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2013-05-14 17:36:39 (500 comments, 913 reshares, 4176 +1s)

About 14 years ago, I got a bad cold, and my voice became hoarse.  At the time I didn’t think much about it.  But my voice never fully recovered.  So I went to a doctor and was diagnosed with left vocal cord paralysis.  This is a nerve problem that causes your left vocal cord to not move properly.  Despite extensive examination, the doctors never identified a cause — though there was speculation of virus-based damage from my cold.  It is quite common in cases like these that a definitive cause is not found.

While this condition never really affected me — other than having a slightly weaker voice than normal which some people think sounded a little funny — it naturally raised questions in my mind about my second vocal cord.  But I was told that sequential paralysis of one vocal cord following another is extremely rare.  

Fast forward to last summer, when the same patternrepeated itself... more »

2013-05-12 05:00:51 (120 comments, 63 reshares, 1287 +1s)

Feelin' good after a great meal and inspired by nice view of huge LED display on bay bridge.

2013-04-18 21:03:59 (191 comments, 242 reshares, 1530 +1s)

We are in the middle of our Q1 earnings call right now. Here are the remarks I just gave.

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Hi everyone.  Thank you for joining us.  It’s great to be on the call this afternoon.  

If you are listening online, I hope you liked our warm-up video, I hear they had a great time making it.  

OK … We had a really strong start to 2013 -- with Q1 revenue up 31 per cent year-on-year to $14 billion.  I want to give a big shout out to the sales teams that made this all possible.  We tend to focus on product and engineering -- but our business organization is tremendously strong.  They are Google’s unsung heroes.

Over the last two years, we’ve worked hard to increase our velocity, improve our execution and focus on the big bets that will make a difference in the world.

Take Google Now.  Our goal is to get you the rightinformation, at... more »

2013-04-10 18:24:31 (153 comments, 282 reshares, 1448 +1s)

Today the country of Malaysia announced that they are adopting Google Apps (our suite of cloud-based tools that includes Gmail, Docs and Calendar) for 10 million students, teachers and parents. They’ll also be deploying Chromebooks to primary and secondary schools nationwide. These efforts are part of Malaysia’s national education reform, which includes making the web central to its education system (you can read the full plan here: http://goo.gl/dMxdG). 

2013-04-01 16:18:54 (158 comments, 167 reshares, 1081 +1s)

Dear YouTube community,

After midnight tonight, we'll no longer be taking video uploads. It's been eight amazing years, and we finally have enough videos to select a winner. Stay tuned for the live ceremony --> http://goo.gl/MhyI8.

2013-04-01 16:20:21 (62 comments, 59 reshares, 448 +1s)

[LIVE] Announcing the nominees for the Best Video on YouTube. Be sure to tune in before we close down and delete everything. Tell us who YOU think should win #BestVideo.

2013-03-13 17:05:08 (505 comments, 516 reshares, 2007 +1s)

Just posted this on the official google blog:

Sergey and I first heard about Android back in 2004, when Andy Rubin came to visit us at Google. He believed that aligning standards around an open-source operating system would drive innovation across the mobile industry. Most people thought he was nuts. But his insight immediately struck a chord because at the time it was extremely painful developing services for mobile devices. We had a closet full of more than 100 phones and were building our software pretty much device by device. It was nearly impossible for us to make truly great mobile experiences. 

Fast forward to today. The pace of innovation has never been greater, and Android is the most used mobile operating system in the world: we have a global partnership of over 60 manufacturers; more than 750 million devices have been activated globally; and 25 billion apps have now been... more »

2013-02-22 00:21:23 (500 comments, 644 reshares, 2543 +1s)

I loved meeting Charles Chase from Lockheed Skunk Works because he wants to change the world and he has a plan.  His dream is about building a compact fusion reactor (that would fit it on the back of a truck) which is capable of generating 100MW of electricity - enough to power a small city.  Charles thinks he could have a prototype in 5 years and a fully engineered plant in 10 years.  This would be capable of meeting all electricity demands globally by 2050.  All with virtually zero emissions.  An exciting example of how 10X thinking could make the world a better place.   

