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(Cross-posted on the Lat Long Blog)Starting today, you can get public transport directions for London within Google Maps. One of Europe’s largest metropolitan areas, London is a major destination for both business travelers and tourists. More than 1 …

(Cross-posted from the Gmail Blog)I switched to Gmail the first month it came out, mere seconds after receiving an invitation from a friend and two years before joining Google. Since then, I’ve invited hundreds of people, most of whom have happily ma…

(Cross-posted from the Lat Long and Student Blogs)This island has a population of about 57,000 people, with the most settlements concentrated on the west coast. Very little of this island is suitable for agriculture.After eight rounds of questions from…

(Cross-posted on the Google Chrome Blog)We all have a song or a personal soundtrack that speaks to us. But it doesn’t always say exactly what we want it to say.In All is Not Lost — an HTML5 music collaboration between the band OK Go, the dance trou…

(Cross-posted on the Lat Long and Google Student blogs)It’s summer vacation for many kids, but 51 students from 17 different regions have been spending their time off polishing and fine-tuning their geographic skills to prepare for this year’s Nati…

(Cross-posted on the Public Policy and YouTube blogs)College friends make trick basketball shots into a career. A small blender company gets international attention by blending glow sticks and iPads. A musician goes from bagging groceries to beatboxin…

(Cross-posted on the Lat Long, Inside AdWords and Small Business blogs)Today, we’re officially introducing AdWords Express, a faster and simpler way to start advertising online in under five minutes. We first launched this product as Google Boost last …

We use research, analysis and insights—from inside and outside Google—to inform our decision-making and our products. We’ve spoken to a lot of our partners about how to help them access the same insights and conversations that inform our strategies…

This is part of a regular series of Google Apps updates that we post every couple of weeks. Look for the label “Google Apps highlights” and subscribe to the series. – Ed.We’ve added more than a dozen new features to Google Apps so far in July. Read…

On July 14, Google U.K. launched a partnership with Generating Genius at an event in our London office. Google director Adrian Joseph, Member of Parliament Simon Hughes and advisor on culture and youth Munira Mirza spoke alongside Generating Genius fou…

Our homepage doodle today celebrates the birthday of Alexander Calder, an American artist best known for inventing the mobile.Last year I wandered into a white room at Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago full of Alexander Calder’s delicate “objects…

Last week we explained that we’re prioritizing our product efforts. As part of that process, we’ve decided to wind down Google Labs. While we’ve learned a huge amount by launching very early prototypes in Labs, we believe that greater focus is cr…

(Cross-posted on the Research Blog)Last week, we held our seventh annual Computer Science Faculty Summit. For the first time, the event took place at our New York City office; nearly 100 faculty members from universities in the U.S., Canada and La…

(Cross-posted on the Google Online Security 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 of the web and information, and we work…

In the world of URLs, bigger is not always better. In 2009, we helped shrink up long, unwieldy URLs by launching our public URL shortener, goo.gl. Today, we’re announcing a new URL shortcut that will link only to official Google products and services…