Making plans? We can help.
Hear about an amazing event but can’t remember where to buy the tickets? Have trouble finding the right activity to do with your sister who has two toddlers? Looking for something fun to do nearby tonight? Now Google can help. Today on the Google app and mobile web in the U.S., doing a search for events brings up a clear summary of activities from sites from across the web like Eventbrite, Meetup and more, that might be just what you’re looking for.
To try it, type in a quick search like, “jazz concerts in Austin,” …Read More
Source:: Making plans? We can help.
Reducing Links to Low-Quality Web Page Experiences
By Jiun-Ren Lin and Shengbo Guo
We want to help people build an informed community on Facebook. That’s why we’re always working to understand which posts people consider misleading, sensational and spammy so we can show fewer of those and show more informative posts instead.
We hear from our community that they’re disappointed when they click on a link that leads to a web page containing little substantive content and that is covered in disruptive, shocking or malicious ads. People expect their experience after clicking on a post to be straightforward.
Starting today, we’re rolling out an update so people …Read More
What Celebrities Get About Snapchat That Brands Don’t
Without visible follower counts, likes, or any other kind of public metrics, Snapchat provides an even playing field for all users. Celebrities aren’t given special treatment over us “regular folk.” As the New York Times explains, celebrity “posts are not presented in a newsfeed, and an algorithm does not prioritize their content and automatically feed it to users.”
This hasn’t stopped celebrities—like Kim Kardashian, The Weeknd, and Gwen Stefani—from flocking to the platform and using it to its full potential.
And they’re doing it better than most brands. Continue reading to discover how celebrities have unlocked Snapchat in ways your …Read More
Source:: What Celebrities Get About Snapchat That Brands Don’t
We’ve reached over 1 million UK students with Google Expeditions
For the past eight months, we’ve been on a mission to bring virtual reality experiences into classrooms all across the UK. Launched in September 2016, the Google Expeditions Pioneer Program set out to bring virtual reality field trips to over 1,000,000 UK pupils and open their eyes to places and environments they are unable to see otherwise. To date, the team has visited 3,000+ schools in more than 430 cities and towns, from Leicester to Edinburgh to Port Talbot.
Source:: We’ve reached over 1 million UK students with Google Expeditions
We’ve reached over 1 million UK students with Google Expeditions
For the past eight months, we’ve been on a mission to bring virtual reality experiences into classrooms all across the UK. Launched in September 2016, the Google Expeditions Pioneer Program set out to bring virtual reality field trips to over 1,000,000 UK pupils and open their eyes to places and environments they are unable to see otherwise. To date, the team has visited 3,000+ schools in more than 430 cities and towns, from Leicester to Edinburgh to Port Talbot.