Posted by Peter Foo, Associate Webmaster and Mark Lucovsky, Technical Director
Political participation isn’t just about casting your vote; everyone should be able to become an informed participant instantly. When Americans want to learn about candidates and issues using Google, we find that they want more than one source, and immediate results. Instead of sitting through […]

Posted by Kristen Holway, Account Executive, Media Sales
Over the summer solstice weekend, Seattle/Kirkland Googlers posed this question to people attending the Fremont Fair: “How would you make our world, or our city, better?” The goal of the Fremont Fair “Make it Better” Project was to engage the Seattle community in an active discussion around […]

Posted by Jonathan Rochelle, Product Manager, Google Docs Team

We love hearing stories about how our products help people, and let’s face it — weddings are one time when help is needed. For many couples, planning a wedding can be an organizational nightmare. But for David and Bergin Boyle, the planning turned into a fun experiment […]

Posted by Liz Eraker, Policy Analyst
In the spirit of National Internet Safety Month, we welcomed Ernie Allen, co-founder and president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to the Googleplex last week to discuss child protection issues.
For those not familiar with it, NCMEC works closely with federal law enforcement across the U.S. […]

Posted by Marissa Mayer, VP Search Products & User Experience, and Micheal Lopez, Web Designer
You may have noticed that Google has a new favicon, the small icon you see in your browser next to the URL or in your bookmarks list. Some people have wondered why we changed our favicon — after all, we hadn’t […]

Posted by HongHai Shen, Engineer
This post is the latest in an ongoing series about online safety. - Ed.
One of the things I work on is password security. And because I’m someone who pays close attention to passwords and how people use them, I sometimes hear interesting stories. For example, a couple of my colleagues are […]

Posted by Matthew Simmons, Market Data Gnome, and Katie Jacobs Stanton, Principal, New Business Development
We’re very excited to tell you that real-time quotes on NASDAQ securities are now available on Google Finance. This is an important (and way overdue) development for everyone who consumes financial information. Historically, real-time stock data was not freely and widely […]

Posted by Andrew Bowers, Product Manager
We hosted Google I/O at the Moscone Center in San Francisco this week, with 3,000+ developers in attendance. They took advantage of nearly 100 in-depth technical sessions, on-site massage therapists, and 3,500 pounds of assorted snacks (including 395 pounds of M&Ms and 190 pounds of Gummi Bears).
While we can’t embed […]

Posted by Phillip Grasso, Manager, Engineering/Operations
We’re now entering the third week of Google’s Treasure Hunt competition, a puzzle contest designed to test your knowledge of computer science, networking, and low-level UNIX trivia. Last week we posted the second puzzle. This week’s puzzle is set to be released on Tuesday, May 27 at 10 a.m. PDT. […]

Posted by Andrew Zaeske, Engineering Manager
A few months ago we launched Google Sites exclusively as part of Google Apps for companies and organizations that wanted to use the service on their own domains. Now we’ve made it easy for anyone to set up a website to share all types of information — team projects, company […]

Posted by Marissa Mayer, VP Search Products & User Experience
Today we hosted an informal gathering — a factory tour of sorts — to offer a glimpse into what we think is most exciting about search, and where innovation is most likely to come from. We also gave an update on Google Health.
On the search front, […]

Posted by Kai-Fu Lee, President, Google Greater ChinaOne week ago, an earthquake of 7.8 magnitude struck in Sichuan. Everyone in China was shocked and then heartbroken as reported deaths climbed from 10,000 to 20,000 to more than 32,000 people. The death toll is still rising, and the number of injured and missing is many times […]

Posted by Phillip Grasso, Manager, Engineering/Operations
Avast, matey! As announced on the Google Australia blog, we’ve launched Treasure Hunt — a puzzle contest designed to test yer problem-solving skills in computer science, networking, and low-level UNIX trivia. You’ll find the first of four brainteasers at http://treasurehunt.appspot.com/. A new puzzle will be posted every week for the […]

Posted by Andrew Schwerin, Software Engineer
As we noted earlier, our Conference on Scalability is taking place in Seattle on Saturday, June 14. And now registration is open until June 6.
We have some great talks lined up from industry and academia, covering everything from scalability of storage, communication and transactions to scaling applications into the […]

Posted by Marissa Mayer, Vice President of Search Products & User Experience, and Dennis Hwang, Webmaster Manager and Chief Doodler
A couple of months ago, we announced the Doodle 4 Google art competition and invited students in grades K-12 across the U.S. to redesign our logo around the theme “What if…?”.
Since then, more than 16,000 […]