Cross-posted from the Research BlogIn July, we announced App Inventor for Android, a Google Labs experiment that makes it easier for people to access the capabilities of their Android phone and create apps for their personal use. We were delighted (an…
This post is part of the “Teach Your Parents Tech” series where Googlers help provide some tips and tricks you can gift your parents with this Holiday Season.
Last holiday season was the first time that I accumulated enough funds (read: got a “…
A while back, we launched email delegation for customers using Google Apps for Business. Today, we’re happy to bring this highly-requested feature to Google Apps and Google Apps for Education customers as well. As more universities migrate their facult…
You may have had the experience while searching on Google of finding results that are either too simple or too complex for the task at hand. A new feature in Advanced Search lets you display the reading level of results and filter based on level.
To …
This post is part of the “Teach Your Parents Tech” series where Googlers help provide some tips and tricks you can gift your parents with this Holiday Season.
When I head home for the holidays, I most look forward to seeing my family and labradoo…
This post is the first in a new series especially for the Holidays around taking technology home with you this year. Stay tuned for more tips for the next ten days and check out http://teachparentstech.org to learn more.
We all know that coming home fo…
Cross-posted on the Official Google BlogThis week we celebrate and recognize the second annual Computer Science Education Week (December 5-11). We’re proud to continue our support for CSEd Week and our commitment to Computer Science education.We beli…
We recently announced the Chrome notebook Pilot program. We think Chrome notebooks will be super useful for students like you – especially if your school is already using Google Apps for Education –because they deliver a faster, simpler and more se…
Many of us spend a ton of time on the World Wide Web, be it reading the news, researching, checking email, or chatting with friends around the world almost instantaneously. And we can do all of these activities through a web browser.But how do browsers…
A few months ago, my colleague Julia and I were at a technology conference for educators, and we had the chance to hear first-hand how much teachers loved the capabilities that Google Docs brings to their classrooms. They were so excited to show of th…
Two years ago, we created the Google Docs Community on YouTube as a space to feature user-created videos about Google Docs. Today, we’re reviving the channel with new life and new videos from the community and the Google Docs team. We even have a spe…
Take a minute to think back to some of your past science fair projects or lab experiments. What elements did they have in common? What elements were different?While every project or experiment may have been unique in the problem they were trying to sol…
Cross-posted on the Google Docs Blog.Alex is a senior at Harvard University, and interned this summer on Google’s marketing team. Here he shares how he uses Docs to save time (and body heat) braving the cold Eastern winters. If you have a tip to share …
Cross posted from the Google Voice BlogHeading off to college usually means packing up the car and saying goodbye to your family and friends, so the Google Voice team put together a bunch of ways to make it cheaper and easier to stay in touch while you…
Whether you’re writing a term paper for your classic Greek literature class or collaborating with your lab group over IM, Google Chrome extensions can also help you keep track of all the important things you have to do during the day. For our last po…