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August 10, 2015

Alphabethttp://abc.xyz)Calico.

Getting more ambitious things done.

Taking the long-term view.

Empowering great entrepreneurs and companies to flourish.

Investing at the scale of the opportunities and resources we see.

Improving the transparency and oversight of what we’re doing.

Making Google even better through greater focus.

And hopefully...as a result of all this, improving the lives of as many people as we can.

Posted by Larry Page, CEOAlphabet is mostly a collection of companies. The largest of which, of course, is Google.

Google Hangouts: now simpler, faster, more beautiful

August 10, 2015

New ways to compose, attach and use your watch make Hangouts simpler than ever

Here's what’s new:

Hangouts is sleeker. Now updated with material design, Hangouts has a new look and feel: items respond to your touch in more intuitive ways and transitions between tasks are more fluid.
Hangouts is simpler. The new Compose button makes it easier for you to start a new group or conversation. Our streamlined contacts list helps you find the right person quickly. And attachments have been revamped and simplified, so sharing—of emoji, GIFs, your location, even multiple photos at once—is a snap.
Hangouts is faster. Whether you’re sending a quick message or video chatting with family, you don’t want hold-ups. We’ve been obsessively fixing bugs and speeding up message delivery to make Hangouts faster and more reliable. Bonus: less battery consumption.

And more…
Make affordable calls from the Hangouts Dialer, now with Outbound Caller ID (so your friends won’t get any more calls from the great “Unknown”). Receive and reply to group MMS messages in Hangouts using Google Voice. Use Hangouts on Android Wear when you really have an eye on the time (just say, “Ok Google, send a Hangouts message,” into your watch). And if you’re not around but want friends to know what’s on your mind? Custom status messages are back.

The new Hangouts starts rolling out to Android users today and will be available in the Play Store (iOS users recently got many of the same updates). We hope you enjoy the new look and feel. And we look forward to keeping the conversation flowing!

Posted by Amit Fulay, Product Manager, CommunicationsWith Hangouts, we want to help you stay in the moment, no matter what device you’re using or how you’re getting your voice across, from texting to talking to video.

Through the Google Lens: Search Trends July 31 - August 7

August 7, 2015

trending searches listThe Grand Old PartyRepublican presidential debate24 million peopletopped 5 milliondays before and hours after

hereJon-Voyagesaid goodbye to Jon Stewarttopped 500,000

right here.The Doctor is incalling his grand finale 200,000 searchesMakeups and breakups200,000+ searchessearched 100,000+Reba McEntireGwen Stefani and Gavin RossdalePosted by Megan Slack, who searched this week for [japanese candy delivery]

See the world in your language with Google Translate

July 29, 2015

Google Translate app

Instantly translate printed text in 27 languagesstarted outResearch blogHave a natural, smoother conversation—even with a slower mobile network

Translate Community helps us get better every dayTranslate Communitywe've been updating our translationsPosted by Barak Turovsky, Product Lead, Google Translate

Everything in its right place

July 27, 2015

A more focused Google+ experienceGoogle+ CollectionsUsing Google without a Google+ profileon their blogPosted by Bradley Horowitz, VP of Streams, Photos, and Sharing

Rising to the climate challenge

July 27, 2015

Reaching a strong deal in Paris is an absolute and urgent necessity. The data is clear and the science is beyond dispute: a warming planet poses enormous threats to society.

Public health experts recently warned that climate change threatens to “undermine the last half century of gains in development and global health,” through forces like extreme weather, drought, malnutrition, and disease. The U.S. government has asserted that climate change poses “immediate risks to U.S. national security,” as increased natural disasters and humanitarian crises fuel instability and violence. And many studies have revealed that critical infrastructure, like electricity and water, is vulnerable to rising sea levels and intensifying storms.
Climate change is one of the most significant global challenges of our time. Rising to that challenge involves a complex mix of policy, technology, and international cooperation. This won’t be easy, but Google is committed to doing its part.

Google has been carbon neutral since 2007. Our data centers, the physical infrastructure behind web services used by billions of people, now get 3.5 times the computing power out of the same amount of electricity, as compared to five years ago. We are also the biggest corporate purchaser of renewable power on the planet. Just today at the White House, we pledged to triple those purchases over the next decade. In addition, we're a major climate-minded investor, so far committing more than $2 billion to clean energy projects, from America’s largest wind farm to Africa’s largest solar power plant.
We're serious about environmental sustainability not because it’s trendy, but because it’s core to our values and also makes good business sense. After all, the cheapest energy is the energy you don’t use in the first place. And in many places clean power is cost-competitive with conventional power.

We’re making progress, but averting catastrophic climate change will require significant investment and bold innovations. Google and our private-sector peers are ready to lead. But something fundamental is required: clear policy. The global business community needs certainty to bring climate solutions to scale. We need the world’s political leaders to confirm that investments in clean energy are sound, and that the laws and policies meant to enable such investment will be designed for the long term and rooted in what science tells us needs to be done.

It’s encouraging to see the world’s major economies set ambitious climate targets, but it’s time to get a strong international climate agreement on the books. This December in Paris, it’s imperative that policymakers reach a deal that moves us toward a zero-carbon economy. That’s the kind of future that we’re committed to helping build, and that future generations deserve.

Posted by Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman

Through the Google lens: Search trends July 17-24

July 24, 2015

Bad Blood nominated for Video of the Year subtweetSearches about the incidentstarted a Twitter rant a million searches had stuff to say1 million searchersBut wait, there’s morecool 500,000 searches

leading to 200,000 searches

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