From the Brandcast stage: New star-studded shows for audiences around the globe
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How machine learning in G Suite makes people more productive
Email management, formatting documents, creating expense reports. These are just some of the time-sinks that can affect your productivity at work. At Google, this is referred to as “overhead”—time spent working on tasks that do not directly relate to creative output—and it happens a lot.
According to a Google study in 2015, the average worker spends only about 5% of his or her time actually coming up with the next big idea. The rest of our time is caught in the quicksand of formatting, tracking, analysis or other mundane tasks. That’s where machine learning can help.
Machine learning algorithms observe …Read More
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A Mother’s Day movie, made for you
Dear Mom,
Becoming a parent has given me a new perspective on the important role you played in my life. As a small tribute to you, and all the other mothers out there, we’re launching Mother’s Day movies—a new feature in Google Photos that makes it super easy to make a movie that celebrates a mom.
Starting today, people can go to photos.google.com/mothersday, pick a mom and kids, and then Google Photos does the rest. It automatically chooses the best photos of the mother and children, and sets it all to music to make a personalized movie.
People can …Read More
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How Nehemiah Manufacturing Co. creates jobs—and second chances
Everyone deserves a second chance. That’s what motivated Dan Meyer and Richard Palmer when they founded Nehemiah Manufacturing Company in 2009. They wanted to bring manufacturing into the inner city of their hometown of Cincinnati, OH, and their goal was to hire people with backgrounds that would typically make it difficult for them to get a job. Some employees may have no work history or a criminal record, but Nehemiah believes they need the opportunity to prove themselves. Dan and Richard turned to the web to help their business grow, expanding Nehemiah from just 10 employees to 110 …Read More
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7 Twitter Accounts That Will Make You a Better Social Media Marketer
One common challenge for social media marketers is the pace—not only is it tough to stay on top of a consistent posting schedule, but social platforms seem to announce new features or changes every other week. It’s almost impossible for the stretched-thin marketer to keep up.
Fortunately, marketers can lean on subject matter experts who readily offer up their hard-earned advice, all in 140 characters or less. When it comes to stepping up your social media game, it only makes sense to turn to the platforms themselves for guidance.
That’s why we’ve taken the time to round up some of the top …Read More
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May the Fourth be with You
Step into a galaxy far, far away and celebrate May the Fourth with Google Play.
We traveled back to Jakku to find the most popular Star Wars content of all time on Google Play, including the most downloaded film, The Force Awakens; the most downloaded game, Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes and the most downloaded book, Aftermath: Star Wars: Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Check out the full lists below.