Posted by Naomi Black, Technical Program Manager, Accessibility Over the past few months, my colleagues and I have worked closely with advocacy organizations for the blind to improve our products. We have had a number of meetings with the National Fed…
Posted by Dennis Woodside, SVP Google Since we announced our plans to acquire Motorola Mobility, we’ve been excited about the positive reaction to the proposed deal — particularly from our partners who have told us that they’re enthusiastic about our…
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Director of Public Policy This afternoon at 2 PM E.T., Eric Schmidt will testify before the U.S. Senate to talk about Google’s approach to competition. He will deliver a simple message: we welcome competition. It makes us bett…
Posted by Ryan Falor, Crisis Response Product Manager (Cross-posted from the Google.org blog)People often share stories with us about the ways the Internet has helped them during natural disasters. Whether it’s accessing information about the event,…
Posted by Kent Walker, Senior Vice President and General Counsel In December, we announced four initiatives to tackle the problem of copyright infringement online. We’ve made considerable progress on each front, and we will continue to evolve o…
Posted by Amit Singhal, Google Fellow(Cross-posted on the Inside Search blog)Over the past few years, we’ve released a series of blog posts to share the methodology and process behind our search ranking, evaluation and algorithmic changes. Just last …
Posted by Larry Page, CEO (Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog)Since its launch in November 2007, Android has not only dramatically increased consumer choice but also improved the entire mobile experience for users. Today, more than 150 million…
Posted by William Echikson, Google Head of Free Expression, Europe Middle East and Africa (Cross-posted from the Google European Public Policy Blog)At Google, we believe that it is important for the international community to step up in defense of fre…
Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. We believe that the Internet can be a transformational force for societies and for empowering individuals. That is why we were so excited to hear …
Posted by Nishit Shah, Product Manager, Google Security (Cross-posted on the Online Security Blog) Earlier this year, we introduced a security feature called 2-step verification that helps protect your Google Account from threats like password com…
Posted by Neal Mohan, Vice President of Display AdvertisingLast month we announced our plans to acquire Admeld, in order to make display advertising simpler, more efficient and more valuable for publishers. Companies have publicly said that this acquis…
Posted by Tom Pickett, Director of Content Operations and Online Creators(Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog and the YouTube Blog)College friends make trick basketball shots into a career. A small blender company gets internatio…
Posted by Damian Menscher, Security Engineer(Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog)The Internet brings remarkable benefits to society. Unfortunately, some people use it for harm and their own gain at the expense of others. We believe in the power …
Posted by Meredith Whittaker, Program Manager, Google, and Nick Feamster, Associate Professor, Georgia TechOver the past two and a half years, more than 40 million consumers have accessed Measurement Lab tools to better understand their broadband perfo…
Posted by Will Houghteling, YouTube News and Politics Throughout the past year American embassies, consulates, and ambassadors around the world have uploaded hundreds of videos to YouTube across a wide array of topics. Some are informative, like U.S. …