Grad tip: Check off your to-do’s with Tasks
In the spirit of graduation season, we’re doing a series of posts every Friday throughout the summer that provide tips for graduating seniors, so stay tuned for more!Tasks just graduated from Gmail Labs this week, and it’s a useful feature that can hel…
Introducing a collection of favorite places from around the world
Soumya, a rising senior at Wellesley College, is interning with the GeoMarketing team in Mountain View this summer. A Bay Area native, she’s enjoying discovering unique local businesses on Google Maps. After spending the last semester scurrying betw…
In the spirit of graduation season, we’re doing a series of posts every Friday throughout the summer that provide tips for graduating seniors, so stay tuned for more!It wasn’t until after my friends and I had graduated and left the bubble that was our …
The results are in, and they are beautiful
Wow! We received some amazing entries for the Google SketchUp 2009 International Student Bridge Modeling Competition. Higher education students from over 65 countries registered for the competition, 42 collections were created in the Google 3D Warehous…
Using Google Sites for school projects
Have you ever had a hard time keeping track of a big group project? Do you ever wish you could find a way to promote a competition or school event? Want to get more attention for your student group or club? In case you haven’t met yet, please allow us …
In the spirit of graduation season, we’re doing a series of posts every Friday throughout the summer that provide tips for graduating seniors, so stay tuned for more!Transitioning into post-college life can be pricey, so chances are, you’re living (or …
What does Google Docs do for you?
Hey everyone! I’m Stephanie, and I’m interning with the Google Marketing team this summer. This fall, I’ll be a senior/grad student (it’s complicated…) at Stanford working on my Master’s thesis in Psychology. While I can’t vouch for the majority of P…
Are you a Gmail Ninja?
Back when I was in college (which wasn’t all that long ago), we used a command-line program called Pine to check our email. It was much faster than the school webmail, but you had to learn all these keyboard shortcuts just to get anything done. I remem…
Google Apps at CTHS
We just stumbled across this great student-generated video about how Google Apps helps CTHS classrooms get things done:We love to see and hear things like this! If you want to check out more videos, or have your own to add, please visit our playlist. A…
In the spirit of graduation season, we’re doing a series of posts every Friday throughout the summer that provide tips for graduating seniors, so stay tuned for more!It wasn’t too long ago that I was packing up my college dorm room and trying to line u…
A few weeks ago we launched the Google Photography Prize, a global competition for students to create themes for iGoogle. Our goal was to find talented student photographers and give them a chance to showcase their work on a large-scale online canvas. …
Introducing our Grad Tips series: Make the most of your new alumni email address
It’s graduation season, so congratulations to those who’ve walked down the aisle recently, donning cap and gown! To help you with your transition from college life to “the real world,” we’re using our usual Friday series to bring you some Google tips …
Are you free for an hour on Wednesday, June 24th?Last week, we announced that Google Apps and Virgin America are teaming up to host the first-ever in-flight and on the ground online scavenger hunt on June 24th. Thousands of people flying Virgin America…
Improvements to Picasa Web Albums make sharing your summer photos a breeze
Summer’s here. Chances are, you’re already packing your bags for destinations a bit more scenic and exciting than the lecture-hall circuit.A couple tips for your summer travels: (1) Don’t forget your camera, and (2) while you’re on the road, share you…
Design It: Shelter Competition
Today, Guggenheim Museum and Google SketchUp are kicking-off the Design It: Shelter Competition, a global competition that will challenge users to design a simple shelter in 3D with Google SketchUp, geo-locate the shelter in Google Earth, and share i…