The keynote started with the mantra “Building a more helpful Google for everyone” — with the goal of being helpful in moments that matter. For example, Google recently added 150,000km of bike lanes in Google Maps. Also coming to Google…
With Apple and Google announcing more details for their exposure notification API, it’s clear coronavirus contact tracing apps are coming. But it’s not clear people will use them. Read more in Fast Company Contact tracing apps are on the way.…
Whether you’re privacy conscious or just on the hunt for the perfect grilled-cheese sandwich, the best search engine for you might not be Google. Read more in Fast Company These 5 great alternative search engines do what Google can’t By…
Inside the lab—and away from the cubicle culture of the engineering-driven Googleplex—industrial designers, artists, and sculptors are free to collaborate. “Google’s blueprint for how they optimize is great for most people [at the company],” says Ross. “Designers need different things.”…
Google’s name emerged from a brainstorming session at Stanford University. Founder Larry Page was coming up with ideas for a massive data-index website with other graduate students, Business Insider reported.One of the suggestions was “googolplex” one of the largest describable…
Amazon (with Alexa) and Google (with Google Home) are among the digital giants that recognize that smart speakers and digital assistants serve not only as a gateway into the home but also as a critical control point within the smart-home…
Google’s latest project may be the most widely accessible and comprehensive fashion collection on the planet. All you need to view it is an internet connection.“We Wear Culture” is a collaboration between Google and more than 180 museums, schools, fashion…
For years Google has been somewhat secretive over their projects dealing with Artificial Intelligence (AI). Several company acquisitions and massive funding efforts later, Google is now prepared to reveal some of their projects to the world. Read more in Serious…
With 5 million satellite images taken from 1984 to 2016, Google Earth’s new Timelapse update allows you to go anywhere on the planet, and see a perfect timelapse of the shifting landscape, whether you want to see how your home…
When Google opens its newest data center next year—on the grounds of a former coal power plant in Alabama—it will run on 100% renewable energy. learn more in fastcoexist How Google And Other Giant Corporations Are Going 100% Renewable by…
