Ho Ho Ho! Track Santa around the world with Santa Tracker

After 23 days of preparation, the elves are finally ready for Santa’s annual journey around the globe. They’ve taught each other how to say ...

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New numbers and a new look for our Transparency Report

We launched the Transparency Report in 2010 to show how laws and policies affect access to information online, including law enforcement o...

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Life in the fast lane: lane guidance for drivers in Google Maps

Over the holiday season, if you’re driving back home to see family, or meeting up with friends, you can get where you want to go quickly and...

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An update on Google News in Spain

After 9/11, one of our engineers, Krishna Bharat, realized that results for the query “World Trade Center” returned nothing about the terror...

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Bringing the museum to your mobile

Enter the Museum of Arts et Métiers in Paris and one of the first things on view is a strange looking plane perched over a historic stairca...

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Competition drives Europe's mobile market

IBM launched the first smartphone only 20 years ago. Nicknamed Simon, it weighed more than a half a kilo, cost more than EUR1400 in today’s...

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Blasting off from a LaunchPad in Barcelona

Barcelona is already known for its sunshine and seashore. Now, according to the Financial Times , it aims to become just as well known for i...

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Apply for a computer science award

High schools need to increase their computer science offerings and we’re eager to support. Starting today, applications are now being accept...

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Bringing a fresh digital vision from “New Europe” to Brussels

While Old Europe ponders its approach to the digital future, New Europe is rushing ahead to embrace the web as a motor for growth and prospe...

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Coding for democracy in Europe

It was an audacious task - write software that would increase democratic participation in Europe. At a time when polls show increasing publi...

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Bringing a key moment of Gulf history online

Our Paris-based Cultural Institute holds a global mandate to promoting culture around the globe. This week, it is reaching out to the Arab ...

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Dutch windmills to power Google’s Eemshaven data centre

The Netherlands is famous for its windmills , which over the years have been used to saw wood, mill corn, pump water and much more. Now, a ...

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Throwing off the shackles of communism

A quarter century ago, the people of Central Europe liberated themselves, bringing down the Iron Curtain, choosing capitalism over communism...

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YouTube music hits the right note

You watched the Belgian singer Stromae perform Papaoutai  200+ million times on YouTube, helping propel the song about his father to the top...

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It’s time to extend the US Privacy Act to EU citizens

Last summer’s Snowden revelations not only highlighted the urgent need for surveillance reform but also severely damaged relations between t...

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Powering Italy’s exporters with the web

Before the Internet, almost all exporters were big, powerful companies. Exporting was expensive and time-consuming, requiring large sales, m...

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#Deutschland25 - a new generation after the Berlin Wall

Today, we are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the brave people who tore down the Iron Curtain. Courtesy of the German Federal Archives ,...

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