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Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers
Findings and actions from Project Strobe—a root-and-branch review of third-party developer access to Google account and Android device data and of our philosophy around …
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Google to reduce workforce by 12k
As an almost 25-year-old company, we’re bound to go through difficult economic cycles.
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Sundar will be the CEO of both Google and Alphabet
“We’ve never been ones to hold on to management roles when we think there’s a better way to run the company.”
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Changes at Google DeepMind: Demis Hassabis from CEO to Chair, Jeff Dean departs
Today, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai shared some changes with Google DeepMind teams.
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AI at Google: our principles
We’re announcing seven principles to guide our work in AI.
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We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot
Google is introducing new ad formats built with Gemini in Search and expanding the Direct Offers pilot for shoppers.
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$1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes
As Google grows throughout the Bay Area, we’re making our biggest investment yet to help with the housing crisis.
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Google signs agreement with HTC
Creating beautiful hardware products that people rely on every single day is a journey, and we are investing for the long run.
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Google to Offer a Best Price Guarantee on Certain Flights
Find inspiration for where to go, decide what neighborhood to stay in, and book flights and hotels with more confidence at google.com/travel.
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Chrome Enterprise
Since we launched Chrome OS in 2009, our goal has been to build the simplest, fastest, and most secure operating system possible. And we’ve been inspired by all the ways…
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An update to storage policies across your Google Account
Over the past decade, Gmail, Google Drive and Google Photos have helped billions of people securely store and manage their emails, documents, photos, videos and more. To…
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Google Jobs Search
Today, as part of our Google for Jobs initiative, we are introducing a new feature in Search to help better connect people to job opportunities across the US.
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Oracle v. Google and the future of software development
An update on Oracle v. Google, our long-running copyright dispute over the use of software interfaces.
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A message about Stadia and our long term streaming strategy
We’ve made the difficult decision to begin winding down our Stadia streaming service.
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Google Pay
We’re excited to announce we’ll be bringing together all the different ways to pay with Google, including Android Pay and Google Wallet, into a single brand: Google Pay.
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Buy on Google is now open and commission-free
Buy on Google is now zero commission and open to third-party digital commerce providers.
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Google Workspace for everyone
By bringing Google Workspace to everyone, we’re making it easy for people to stay connected, get organized and achieve more together.
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A note to our employees
Today, our CEO Sundar Pichai sent an email to Google employees about changes we’re making to better support our employees.
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Google Acquires North
Google has acquired North, a pioneer in human computer interfaces and smart glasses.
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Google Meet premium video meetings–free for everyone
To help businesses, schools, and others navigate remote work and life, we're making our premium video conferencing solution free for all.
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Google announces agreement to acquire Wiz
Google signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wiz. This deal will make it easier for companies to protect themselves across major clouds.
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Google's response to the European Commission fine
When you shop online, you want to find the products you’re looking for quickly and easily. And merchants want to promote those same products. That's why Google shows sho…
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Note to Google Employees from CEO Sundar Pichai
Read the note to employees from our CEO Sundar Pichai about the memo that was circulated over the past week.
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Increasing transparency through advertiser identity verification
Our goal is to ensure users understand who is advertising to them and why they are seeing specific ads.
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Cloud AutoML: Making AI accessible to every business
To make AI accessible to every business, we’re introducing Cloud AutoML, which helps businesses with limited ML expertise start building their own high-quality custom mo…
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What we learned in studying the most effective founders
The Google for Startups Effective Founders Project dives deep into the leadership strategies of the most successful startups around the world.
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Google Analytics 4
Universal Analytics is sunsetting next year. Prepare now by moving over to the next generation Analytics solution, Google Analytics 4.
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I/O 2022
Check out this year’s Google I/O announcements.
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Google Optimize now free for everyone
Businesses often have one big question for us: How can they better understand their website visitors and deliver more relevant, engaging experiences?
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Google files opening Supreme Court brief in Oracle v. Google copyright lawsuit
We’re asking the Supreme Court to reaffirm the importance of the software interoperability that has allowed developers to write millions of applications for billions of …