Category: Google Apps

Supporting Bay Area nonprofits focused on homelessness 8 years ago

“How many homeless people are in San Francisco?” “How do people become homeless?” “How can I help homeless people?” These are just some of the questions people ask Google about homelessness in San Francisco, according to In San Francisco and across the Bay area, these 10 organizations provide a range …

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Technology to help teachers do what they do best 9 years ago

This week our Google Cast for EducationSharing information on the classroom’s big screen helps students learn from one another. But today, students have to physically connect their computers to the projector to share their screens with the class. To open classroom collaboration and bring projecting into the 21st century, we’re …

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Be who you are. Love who you love. #prideforeveryone 9 years ago

Everyone has the fundamental right to express who they are, yet all too often we bear witness to hatred and violence directed at people who peacefully and lovingly pursue happiness. The mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, earlier this month is a horrifying example. Google’s mission has always been to make …

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Celebrating and advancing entrepreneurship around the world 9 years ago

All around the world, entrepreneurs are creating thriving businesses. In London, Josh Babarinde created Cracked It, a social enterprise that trains at-risk youth to repair cracked smartphone screens, giving them an alternative to crime. In Seoul, Yeram Kwon is transforming the CPR training experience with improved, smarter manikins through HeartiSense. …

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Showing support on World Refugee Day 9 years ago

When Walaa posted a picture on social media that spoke out against violence in his hometown of Jairoud, Syria, it earned him three months of violent detention. He fled the country with his family through Turkey and into Greece, where they now live in a refugee camp near the Macedonian …

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Digital Love Letters for fathers who are incarcerated 9 years ago

This past Mother’s Day, we shared #LoveLetters, a partnership among nonprofits to give the children of incarcerated parents a chance to have their voices heard. Today, in celebration of Father’s Day, you can watch Love Letters for incarcerated fathers. This work is part of our continued commitment to raising awareness …

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Tango: See more with a new kind of phone 9 years ago

Your phone can help you navigate from one side of the country to the other, help you share memories with friends, or even identify the song that’s playing right now. But it can’t answer basic (and important) questions like, “Where’s the nearest building exit?” or “Will this couch actually fit …

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