Notes from COP21
From November 30 through December 11, the French government hosted COP21 the UN Climate Change Conference which resulted in 195 countries coming together to adopt the most ambitious climate change agreement in history. Roughly 40,000 people attended includi...

Tracking our annual carbon footprint
As the world looks toward global climate negotiations at COP21 in Paris this December, we’d like to share updates on our commitment to carbon neutrality. The latest figures just posted on our Google Green website show that we're a carbon neutral company fo...

A solar-powered round-the-world tour to promote clean technologies
According to NASA, 2014 was the warmest year ever . Yet when Google’s News Lab looked at city-level search trends related to climate change over the past decade , we found that interest around "global warming" was actually higher in 2007 than it is today in...

The MPAA’s Attempt to Revive SOPA Through A State Attorney General
Posted by Kent Walker, SVP and General Counsel We are deeply concerned about recent reports that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) led a secret, coordinated campaign to revive the failed SOPA legislation through other means, and helped manufa...

Exploring new cities for Google Fiber
Over the last few years, gigabit Internet has moved from idea to reality, with dozens of communities  (PDF) working hard to build networks with speeds 100 times faster than what most of us live with today. People are hungrier than ever for faster Internet, ...

Creating new pathways for buying renewable energy
In 2013, when we announced the expansion of our Lenoir, North Carolina data center, we proposed a program with our electricity provider Duke Energy that would allow companies like Google to power their local operations with renewable energy. Today, we’re an...

Eволюція вигляду Google
Google за останні 17 років зазнав багатьох змін: від лінійки продуктів до еволюції вигляду та наповнення. І наразі ми знову змінюємося: Отже, чому ми робимо це саме зараз? Колись давно скористатися Google можна було з персонального комп’ютера. У наші дні лю...

From Altamont Pass to Mountain View: Getting more renewable energy on the grid
Technology can help us do more with less. For example, making use of natural climates has helped us make our data centers 50% more efficient than the industry average, and green building technology has helped us limit energy consumption in our offices aroun...

Get a great search experience, even on slower data connections
The Internet is a global gathering space of infinite opportunity, where people from around the world can exchange ideas and access humanity’s knowledge. Everyone should have equal access to the Internet’s information to improve their everyday lives, regardl...

CAPTCHAs that capture your heart
Posted by Vinay Shet, Product Manager, reCAPTCHA Notice something different about reCAPTCHA today? You guessed it; those tricky puzzles are now warm and fuzzy just in time for Valentine’s Day. Today across the U.S., we're sharing CAPTCHAs that spread the me...