2013-01-22 21:52:15 (320 comments, 355 reshares, 1960 +1s)

Here is the speech I just gave on our earnings call:

Happy New Year everyone and welcome to our earnings call.  Thank you for joining us this afternoon.

We ended 2012 with a strong quarter.  Revenue was up 36% year-on-year, and 8% quarter-on-quarter.  And we hit $50 billion in revenue for the first time last year – not a bad achievement in just a decade and a half.

We’ve talked a lot about excellence and velocity over the last year.  While many claim it’s my nature never to be satisfied, we’ve actually made real progress creating more beautiful and more intuitive products.

Take Search.  The perfect search engine would understand exactly what you mean, and give you exactly what you want.  Our Knowledge Graph brings that much closer.

Search for Nikola Tesla and you’ll get information about this great inventor that is beautifully displayedright from the ... more »

2013-01-17 19:14:34 (307 comments, 492 reshares, 3078 +1s)

Great to be recognized as employer #1 for the fourth time by Fortune (2007, 2008, 2012, 2013).  We've tried really hard to create a work place where Googlers feel part of a family and it's great to see that pay off.  

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/best-companies/2013/snapshots/1.html

2012-12-10 18:50:05 (130 comments, 118 reshares, 1011 +1s)

Lady Ada Lovelace, born nearly two centuries ago on December 10, 1815, is considered by some to be the world’s first computer programmer. In 1843, she published the first algorithm intended for use on Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine. Nearly a century before the first computers were built, Ada envisaged a day when a single machine would be capable of a myriad of tasks, limited only by the creativity of its programmer.

Today we're celebrating Ada's prophetic vision for computing with a doodle on homepages worldwide. We hope today's doodle inspires people to find out more about Ada, and about the contributions made by women in general to science and technology. Read more: http://goo.gl/zL9Ar

2012-12-05 05:04:55 (128 comments, 30 reshares, 513 +1s)

Very creative dim sum style american food!

2012-12-04 21:35:33 (388 comments, 238 reshares, 1796 +1s)

Personally providing free flu shots to all San Francisco bay area kids at Target -- just walk in.  Research shows giving kids flu shots can have a big effect in preventing flu in the whole region and protecting elderly.  (Don't worry, I'm not actually administering the shots :)

The CDC has designated December 2–8 as National Influenza Vaccination Week to highlight the importance of continuing flu vaccination throughout the flu season.  So happy National Influenza Vaccination Week.

http://shootheflu.org/where/
https://plus.google.com/u/0/103295265775351483797/posts

2012-11-14 05:40:31 (188 comments, 165 reshares, 884 +1s)

Exciting day for high speed sailing.  Tiny Vestas Sailrocket hits over 71 MPH peak speed and looks to have smashed the record for the fastest sailboat in the 500 meter.  Kiteboarders still faster but perhaps not for long!  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_sailing_record
http://sailrocket.com/blogs

2012-10-29 17:53:48 (122 comments, 205 reshares, 1382 +1s)

All of us Googlers feel for all the folks affected by Hurricane Sandy.  We've made a crisis map for Sandy to help organize.

2012-10-29 20:54:19 (320 comments, 169 reshares, 1179 +1s)

Today, we’re excited to announce three great new Nexus devices … in small, medium and large. And they all run Android 4.2, a new flavor of Jelly Bean—which includes the latest version of Google Now and other great new features.

2012-10-23 16:20:54 (102 comments, 124 reshares, 978 +1s)

Really enjoyed our Zeitgeist conference last week.  Here is my Q&A.  

2012-10-18 20:51:22 (161 comments, 150 reshares, 1058 +1s)

Here are the remarks I just made on the earnings call.

q3 results: http://investor.google.com/earnings/2012/Q3_google_earnings.html
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Hello everyone -- thanks for joining us.  It’s great to be on the call today and to share our progress since we last spoke six months ago.  As you can hear my voice is still hoarse so I will keep my remarks reasonably short.  

I am sorry for the scramble earlier today.  As our printers have said, they hit send on the release just a bit early.

