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Google Reader shutting down
We’re announcing more closures, bringing the total to 70 features or services closed since our spring cleaning began in 2011.
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A new approach to China
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
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Google Inbox
Years in the making, Inbox is by the same people who brought you Gmail, but it’s not Gmail.
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Asking the U.S. to allow Google to publish more national security request data
This morning we sent the following letter to the offices of the Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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Larry Page addresses PRISM
You may be aware of press reports alleging that Internet companies have joined a secret U.S. government program called PRISM. As Google’s CEO and Chief Legal Officer, we…
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Google Kills Wave
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
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Google’s look, evolved
Today we’re introducing a new logo and identity family that shows you when the Google magic is working for you.
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Eric Schmidt: On April 4th I Will Step Down, Larry Page to be CEO
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
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Introducing Google Drive... yes, really
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
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Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)
You’ve probably heard that diabetes is a huge and growing problem—affecting one in every 19 people on the planet. But you may not be familiar with the daily struggle tha…
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Nexus: The best of Google, now in three sizes
We’re excited to announce three great new Nexus devices … in small, medium and large.
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Using Google without a Google+ profile
Over the next few months, we’re going to be making some important changes. Here’s more about what you can expect.
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Just press go: designing a self-driving vehicle
We’re exploring what fully self-driving vehicles would look like by building some prototypes.
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Microsoft’s Bing uses Google search results—and denies it
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
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New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
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Introducing free voice calls from Hangouts
Keeping in touch is easier and more affordable than ever.
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Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville and Raleigh-Durham
It’s been nearly five years since we offered to build a fiber-optic network in one U.S. city as an experiment — and were met with overwhelming enthusiasm. Now, Google Fi…
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Introducing Chrome for Android
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
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Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app
Google Allo can help you make plans, find information, and express yourself more easily in chat. And the more you use it, the more it improves over time.
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Save more with Google Drive
Thanks to a number of recent infrastructure improvements, we’re able to make it more affordable for you.
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Android coming to wearables
Today we’re announcing Android Wear, a project that extends Android to wearables.
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The latest chapter for the self-driving car: mastering city street driving
Over the last year we’ve shifted the focus of the Google self-driving car project onto mastering city street driving.
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When patents attack Android
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
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Some weekend work that will (hopefully) enable more Egyptians to be heard
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
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Introducing the Google Chrome OS
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
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Android 5.0 Lollipop
Good things happen when everybody’s invited. A few years ago, we had the thought that phones (and stuff that hadn’t even been invented yet like tablets and smart watches…
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Introducing the new Google+
If you head over to Google+ today, you’ll see that things look a little different.
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Google launches offline maps
Download an area of the world to your phone, and the next time you find there’s no connectivity Google Maps will continue to work seamlessly.
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Google Now on your iPhone and iPad
Google Now for iPhone and iPad is available as part of the updated Google Search app.