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How to Build a Resume That Will Get Google’s Attention
Demonstrate an ability to be good on the job.<p><i>How can an average programmer get their resume noticed by Google? originally appeared on Quora — the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights.</i><p><b>Answer by Gayle Laakmann McDowell, Author of Cracking</b>
Google’s new robot is the craziest one we’ve seen yet
Although Google is selling Boston Dynamics to distance itself from “terrifying” humanoid robots, there’s still plenty of robot projects underway. The latest: a humanoid robot with a whole lot of leg and wide range of skills.<p>SCHAFT, a Tokyo-based robotics company run by Google’s parent company …
Google makes building apps easier with Android Studio 2.0
“Developing on the official Android Emulator is faster than a real device.”<p>In 2013, Google launched an official integrated development environment (IDE) called Android Studio to make app development for its mobile platform faster and more visual. That must have worked, as the Play Store is now …
Machine Learning Could Be Google’s Secret Cloud Weapon
Now that Google has infused the brand of artificial intelligence known as machine learning into everything from search to speech recognition, it’s making the technology it views as tech’s next big wave available for other companies to use.<p>The search and advertising giant today announced an early …
Wrong house gets torn down based on a Google Maps error
It was going to be repaired, but demolition crews ended up a block away from their intended target.<p>We’ve seen our share of GPS-guided mishaps, but what happened to the owners of a Texas duplex is particularly heartbreaking. Their house was torn down by mistake (no, this isn’t the first time that’s …
7 Ways You Can Make More Money With Google AdWords
AdWords, Google’s advertising system, requires time and money — but thousands of companies have discovered it to be time and money well spent. Here’s why.<p><b>Editor’s note:</b> <i>”The First 90 Days” is a series about how to make 2016 a year of breakout growth for your business. Let us know how you’re making</i> …
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Google is offering home phone service to select Fiber customers
Trusted Testers get the chance to try it out ahead of everyone else.<p>Google is expanding the Fiber line to include a home phone service, according to <i>The Washington Post</i>. A letter the publication has obtained is giving members of Fiber’s Trusted Tester program a chance to get the product earlier than …
Three Reasons Why Google Is Bringing Google+ Back to Life
Five years ago, the “Urs-quake” struck: A memo from Google SVP Urs Hölzle went out detailing how Google risked being left beyond on social, prompting the creation of Google+. Years, many millions of dollars and several tribulations later, one of the most beleaguered, storied products in Google’s …
A 97-Year-Old Visits Google, Is Flabbergasted By ‘The Future’
Olive Horrell got to visit the tech company’s Mountain View campus thanks to Wish of a Lifetime.<p>”Certainly in my wildest dreams, I couldn’t conceive of what I saw today.”<p>Those were the awestruck words uttered by 97-year-old Olive Horrell after her recent visit to “the future” — also known as …
Googlers Living at Google: Tiny Spaces, Probably No Sex
It is really, really expensive to live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mountain View, Calif., the South Bay city that’s home to the Google campus, is no exception — the median home price there is more than $1.3 million.<p>Google, a multinational tech conglomerate with a famously quirky and insular …
Google wins appeal in book-scanning copyright lawsuit
Google has won an appeal in what is now a decade-long legal dispute over whether the company violated copyright law when it scanned millions of books into its online database.<p>The original lawsuit was brought against Google by the Authors Guild in 2005 and claimed that Google had violated copyright …
Google’s Search Dominance Is Eroding
Thanks to a partnership between Mozilla and Yahoo, Google has seen the largest drop in its share of the search market since 2009, Bloomberg reports — and amid rising tensions with Apple, further decline may be imminent.<p>Mozilla’s Firefox web browser has historically come bundled with Google as its …
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