corporate EV charging infrastructure in the US.


Saturday, May 21, 2011

Google announced Google Advisor

Google announced Google Advisor, a site designed to help you quickly find relevant financial products from many providers and compare them side-by-side. Google Advisor is currently only available in the U.S.


Google Advisor helps you make financial decisions. Now it's easy to find financial offers from multiple providers, compare them side by side, and apply online. Check out https://www.google.com/advisor

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Google Chromebook will be available online June 15

Googel announced a new kind of computer, Chromebook!

- http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-kind-of-computer-chromebook.html

The first Chromebooks will be from Samsung and Acer. Chromebook are not typical notebooks. You won’t wait minutes for your computer to boot and browser to start. You’ll be reading your email in seconds. It support automatic software updates. Your apps, games, photos, music, movies and documents will be accessible anywhere. Chromebooks will last a day of use on a single charge, so you don’t need to carry a power cord everywhere. And with optional 3G, just like your phone, you’ll have the web when you need it. Chromebooks have many layers of security built in so there is no anti-virus software to buy and maintain. Even more importantly, you won't spend hours fighting your computer to set it up and keep it up to date.

At the core of each Chromebook is the Chrome web browser.



Chromebooks will be available online June 15 in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy and Spain. More countries will follow in the coming months. In the U.S., Chromebooks will be available from Amazon and Best Buy and internationally from leading retailers.