Do quick, simple tasks that have a huge impact – like improve the quality of Google Translate in your language, or of Google Maps in your country, etc. Everytime you use it, you know that you’ve made the internet a better place for your community.
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Waze wants to connect riders with drivers who are already headed in the same direction. The company has said it aims to make fares low enough to discourage drivers from operating as taxi drivers. Waze’s current pilot program charges riders at most 54 cents a mile—less than most Uber and Lyft rides—and, for now, Google doesn’t take a fee.
Source : Google Takes on Uber With New Ride-Share Service – WSJ
Google has used similar tactics for years on its homepage to convince Internet Explorer users to switch to Chrome, and with a search task bar it supplied for IE users to install in their browsers.
Source : Microsoft’s war against Chrome battery life now includes Windows 10 notifications | The Verge
Google has started to increase the fees that it charges for the use of Google Maps, presenting concerns about whether it might raise prices further in future.As Uber prepares to spend $500m on its mapping ambitions, the programme follows earlier investments in mapping that include the acquisition of an imagery collection team from Microsoft’s Bing last June. Last year Uber also acquired deCarta, a mapping company that developed the turn-by-turn directions behind GM’s OnStar software.
Source : Uber to pour $500m into global mapping project – FT.com
Source : Sheepview – Visit Faroe Islands
Our machine learning system was able to consistently achieve a 40 percent reduction in the amount of energy used for cooling, which equates to a 15 percent reduction in overall PUE overhead after accounting for electrical losses and other non-cooling inefficiencies. It also produced the lowest PUE the site had ever seen.
Source : Google DeepMind
Project Bloks is creating a development platform for tangible programming, to help kids develop computational thinking through playful coding experiences.
Source : Project Bloks – Creating a development platform for tangible programming
This update was made possible in a large part thanks to the Landsat program and its commitment to free and accessible open data.
Source : Google Lat Long: Keeping Earth up to date and looking great
Source : Google Traduction via Linguisticae
After breaking off talks with Space Data, Google allegedly began work on Project Loon, which Space Data claims has hurt its business and damaged its reputation “among potential and existing customers, business partners, investors, and in the industry in general.”
Source : Google Sued By Space Data Corp. Over Project Loon Balloon Project – Fortune