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Event Recap: Why Trust a Corporation to Do a Library’s Job? – Internet Archive Blogs
Posted on April 30, 2021 by Caralee Adams Although people are increasingly turning to Google to search for information, a corporate search engine is not the same as a trusted librarian. And while libraries are used to buying and preserving books, they are now often unable to buy and own digital materials because of publisher…
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Snapshot: The Android feature you didn’t know you needed – TechRepublic
Jack Wallen introduces you to a Google Assistant feature that will help kick off your day with efficiency and ease. by Jack Wallen in Mobility on May 4, 2021, 11:43 AM PST The Android developers are always sneaking in new features to the mobile platform. Some of these features make the tiniest ripple in an…
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Time flies in Google Earth’s biggest update in years
Rebecca Moore, Director, Google Earth, Earth Engine & Outreach, Published Apr 15, 2021 Read this post in Spanish. // Blog en español aquí. For the past 15 years, billions of people have turned to Google Earth to explore our planet from endless vantage points. You might have peeked at Mount Everest or flown through your…
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Google Meet gets a refreshed UI, multipinning, autozoom and more | TechCrunch
Frederic Lardinois@fredericl / 9:00 AM PDT•April 21, 2021 Google today announced a major update to Meet, its video-meeting service, which brings several user interface tweaks for desktop users, as well as quite a bit of new functionality, including multipinning so that you can highlight multiple feeds instead of just one, as well as new AI-driven…
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Supreme Court rules for Google in Oracle copyright fight over Android
Published Mon, Apr 5 202110:06 AM EDT, Updated Mon, Apr 5 202111:25 AM EDT By Tucker Higgins Oracle had claimed to be owed as much as $9 billion, while Google claimed that its use of the code was covered under the doctrine of fair use. Source: Supreme Court rules for Google in Oracle copyright fight…
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Google is making some big upgrades to directions in Google Maps – The Verge
Indoor AR directions, a new directions interface, and more Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge By Jay Peters@jaypeters, Mar 30, 2021, 6:00am EDT Google is announcing a bunch of new features planned for Google Maps, including a new tool to help with indoor navigation and suggestions for eco-friendly driving routes. The features announced today…
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(162) How to mindfully switch to the New Google Pixel – YouTube
Made by Google Switching to a new Google Pixel is super clear and easy. But calming the mind can take a little longer. Get comfortable and allow this simple meditation to get your new Pixel running, and your mind relaxing. For more information on how to switch to a new Pixel, check out this step…
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Google Pay: Here’s how to set it up on your Android phone – CNET
via Google Pay: Here’s how to set it up on your Android phone – CNET Headline: “Google Pay: Here’s how to set it up on your Android phone You can use the Google Pay digital wallet from your Android phone or watch instead of rifling through your wallet for your credit and debit cards.”
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Talk to Books
Talk to Books [from Google] is a new way to explore ideas and discover books. Make a statement or ask a question to browse passages from books using experimental AI. Source: Talk to Books
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Google Hurricane Harvey Response
Source: Google Hurricane Harvey Response Help the victims of Hurricane Harvey Source: Google Hurricane Harvey Response
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How YouTube Is Changing Our Viewing Habits : NPR
A cautionary tale… People watch 1 billion hours of video every day on YouTube. NPR’s Scott Simon talks to Dr. Zeynep Tufekci of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill about YouTube’s impact on society. Source: How YouTube Is Changing Our Viewing Habits : NPR
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Book Mentions, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, from Google’s Book Scan Project, 1990-2008
Over at Google’s Ngram Viewer, I put in Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, from 1990 through 2008, to see the frequency of mention in scanned books by Google. Below is the resulting chart. Here’s the link for the active research, if you’d care to try your own project… WordPress.com won’t let us use iframe or…
