As I mentioned on this blog yesterday, we’ve placed a series of ads in some major newspapers this week to reach out to people who are concerned or frustrated by some of Google’s recently announced changes to their products and policies. Spe…
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Comments OffWhile thousands of lucky fans will brave the crowds at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. to fill the coveted seats at this Sunday’s Super Bowl, many more in the U.S. will enjoy the game from home—in front of the TV, with mobile phones and…
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Posted in Email, Google, Tech Companies Tags: Barking Dogs, Bean Dip, Buffalo Wing, Business Reporter, Chicken Wings, Darren Rovell, Dip Recipes, Full Swing, Game Day, Google, Google Search, Google Searches, Hummus, Lucas Oil Stadium, Lucky Fans, Lucky Participants, Nbc Sports, New England Patriots, New York Giants, search, Super Bowl Party Foods Comments OffDoes this person sound familiar? He can’t be bothered to type a password into his phone every time he wants to play a game of Angry Birds. When he does need a password, maybe for his email or bank website, he chooses one that’s easy to remember lik…
Posted in Email, Google, Tech Companies Tags: Ad Campaign, Alma Whitten, Bakery, Building Blocks, Building Tools, Comfortable Place, Consumer Education Campaign, Dashboard, Digital Literacy, Email, Family Safety, Google, Google Search, Literacy Matters, Lookout, online safety, privacy, Safety Center, Search Result, Security, Security Center, Security Tips, Subway Stations Comments OffHot on the heels of Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, we’ve updated Google Search for previous versions of Android: it’s all around faster, to get what you need quickly. In this version, you’ll notice:Faster, smoother performance, with an updated …
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Posted in Email, Google, Mobile Networks Tags: Apps, Arrow, Countries, Google, Google Search, History Search, Hot On The Heels, Inwood, Previous Versions, Qr Code, Sandwich, Search History, Search Settings, Search Suggestion, Search Suggestions, Search Term, Software Engineer, User Interface, Web Suggestions, Widget Comments OffGoogle Search has always been about finding the best results for you. Sometimes that means results from the public web, but sometimes it means your personal content or things shared with you by people you care about. These wonderful people and this ric…
Posted in Email, Google, Tech Companies Tags: Autocomplete, Billions, Google, Google Engine, Google Pages, Google Search, Needle In A Haystack, New Features, Personal Content, Personal Results, personalization, Profiles, Public Web, Relationships, search, Search Box, Search Experience, Search Google, Social Search, Transformation, Vacation Destination, World Search Comments OffOur main goal at Google Search is to bring you the most relevant and useful results as quickly as possible. But, we are aware that often that is only part of your task or journey. Sometimes, you need more than simple results. You might want to learn, t…
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Posted in Email, Google, Tech Companies Tags: 1930s, Ballyhoo, Caption Contests, Cartoon Caption, Cartoonists, Connoisseur, Creativity, Emily, Flake, Funny Situations, Google, Google Search, Jim Woodring, Lifelong Fan, Main Goal, Matthew Diffee, New Yorker, Niemann, search, Shanahan, Vp Of Engineering Comments OffToday, we are very pleased to announce the launch of Voice Search in Arabic and Hebrew for Android and iPhone users.Users in Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, UAE, and Israel can now speak Arabic and Hebrew into their phones to get search results …
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Posted in Email, Google, Mobile Networks Tags: Accents, android, Dialect, Dialects, Google, Google Search, Hebrew Words, Homescreen, iphone, Language Model, Launch, Levant, Linguistic Phenomenon, Microphone Icon, One Million, Pronunciation, Regional Accent, Search Google, Utterances, Widget Comments Off(Cross posted on the Inside Search Blog)Today, we’re very pleased to be launching a significant redesign for the Google Search app for iPad. As you can see in our video, whether you’re doing research and comparing results, or exploring beautiful im…
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Posted in Email, Google, Mobile Networks Tags: Beautiful Images, Continuing Research, Doing Research, Google, Google Search, Image Carousel, Image Results, Imagery, Ipad, Keystroke, New Features, New Image, Search Button, Search History, Search Term, Snapshots, Swipe, Tap, Web Page, Web Pages Comments Off(Cross-posted on the Inside Search blog and the Public Policy blog)
Earlier today, President Obama spoke about the importance of helping returning military veterans find work. Thousands of businesses have committed to hiring military veterans and…
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Posted in Email, Google, Tech Companies Tags: Custom Search Engine, Department Of Veterans Affairs, Google, Google Search, Job Openings, Job Postings, Job Search, Job Seekers, Markup, Military Veterans, National Resource Directory, New Job, Obama, Own Web Page, search, Search Team, Search Technology, Seeking Employment, U S Department, U S Department Of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Groups Comments OffSearch results, like warm cookies right out of the oven or cool refreshing fruit on a hot summer’s day, are best when they’re fresh. Even if you don’t specify it in your search, you probably want search results that are relevant and recent.
If I…
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