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Have an idea for how to expand high-speed Internet access across the United States? Here’s your chance to have your voice heard.Under the terms of the recent economic stimulus package, the Federal Communications Commission must deliver to Congress a Na…

We on the Google Maps team are committed to organizing all the local places and businesses that can be found online, from a design shop in New York City, to an architectural bookstore in San Francisco, to a cabaret in London. To show you the range of a…

It’s been an exciting few months since we announced Google Voice. The feedback from early users has been terrific, and the requests for invites have been flowing in. We started sending invites a few weeks ago and will keep sending them daily.At the s…

We know that there are millions of sites using Google Friend Connect to build a community around their content and they come in a variety of languages. With site owners and visitors from all over the world, the integration of services like Netlog and o…

Like lots of you, we’ve been drawn into Twitter this year. After all, we’re all about frequent updates ourselves, and there’s lots happening around here that we want to share with you. Of course, we enjoy watching, and contributing to, the tweetstream …

Summer has arrived, and that means graduation. Our hearty congratulations to the class of 2009! Now that you’ve packed up your dorm room and picked up your diploma, what’s next? This transitional time between college and “the real world” can be a bit c…

This post is the latest in an ongoing series on how to stay safe online. – Ed.As the designated tech support person for my immediate family, I’m used to getting calls about issues like browser crashes and confusing websites. But recently my mom called…

In recognition of President Obama’s visit to Ghana, we’ve worked with the Ministry of Tourism in that country on a special site detailing his stops at cultural and historical landmarks using Google Earth and Maps. Read all about it on our Google Africa…

As an avid traveler, I know how helpful it can be to see a map when searching for a location on Google. Using our Universal Search technology, we have provided maps in our search results for more than two years. However, as any traveler could tell you,…

Let’s say you’re a blogger. You’ve just returned from a trip to New York City, and you’re writing a post on New York landmarks. You want to illustrate your travel guide with an image — as the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. It’s eas…

Last week, we announced a suite of SMS services in Uganda, a country where someone’s first experience of the Internet is far more likely to be on a mobile device rather than a PC. We are really excited about this project in part because it is the resul…

It’s been an exciting nine months since we launched the Google Chrome browser. Already, over 30 million people use it regularly. We designed Google Chrome for people who live on the web — searching for information, checking email, catching up on the …

We’re often asked why so many Google applications seem to be perpetually in beta. For example, Gmail has worn the beta tag more than five years. We realize this situation puzzles some people, particularly those who subscribe to the traditional definiti…

Ever since the new Google Blog Search homepage launched, we’ve been fielding requests for a myriad of different features. Today we’re happy to announce the launch of our most requested feature: RSS and Atom feeds. Simply click on the links under “Subsc…

I love labels in Gmail. Most email programs use folders, which only let me put mail in one place at a time. With labels, I can organize mail in multiple ways. Combined with filters to automatically label incoming messages, Gmail offers powerful ways to…