We had a strong quarter -- I am really happy with our business.  

Revenue was up 45 per cent year-on-year, and, at just fourteen years old, we cleared our first $14 billion revenue quarter.  Not bad for a teenager!

Today, we live in a world of abundance… abundant information and abundant computing.  

Most of us carry at least one device,all the ti... more »

2012-10-18 20:57:27 (127 comments, 116 reshares, 608 +1s)

Introducing the new #Chromebook. The $249 laptop from Google. For everyone. 

Find out more on the Chrome Blog: http://goo.gl/5yXAB.

2012-10-09 22:23:23 (500 comments, 1297 reshares, 6090 +1s)

So excited our +Nexus  7 Tablet has won "Tablet of the Year" and "Gadget of the Year" from +T3 - The Gadget Experts.  They said, "The biggest award of the night goes to Google’s affordable yet luxurious Android tablet. Quite simply, this is the most important gadget of 2012. For all the detail on Google’s historic win visit our full story on the T3 Award for Gadget of the Year to find out what makes the Google Nexus 7 the rightful winner of Tech’s biggest prize."  http://www.t3.com/news/t3-gadget-awards-2012-gadget-of-the-year

2012-10-08 06:28:37 (117 comments, 101 reshares, 1310 +1s)

LIFTOFF of Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station

2012-09-26 21:45:06 (281 comments, 402 reshares, 2168 +1s)

Really excited about what happened yesterday.  California Governor Jerry Brown came to Google to sign a new law about self driving cars.  Hopefully more states will follow soon.  It’s great to see politicians standing up for legislative reforms that allow greater innovation -- especially Alex Padilla, the author of this bill.  

Sergey and I founded Google because we’re super optimisitc about the potential for technology to make the world a better place.  Think about how many people are underserved by transportation today, like those with disabilities, and how self driving cars will transform their lives.   Or the wasted time you sit in your car every day commuting to and from work.  Or the deaths and injuries that could be avoided.  It’s great to think that when young kids start driving the cars they're in will be guiding them safely on their journey.

You can seeSergey talking... more »

2012-09-13 22:07:47 (126 comments, 124 reshares, 692 +1s)

Celebrated fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg tried on Glass for the first time a few months ago at a conference that she attended with Sergey Brin. She immediately loved it and they agreed to bring Glass to New York Fashion Week. Diane is a champion for innovation and effortless design, so it’s unsurprising that Glass fit seamlessly into her production. In the week leading up to her Spring 2013 show in New York, and during the show itself, everyone from stylists and models to Diane herself used Glass to capture never-before-seen footage of the creative process. This is the first time any video has been shot entirely through Glass and we’re so excited to be able to share it with you. #DVFthroughGlass  

2012-09-12 00:37:18 (275 comments, 242 reshares, 1742 +1s)

500 MILLION

Today is a big day for Android... 500 million devices activated globally, and over 1.3 million added every single day.

Oh, and btw, the Jelly Bean statue is back in our front yard :)

2012-08-06 07:30:06 (346 comments, 274 reshares, 2888 +1s)

Always good to see your shadow, especially when it is on MARS!  Congrats NASA.  Just watched part of the press conference and the excitement is contagious.  I can't imagine the feeling of relief after years and years of hard work and a lot of inherent risk.  I hope we see a lot more missions like this. It would be amazing to see the other planets and moons up close and we would learn a lot, I'm sure.

2012-06-28 07:49:05 (245 comments, 206 reshares, 1379 +1s)

We are always pushing the limits of our technology, and Project Glass is no exception.  It is designed to help you live in the moment -- even when you’re falling from the sky.

We’re still in early development days, but at Google I/O this morning we wanted to do a product demo in a way we’d never tried before.  We worked with some of the world’s top athletes, combined skydiving and mountain biking, and shared the experience -- through their eyes -- with the world.

If you missed it, we’d love you to be able to see how we put this together, so tune in live tomorrow (weather permitting!) at roughly 11am at https://developers.google.com/events/io/ to check it out.

And you may just catch another Hangout in Air.

