Bay View: Google’s New Global Headquarters

Google has recently revealed a watercolor painting created by the architects at nbbj architecture firm. The picture portrays Google’s future headquarters which will be called Bay View. The campus-like headquarters is to be located in Mountain View, California, just across town, just across town from the current “Googleplex” headquarters. Bay View’s details The HQ’s 1.1 million square feet will stretch over 42 acres and will be designed to cater to it’s employee’s daily needs. Many of the rooftops will be grass covered and provide areas for relaxing, working outdoors, and fitness activities such as yoga, biking and jogging. Employees can also ride scooters on the rooftop or even pitch a tent in the camping area. The Design Google is putting a lot of thought into the new Bay View’s design by studying the daily patterns and interactions of it’s workforce. The company wants to provide its employees with a comfortable facility that will ensure happiness, creativity and productivity. The group of architects from nbbj embrace their vision, “To shape a future that enhances life and inspires human potential and spirit through design.“ To apply this vision to Google’s project, they aspire to design a work environment that will encourage social [...]

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Customize Your News with Google’s New App

Google has thought of a customizable new way for its users to keep up with what’s going on in the world. While the site is complex and extensive, it’s very easy to use, and quite simply named, News. The app is Free on Google+ via Android.AppStore. Once you’ve launched the app, News will first display its top stories by providing headlines and photos accompanied by a small bit of the article which will link you to its original news site. The app will also give you several options for other related articles in it’s expandable story boxes. The story box is a button with a down arrow on it, which will provide you with all sides of the story from multiple sources. Located on the left of the screen under the Top Stories are several more individual news feeds. These feeds cover all kinds of news topics like World, U.S. Business, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Science and Health and also a personally local tab naming the users home state. Personalize your News As if these option aren’t sufficient, Google News has made its site extremely customizable. First of all, if the preset news topics are not your preference, News also offers [...]

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Google’s War Against Email Hijackers

Google is working to keep unwanted messages out of your inbox.  In a recent post on their blog, Google has explained how they work to keep spammers out of your account.  Spammers used to be able to send you massive quantities of email.  Google explained that through better spam filters, they are now able to prevent the majority of spam emails from even making it into your inbox.  Currently, less than 1 percent of spam makes it through the filter.  As such, spammers have changed the way they work.  As of 2010, spammers started hacking accounts and sending fraudulent mail from other people’s Google accounts. As a result, the Google security team has developed new ways to prevent fraud and protect your account, as well as reduce the amount of spam.  Google explains that these account hijackers work by stealing passwords.  Essentially, they hack into websites to steal passwords.  The thieves then sell the stolen passwords to other criminals.  As many people use the same passwords over and over again for multiple accounts, one password can be very valuable to a criminal. Therefore, Google has put in measures to try to prevent this type of crime.  Google has a program [...]

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