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We’re pleased to announce our 2009 Anita Borg Scholars and Finalists. We established the Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship in 2003 to encourage undergraduate and graduate women completing degrees in computer science and related fields to excel in computi…

In February we invited U.S. kids to exercise their creativity by participating in our second annual Doodle 4 Google contest. In response, we received more than 28,000 doodles from kids representing all 50 states, a 70 percent increase from last year. I…

When I was about three years old, my mom and I had a game. Mom would show me things around the house. “Look, Scotto, this is a picture,” she said. “Can you eat it?” I asked. “No, honey,” she said. “Look, Scotto, this is a flower.” “Can you eat it?” I s…

A couple of months ago, the Google Japan team produced a fun video to demonstrate how clean and simple our Google Chrome user interface is. After releasing this video on the web, we got lots of positive feedback and thoughtful comments. In order to kee…

We recently announced the winners of the Climate Savers Computing Initiative (CSCI) Power Down for the Planet video contest. In March, we challenged you to create videos to educate, entertain, and inform others about the importance of energy efficient …

Site owners often tell us that to build strong communities on the web, they have to be a jack-of-all-trades. With Google Friend Connect, we want to empower any website to awaken their community, even if the site owner doesn’t have the technical backgro…

Posted by Sergey Brin, Co-founder & President, TechnologyEvery year our founders take turns writing a letter that is included in our annual report. We originally published the 2008 Founders’ Letter on our Investor Relations site. Since today is the…

Working on the search team over the last few years, I have heard interesting stories of how Google has made a difference to individuals across the world. For instance, Yanick Cusson from Canada wrote to tell us about how he found his father:”I will alw…

This post is the latest in an ongoing series on The Power of Measurement. Previous topics have covered ways to make your website as successful as possible through tools such as Analytics and Website Optimizer. -Ed.What if the ads we saw when watching T…

In June 2007 Google made a voluntary commitment to become carbon neutral. To honor this commitment, we calculated our global carbon footprint, purchased high-quality carbon offsets, and worked with a third party to certify our calculations and validate…

Over the weekend Larry Page delivered the commencement address at his alma mater and encouraged grads to “get a little crazy.” Video of his speech was recently posted and we wanted to share it with our readers. You can also read the full transcript.Pos…

One thing we’ve noticed here at Google over the years is that the more popular something becomes, the more people search for it online. Our annual zeitgeist catalogs some of the more interesting trends we’ve seen in a year’s worth of web search data. …

Hello teachers,We hope that your desk was deluged with a bunch of shined-up apples this morning as a thank you from your students for all that you do for them every day. At Google, we’d like to thank you as well, and acknowledge that we wouldn’t be wh…

A few months ago, we introduced Google Latitude, a new feature for mobile and iGoogle that lets you share your location with your friends. Since the launch, a lot of you have asked “What if I want to share my location with people who are not my Latitud…

At our Mountain View headquarters, we have some fields that we need to mow occasionally to clear weeds and brush to reduce fire hazard. This spring we decided to take a low-carbon approach: Instead of using noisy mowers that run on gasoline and pollute…