2012-05-17 10:16:34 // Esther Goh
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Google is starting to roll out its newest search feature, Knowledge Graph, an enhancement that serves up extra info instantly in the sidebar of your search result.
2012-05-16 09:43:29 // Esther Goh
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How many emails would you send in the course of a normal day? Dozens? Hundreds?
And what exactly happens after you hit send?
2012-03-21 12:27:38 // Idealog
New Zealand company SilverStripe is in line to benefit from Google providing university students worldwide the chance to enhance its web software, for the second time.
2012-02-20 09:02:32 // Esther Goh
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Google may dominate the search space, but it has dreams of emulating the Star Trek computer in coming years.
2011-12-21 13:55:23 // Design Daily Team
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Google has long been famed for its employee perks – from free food and haircuts to valet service – and futuristic offices. And its London offices now resemble a space station thanks to a recent refurbishment.
2011-11-08 12:07:59 // Idealog
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After the week from hell – the redesigned Google Reader, Gmail's makeover and a hastily pulled Gmail app for iOS, Google could sure use a winner.
2011-11-04 11:16:53 // Idealog
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Google's going indoors – one of its latest features lets members of the public view the interiors of businesses found on Google Maps.
2011-08-30 16:38:04 // Vaughn Davis
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If LinkedIn is Facebook if Amway had invented it, then Google+ is Facebook if, well Google had
2011-08-03 11:13:21
Google's Android platform dominates almost 50 percent of the global smartphone market, with Asia-Pacific remaining its largest market.
2011-07-18 14:40:32 // Idealog
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Thinking local is paying off for Google in Africa: local content, local products, local marketing initiatives.
2011-03-23 09:53:15 // Deirdre Robert
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How has the “search ecosystem” changed since Google entered the game? The answer to that question could be pages and pages long. Good thing then that there’s this awesome infographic that succinctly explains it.
2011-03-22 08:00:00 // Deirdre Robert
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No longer a concept reserved for futuristic movies, self-driving cars are closer to becoming a reality than you might think. In fact, they are a reality (just not yet a mainstream one) thanks to the Google empire. Presenting at a recent TED conference in Long Beach, California, Google’s head software engineer Sebastian Thrun showed these videos of the car in action.
2011-03-21 11:18:59 // Deirdre Robert
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No longer a concept reserved for futuristic movies, self-driving cars are closer to becoming a reality than you might think. In fact, they are a reality (just not yet a mainstream one) thanks to the Google empire. Presenting at a recent TED conference in Long Beach, California, Google’s head software engineer Sebastian Thrun showed these videos of the car in action.
2010-09-22 20:34:19 // Design Daily Team
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“Documents without font choices are like photographs without colors. Just as shades of color can add depth to a picture, smart font choices give your text another dimension,” says Google software engineer Jeremie Lenfant-Engelmann. And in light of that comment, Google has announced the addition of six new fonts for Google Docs that will make documents more appealing and easier to access.
2010-09-07 15:33:31 // Deirdre Robert
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Google Maps is on the verge of celebrating its fifth anniversary and for three of those years, Sydney-based Canadian Patrick Hofmann has been the big personality behind those teeny tiny map icons. Recently in New Zealand to speak at the Technical Communicators Association Conference, he tells us that icon design isn’t as easy as it looks. How for example, do you go about creating a symbol that universally represents religion? And no, it’s not as easy as using a cross.
2009-09-07 11:01:22 // Su Yin Khoo
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Google Japan made this claymation explaining how Google's Street View face blurring technology works
