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Just in time for Halloween, we have two new treats for Android fans. First, we"re excited to unwrap our latest platform release, KitKat, which delivers a smarter, more immersive Android experience to even more people. And second, we"re introducing Nexus 5?a new Nexus phone developed with LG. The first thing you?ll notice about KitKat is we?ve made the experience much more engaging: the b ...

Whether it?s defending yourself from identity thieves or removing bad software from your family?s computer, it?s important to know how to stay safe online. Over the course of the past few months, we?ve explored the simple steps you can take to help keep yourself, your family and the web safer. And in celebration of October"s National Cyber Security Awareness Month, for the past 30 days we?ve ...

We could all use more time for ourselves, and less time figuring out technology. So today"s improvements to Google+ Hangouts and Photos aim to take a lot of the work out of messaging, video calling and photo editing. Hangouts Hangouts enable conversations among close friends, as well as broadcasts with the entire world. Today we"re improving both: Hangouts for Android now supports locati ...

As long as people have expressed ideas, others have tried to silence them. Today one out of every three people lives in a society that is severely censored. Online barriers can include everything from filters that block content to targeted attacks designed to take down websites. For many people, these obstacles are more than an inconvenience?they represent full-scale repression. This week, in pa ...

The New York Times used Google+ Hangouts to interview U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry about Syria?s chemical weapons. The Weather Channel used Google Earth to illustrate the damage of Superstorm Sandy through dramatic before and after satellite images and live YouTube video. And Svenska Dagbladet used the Google Maps API and crowdsourced information from readers to plot disparities in neighborh ...

Last year Andrew Willis used Search and Maps to turn his love for skateboarding into something that could bring a community together: his skatepark, Frontside Gardens. Here is his story. -Ed. Andrew (?Andy? to his friends) has been a passionate skateboarder for as long as he can remember. To make his dream of building a skatepark for his community come true, in 2012 Andy entered a competition to ...

Startups and entrepreneurs lead the way in creating innovative products that improve lives and drive significant economic and social impact. A robust community of entrepreneurs?paired with resources, mentorship and technology?can thrive. That?s why one year ago we launched Google for Entrepreneurs, which today supports more than 70 organizations that are champions for entrepreneurship in more than ...

In 1986, a five-year-old boy named Saroo Munshi Khan accidentally fell asleep on a stationary train in India. He woke up hours later, alone and in an unfamiliar place. This fateful train ride ripped Saroo away from his home and family. For more than a quarter century, he searched for them before finding his way back home with the help of Google Earth. This incredible true story spans decades, mil ...

Every day, Google Top Contributors from around the world share their product expertise with people in Google?s official forums, from sharing helpful tips to answering burning user questions. Top Contributors not only help users directly, they champion user feedback, which gives our teams valuable insight on opportunities for improvement across various products. They contribute to 250 product commu ...

Part-time businesses play an important role in our lives and in our economy. From the gardening mom who sells her plants, to the hobbyist antiques dealer, to the weekend wedding photographer, people everywhere are earning extra money while doing what they love. Research released yesterday by The Internet Association shows that the web is powering American part-time businesses. Nine out of ten par ...

Back in 2005, we had an idea to get university students interested in open source software during their summer breaks. That year, we launched the Google Summer of Code. This annual program brings student developers from all over the world together with open source software organizations to mentor them through a summer project. To date, the program has produced 50 million lines of open source code ...

We need our computers to be as fast and mobile as we are. We want to work across multiple screens?often at the same time. We want the latest and greatest software and we want to be able to get to our stuff from wherever we are. Chromebooks offer all of that, making computers that are simpler, more secure and more affordable, for everyone. Earlier today, HP introduced the HP Chromebook 11. Desig ...

The past few weeks, Fashion Week in New York, London, Paris and Milan have given us a feast for the eyes with parades of creativity, color and design. At the Cultural Institute (follow us on G+ here), we"re putting on a fashion show of a different kind with new content from 36 partners. Many of these cultural treasures, from China, Hungary, Mexico and 16 other countries, have a strong link to ...

Hulu has added Chromecast support to their Hulu Plus app?just in time for the fall television season. Now you can easily enjoy your favorite shows, such as ?Modern Family,? ?New Girl? and ?Parks and Recreation,? on your big-screen TV by casting from Hulu Plus on your mobile phone or tablet. It?s the same intuitive, remote-free experience you?ve come to enjoy with the other Chromecast-supported app ...

Google started as a graduate school project. So it?s apt that the next film in our computing heritage series pays homage to the work of another student team, nearly 60 years ago in Austria. In the mid 1950?s, computer design was in the midst of a major transition, going from vacuum tubes to transistors. Transistors performed a similar function electronically, but generated less heat and were a ...