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Google offers many tools that can be used to engage students and teach more effectively. In this session, you will explore different strategies for using Google tools such as Google Jamboard, Google Docs and Google Forms to engage both online and face-to-face students Monday, Jan. 24, from 11 a.m. to noon. Presenters are Chrys Dean, senior instructional designer, and Clint Heinrich, instructional designer, Teaching and Learning Commons. Register for this Jan. 24 session.  … Source link

With time ticking away before shipping deadlines put a stop to your online holiday shopping, Google is highlighting a few new Chrome features that might help you out. Still, it’s not lost on us that these features used to keep track of stuff to help you shop are also useful for the nearly $2 trillion company that makes most of its money from serving up relevant advertisements and making sure shoppers hit the “buy” button. But you will probably use Chrome anyway, so you should know… Source link

Angela Lang/CNET Google on Tuesday unveiled new… Source link

Google gave a glimpse into how the new smart home standard Matter might actually work in our smart homes today, and it’s looking pretty exciting. At its Google Smart Home Developer Summit, the company announced new tools to help developers build devices that work with both Google Home, the new connectivity standard Matter, and across any other Matter-complaint ecosystems. This means that, yes — one day, very soon — the (new) Nest Thermostat could work in the Apple Home app without… Source link

Global media and tech company Yahoo today announced it is expanding its partnership with FOX Entertainment’s ad-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) platform Tubi. Under the new deal, media planners and buyers using Yahoo’s demand-side platform (DSP) will gain access to Tubi’s entire streaming content library. The move aims to help connected TV (CTV) advertisers improve efficiency in the buying process. As connected television viewership soars, so too… Source link

QUESTION: I have years of pictures and videos on Google Photos and want some advice on getting them organized. ANSWER: By default, Google Photos will display your images and videos in chronological order with the latest ones at the top, but there’s much more you can do with the application. Automatic Categories Google has incorporated very sophisticated “machine learning” technology to help you find specific images in a sea of photos. By default, it will group media into various categories… Source link

Google and its YouTube video site released several new tools for small businesses to connect with customers via their platforms and detailed the first-ever Small Biz Day, set for June 24. … Source link

Democratic senators led by Cory Booker of New Jersey say they worry about how Google’s products and policies may perpetuate bias. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images … Source link

Democratic senators, led by Cory Booker of New Jersey, say they worry about how Google’s products and policies may perpetuate bias. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images … Source link

At its I/O developer conference, Google today announced a slew of updates to its Firebase developer platform, which, as the company also announced, now powers over 3 million apps. There’s a number of major updates here, most of which center around improving existing tools like Firebase Remote Config and Firebase’s monitoring capabilities, but there are also a number of completely new features here as well, including the ability to create Android App Bundles and a new security tool… Source link