Join us for Google for Games Developer Summit 2021
With a surge of new gamers and an increase in time spent playing games in the last year, it’s more important than ever for game developers...
Kevin Espiritu’s Epic Gardening grew a business online
Kevin Espiritu never expected to be a gardener. As an accounting student at UC Santa Barbara, he supported himself by playing online poker. “When I graduated,”...
Pixel artists show what “progress” means to them
Photos by Natalia Mantini, MaryV and Tim Kellner In her latest piece, “A gente mora por cima e abaixo do perigo,” June Canedo documents her family’s immigration...
8 Picture Books To Encourage Kids to Create, Crash, & Try Again!
written by Margaret Muirhead, author and school librarian Want to encourage your children to become makers who think creatively, take risks, fail, and persevere again? If...
PSA: You Can Continue Using Messenger Without a Facebook Account
You might feel like you need a Facebook account to exist on the internet. It sometimes seems like you’ll have no way to keep in touch...
Google News Showcase, now on desktop
Last year we announced the launch of Google News Showcase, our product and licensing program that pays publishers for bringing their voice and curation into Google’s...
Raspberry Pi’s New Power over Ethernet HAT Is All About Maximum Power
Running power to your Raspberry Pi networking setup can become a messy and expensive task, especially if you’re using multiple Pis or want to install your...
How to Use the Microsoft Excel Watch Window for Formulas
Tired of scrolling to see formulas and results in cells that aren’t in view? With the Watch Window in Microsoft Excel, you can keep an eye...
How to Send a Message to Slack From a Bash Script
With the help of a few webhooks, you can turn Slack into a notification center for your command line. There’s a lot you can do with...
How to Turn off Smart Reply and Smart Compose Features in Gmail
Gmail sets itself apart with its smart email features. But if you don’t like Gmail’s auto-complete or auto-reply suggestions, you can turn them off. Here’s how...
