As a recruiter, your days are so jumbled with a medley of meetings, resumes, and interviews that it’s easy to forget basic recruiter doctrine: when you hire someone, you change a life. It’s a responsibility one shouldn’t take lightly. There’s a wave of excitement that spills over the moment a …
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Introducing Spaces, a tool for small group sharing 9 years ago
Group sharing isn’t easy. From book clubs to house hunts to weekend trips and more, getting friends into the same app can be challenging. Sharing things typically involves hopping between apps to copy and paste links. Group conversations often don’t stay on topic, and things get lost in endless threads …
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I/O: Building the next evolution of Google 9 years ago
This morning in our Mountain View, CA backyard, we kicked off Google I/O, our annual developer conference. Much has changed since our first developer event 10 years ago, and even more since Google started 17 years ago. Back then, there were 300 million people online, connecting through desktop machines; today …
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Saying ? to Allo and Duo: new apps for smart messaging and video calling 9 years ago
Whether it’s welcoming a new baby, celebrating the winning shot in overtime, or discovering the best taco stand ever—we all want to share these moments with friends and family the instant they happen. Most of the time, this means picking up our phones and sending a message or starting a …
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Introducing Polling: Know the pulse of your audience with Zoho ShowTime. 9 years ago
Kyle delivers a presentation to a bunch of management students. During his session, he poses questions out loud to improve participation and gather input. Unfortunately, these types of questions don’t always give you the best results. You get stock answers, or many students sit silently because they are afraid to …
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An eye for detail: Zoom through 1,000 artworks thanks to the new Art Camera from the Google Cultural Institute 9 years ago
So much of the beauty and power of art lives in the details. You can only fully appreciate the genius of artists like Monet or Van Gogh when you stand so close to a masterpiece that your nose almost touches it. As you step back from the brush strokes, you …
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An eye for detail: Zoom through 1,000 artworks thanks to the new Art Camera from the Google Cultural Institute 9 years ago
So much of the beauty and power of art lives in the details. You can only fully appreciate the genius of artists like Monet or Van Gogh when you stand so close to a masterpiece that your nose almost touches it. As you step back from the brush strokes, you …
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Introducing Spaces, a tool for small group sharing 9 years ago
Group sharing isn’t easy. From book clubs to house hunts to weekend trips and more, getting friends into the same app can be challenging. Sharing things typically involves hopping between apps to copy and paste links. Group conversations often don’t stay on topic, and things get lost in endless threads …
Read moreIntroducing The Data Center Mural Project 9 years ago
Whether it’s sharing photos, searching the web or translating languages, billions of requests are sent to “the cloud” every day. But few people think about how all this information flows through physical locations, called data centers. Because these buildings typically aren’t much to look at, people usually don’t—and rarely learn …
Read moreIntroducing The Data Center Mural Project 9 years ago
Whether it’s sharing photos, searching the web or translating languages, billions of requests are sent to “the cloud” every day. But few people think about how all this information flows through physical locations, called data centers. Because these buildings typically aren’t much to look at, people usually don’t—and rarely learn …
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Meet Gboard: Search, GIFs, emojis & more. Right from your keyboard. 9 years ago
iPhone users—this one’s for you. Meet Gboard, a new app for your iPhone that lets you search and send information, GIFs, emojis and more, right from your keyboard.[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0vg4HUEIyk]Say you’re texting with a friend about tomorrow’s lunch plans. They ask you for the address. Until now it’s worked like this: …
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Meet Gboard: Search, GIFs, emojis & more. Right from your keyboard. 9 years ago
iPhone users—this one’s for you. Meet Gboard, a new app for your iPhone that lets you search and send information, GIFs, emojis and more, right from your keyboard.[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0vg4HUEIyk]Say you’re texting with a friend about tomorrow’s lunch plans. They ask you for the address. Until now it’s worked like this: …
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