#projectglass   #io12   #skydiving  

2012-06-28 00:38:58 (416 comments, 1631 reshares, 3074 +1s)

Google Glass Live demo today via Hangout high over San Francisco.  This is why I love working with +Sergey Brin!
This just happened so this is the raw cut.  Just watch, it's amazing!  (Good to watch in full screen 720p)

For a more polished edit of behind the scenes:
Project Glass: Skydiving Demo at Google I/O 2012

2012-06-27 20:55:12 (492 comments, 384 reshares, 2482 +1s)

I've been having great fun using our new Nexus 7" tablet announced today.  It's amazing.  Only $199 and includes a $25 credit to the Google Play store!!  It has amazing battery life, super fast with 16 total cores (12 for graphics) and is thin and light.  Shipping mid July.  Order one now at link below in US, UK, Canada, Australia (more coming soon!)

Also really enjoying all our other Google IO conference announcements.  And more to come!

2012-06-23 21:36:47 (149 comments, 169 reshares, 1253 +1s)

Today we're marking the birth of a someone who is a hero to many of us at Google. Alan Turing was born 100 years ago into a world very different from our own—but he’s a founding father of every computer and Internet company today. In 1936, his paper “On Computable Numbers”  introduced two key concepts, “algorithms” and “computing machines," which now rank among the most important intellectual breakthroughs of the 20th century.

In the evolution of computing, all paths trace back to Turing—so we're proud to help commemorate and preserve his legacy. In 2010 we helped raise funds to preserve Turing's papers at Bletchley Park, and recently we’ve worked with curators at London’s Science Museum on their new exhibition “Codebreaker - Alan Turing’s Life and Legacy.” And of course, we couldn't let this occasion pass without a doodle. If you visit our homepagetoday, you'll find a s... more »

2012-05-25 19:20:34 (182 comments, 175 reshares, 1647 +1s)

Wow! Huge congratulations to Elon Musk and SpaceX--their Dragon space capsule has just become the first commercial craft to successfully dock with the International Space Station. This team truly has a healthy disregard for the impossible and it's awesome to see how far they have gotten.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/05/120525-spacex-dragon-robot-arm-international-space-station-nation/

Also video of berthing:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=144567711

2012-05-25 16:17:43 (188 comments, 229 reshares, 1225 +1s)

Just back from London--great trip. Loved our new office space there--the building by Italian architect Renzo Piano is in super bright colors so it feels very Googley on the outside as well as the inside. I also spoke at our Zeitgeist partner conference between Peter Diamandis from the XPrize and President Clinton, so pretty hard acts to follow! Here's my talk ... and yes I love our Google Glass, though it is still early days!

2012-05-23 20:25:17 (113 comments, 63 reshares, 501 +1s)

I also did Charlie Rose while I was in New York.  Haven't done been on the show, which I love, for almost a decade ... the clip of me and Sergey from ten years ago made me feel somewhat old!

http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12366

2012-05-22 19:22:45 (97 comments, 39 reshares, 673 +1s)

Enjoyed my trip to a wet rainy New York yesterday--wow what bad traffic though!  Very excited about our partnership with Cornell University.  We've agreed to give them office space to get their new engineering university off the ground in New York City. And always good to see Mayor Bloomberg, whose passion helped get this idea off the ground.

Google/Cornell NYC Tech Press Conference

2012-05-16 23:37:51 (229 comments, 356 reshares, 1564 +1s)

Imagine what search would be like if Google understand all the different entities in the world--the people, places, monuments, mountains etc. It would be so much quicker and richer, and people would discover far more. We've been dreaming about that possibility for a while and today we took our first step to achieving that goal. So I am super excited about the launch of the Knowledge Graph.

2012-05-03 20:58:54 (440 comments, 98 reshares, 558 +1s)

"For the first time in history it is now possible to take care of everybody at a higher standard of living than any have ever known. All humanity now has the option to become enduringly successful." - Buckminster Fuller 1980
from great live documentary I saw by Sam Green.

I was very inspired by this positive view. Also he roughly said that using improved technology to do more with less will reduce the need for wars and other human conflict.

http://www.buckminsterfullernow.com/sec-1-bio-of-dr-r-buckminster-fuller-introduction.html

2012-04-24 21:24:14 (490 comments, 870 reshares, 2411 +1s)

Great to see +Planetary Resources -- a company I invested in launch officially today. Their first mission: to mine asteroids for the benefit of humanity!
Check out the video below.

What could you do with a huge amount of currently rare materials on earth? Or a lot of raw material for building things in space?

http://www.planetaryresources.com/

2012-04-24 17:38:46 (310 comments, 90 reshares, 514 +1s)

There’s been a lot of buzz...so I’m excited to officially introduce Google Drive. We have really focused here on letting users create & share with others and this is a natural evolution of Google Docs. It’s not just storage, it’s about helping you live and work in the cloud and making sure your data is seamlessly available everywhere. You can use it across platforms -- Mac, PC, Android, iOS (coming soon) -- and you can use it with many third party applications - we’re working with many developers to expand the Drive ecosystem.

So, between the Loch Ness Monster and Google Drive, looks like you’ll have to keep looking for Nessie.

2012-04-12 20:15:15 (207 comments, 116 reshares, 761 +1s)

Google Announces First Quarter 2012 Results and Proposal for New Class of Stock

Proposal Would Effectively Implement 2-for-1 Stock Split While Preserving Long-Term Governance Structure

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – April 12, 2012 - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.

“Google had another great quarter with revenues up 24% year on year,” said Larry Page, CEO of Google. “We also saw tremendous momentum from the big bets we’ve made in products like Android, Chrome and YouTube. We are still at the very early stages of what technology can do to improve people's lives and we have enormous opportunities ahead. It is a very exciting time to be at Google.”

Google announced today that its Board of Directors unanimously approved a stock dividend proposal designed to preserve the corporate structurethat has al... more »

2012-04-12 20:09:22 (107 comments, 93 reshares, 455 +1s)

FOUNDERS’ LETTER 2012

Introduction

Throughout our evolution, from privately held start-up to large, publicly listed company, we have managed Google for the long term — enjoying tremendous success as a result, especially since our IPO in 2004. Sergey and I hoped, though we did not expect, that Google would have such significant impact, and this progress has made us even more impatient to do important things that matter in the world. Our enduring love for Google comes from a strong desire to create technology products that enrich millions of people’s lives in deep and meaningful ways. To fulfill these dreams, we need to ensure that Google remains a successful, growing business that can generate significant returns for everyone involved.

Corporate Structure

When we went public, we created a dual-class voting structure. Our goal was to maintain the freedomto fo... more »

2012-04-05 20:54:53 (371 comments, 458 reshares, 1654 +1s)

It’s been just over a year since I became CEO again. Instead of our usual Founders’ Letter, I wanted to do something different and give you an update on what we are focused on. Top of my priority list has been creating a simpler, more intuitive experience across all our products so users get exactly what they need, right when they want it. While we will always have improvements to make, I am excited about our progress and the opportunities in front of Google today. You can read my CEO update below.

2012-04-04 19:05:20 (292 comments, 589 reshares, 1205 +1s)

We think technology should work for you—to be there when you need it and get out of your way when you don’t.

A group of us from Google[x] started Project Glass to build this kind of technology, one that helps you explore and share your world, putting you back in the moment. We’re sharing this information now because we want to start a conversation and learn from your valuable input. So we took a few design photos to show what this technology could look like and created a video to demonstrate what it might enable you to do.

Please follow along as we share some of our ideas and stories. We’d love to hear yours, too. What would you like to see from Project Glass?

+Babak Parviz +Steve Lee +Sebastian Thrun

2012-04-01 07:12:37 (0 comments, 527 reshares, 1676 +1s)

Really excited to announce our partnership with +NASCAR for a new racing division based on our self driving cars! This is a big deal and we even have it linked from our home page!

Video of +Sergey Brin in the car: http://www.nascar.com/video/none/none/120331/cup-mar-google/
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/bringing-self-driving-cars-to-nascar.html

2012-03-29 22:46:34 (251 comments, 735 reshares, 1442 +1s)

We announced our self-driving car project in 2010 (http://goo.gl/dI6qA) with a clear goal: make driving safer, more enjoyable and more efficient.

There’s much left to design and test, but we’ve now safely completed more than 200,000 miles of computer-led driving, gathering great experiences and an overwhelming number of enthusiastic supporters.

We wanted to share one of our favorite moments from some special research we conducted. Watch this video of Steve, who joined us for a drive on a carefully programmed route to experience being behind the wheel in a whole new way. We organized this test as a technical experiment outside of our core research efforts, but we think it’s also a promising look at what this kind of technology may one day deliver for society if rigorous technical and safety standards can be met.

A version of this video with audio captions is availablehere:... more »

2012-03-13 22:53:36 (215 comments, 215 reshares, 762 +1s)

Just read this article about scientist in Cambridge, UK using Lego robots to help create artificial bone in the laboratory. Always amazed that we don't have more low cost automation tools in use and the best ones we have are actually toys!

Join a hangout with the scientists tomorrow at 8AM PT.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/108818810955465968635/posts/fQprq1zawQH

2012-03-04 18:29:00 (425 comments, 547 reshares, 1689 +1s)

Go Chrome users! "Based on the fact that Chrome users solve Calcudoku number puzzles the fastest, and that IE users give up on solving them the most, it appears that Chrome users have the highest numerical intelligence, followed by Firefox users, then by Internet Explorer users"

2012-02-24 06:53:16 (327 comments, 774 reshares, 1485 +1s)

Taylor Wilson

At 10, he built his first bomb.
At 11, he started mining for uranium and buying vials of plutonium on the Internet.
At 14, he made a nuclear reactor.

Wilson got his start on Fusor.net, a website where nuclear hobbyists who call themselves “fusioneers” fill message boards on topics that would enthrall only the geekiest subset of society, like “So where can I get a deal on deuterium gas?” The goal of every fusioneer is to build a reactor that can fuse atoms together, a feat first achieved by scientists in 1934.

“I’m obsessed with radioactivity. I don’t know why,” says Wilson in his laid-back drawl. “Possibly because there’s power in atoms that you can’t see, an unlocked power.”

Taylor Wilson (born 1994) is an American nuclear scientist who was noted in 2008 for being the youngest person in the world (at age14) to build a working ... more »

2012-02-23 22:19:15 (176 comments, 69 reshares, 521 +1s)

I've been following what's going on in Homs with horror--it's a tragedy unfolding before our eyes. My heart goes out to all the victims and I just hope the international community can at least get medical supplies to all those who are suffering.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9101211/Syria-Edith-Bouvier-and-Paul-Conroys-YouTube-pleas-for-help-from-Homs-after-Marie-Colvin-attack.html

From YouTube:
Two journalists who were wounded in the same blast that killed Sunday Times war correspondent Marie Colvin have made a haunting YouTube appeal for help from Homs.
Edith Bouvier, a reporter for Le Figaro, said she needs urgent medical attention and asked to be evacuated quickly, while Sunday Times photograph Paul Conroy also pleaded for safe passage out of the city.
The footage, filmed in the besieged city of Homs on Thursday, was posted... more »

2012-02-16 06:54:52 (494 comments, 1585 reshares, 2961 +1s)

Surprising study: One minute of exercise at 90% of your max heart rate followed by one minute of rest ten times (twenty minutes total) had significant health benefits. This is true even if done once or twice a week, you aren't fit, and are a cardiac patient!

Also people seemed to like the more intense shorter workout better than a longer more moderate one. Seems like it is worth a shot! What have you found the best way to stay fit in the minimum time?

2012-02-14 23:35:49 (460 comments, 1498 reshares, 3475 +1s)

When I was young, I really liked playing with Legos, and eventually got some "expert builder" ones you can actually make just about anything out of (now often called technic). In college I built an inkjet printer out of these Legos and some electronics I built.

But this is amazing -- whole working robotic human hand out of Legos! What amazing mechanical Lego creations have you seen?

2012-02-07 18:18:24 (394 comments, 461 reshares, 1271 +1s)