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Research Road Trip: A Traveler’s Road to Decision webinar

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In a recent study, Google and M&RR (Marketing and Research Resources, Inc.) explored how consumers research and gather information throughout the travel decision-making process. We examined behaviors in business and leisure travelers, and culled out insights across four key travel categories: Airlines, Hotels, Car Rental, Cruise. On Friday, October 10, 2008, Google hosted a webinar that covered this studys findings and answered questions such as: • Does the research process change by trip and traveler type? • Does online video play a role in the travel-purchase process? • Do information sources and purchase influencers vary by travel category?

Perspective from Google – Zeitgeist Europe 2009

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Googles CEO & Co-Founder discuss the way Google has evolved and, among other thing, how Google is like a toothbrush. Sir Richard Branson joins to talk about his adventures in space, on the ground and in business. Eric Schmidt, Chairman & CEO, Google Larry Page, Co-Founder & President, Products, Google Later joined by Sir Richard Branson, Chairman, Virgin Group

Google I/O 2009 – ThoughtWorks on App Engine for Java..

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Google IO 2009 – ThoughtWorks on App Engine for Java: An Enterprise Cumulonimbus? Martin Fowler, Rebecca Parsons Enterprise software pundits are now gazing metaphorically skyward. Theres all this talk of clouds, but what kind of clouds are coming, and will they be friendly? We begin by describing some applications weve developed for App Engine, including implementation of other languages, such as JRuby, on top of the App Engine for Java implementation. These implementations demonstrate the breadth of capability provided by App Engine. We then examine some of the strengths and current weaknesses that we encountered. We also describe more about the implications for testing that arise when developing on App Engine. We will also present an initial framework for characterizing these differnet clouds and examine how these characteristics will impact the adoption path for enterprises and the kinds of applications these enterprises will move to the cloud. Of particular interest here is the central role of Big Table in App Engine. Broad adoption of this of this platform could lead to lots of lightening striking at the dominant role relational data base systems currently enjoy. For presentation slides and all IO sessions, please go to: code.google.comeventsiosessions.html

Theme 2: Leading from the Front – Zeitgeist Europe 2010

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Over the past year, business leaders have endured one of the most challenging economic climates in decades. In this session we hear from those who have emerged from the crisis stronger than ever. What can we learn from their leadership in developing strategies to thrive during difficult times? What has been the impact on their approaches to innovation, product life-cycles and brand management? Do changes represent a long-term shift or will things eventually return to normal? Don Tapscott (Chairman, nGenera Insight & Author) Ian Cheshire (Group CEO, Kingfisher plc) Carl-Henric Svanberg (Chairman & non-executive Director, BP) Robert Polet (President, CEO & Chairman of the Management Board, Gucci Group) Moderated by Chrystia Freeland (Global editor-at-large, Reuters) ***Please note that all the videos feature YouTubes new Captioning feature. To turn this off or on, simply click the cc button in the bottom right corner of the player. As this is a brand new technology, there may be a few syncing slips – please bear with us as we work to perfect***

CS & IT Symposium 2010: Building a 21st Century School with Google Apps

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Computer Science Teachers Association Computer Science & Information Technology Symposium 2010 July 13, 2010 Building a 21st Century School with Google Apps Presented by Dana Nguyen The next generation of students brings a different set of expectations and technical experiences to school. Meeting the changing learning habits of these students and providing the tools necessary to enable 21st century teaching and learning are difficult challenges many schools and districts face today. Learn how Google Apps Education Edition can provide advanced communication and collaboration tools for schools—at zero cost. For more information, please see csta.acm.org

Hobbyist to Flickr Celeb: Building a Career with Social Networking (Kevin Meredith aka lomokev)

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Google Tech Talk August 11, 2010 ABSTRACT Presented by Kevin Meredith. Kevin is a British photographer whos become somewhat of a celebrity through his photostream and his colorful personality on Flickr. Hes also an author, having published 3 books to date (Hot Shots, Spirit and Dont Think Just Shoot) and runs photography courses. Hes coming to Google to introduce his new book: Photo Op: 52 Weekly Ideas for Creative Image-Making and talk about how he built his career on social networking. Kevins photostream www.flickr.com bio lomokev.com & blog lomokev.com

Google Canada & Life of a Montreal Googler

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Google Tech Talk (more info below) March 15, 2011 Presented by Alex Nicolaou and Nav Jagpal. ABSTRACT Google Canada Event Learn about what Google is doing in Canada then stay for some networking, reminisce about your days in Canada and enjoy some Canadian treats! About the speakers: Alex Nicolaou Engineering Manager – Google Waterloo Alex Nicolaou joined Google in 2006, shortly after Google opened an office in Waterloo, Ontario, where his initial work was leading the development of Googles mobile apps including Gmail, Buzz, and YouTube amongst others. He is now leading a new ChromeOS effort focused on building ChromeOS for ARM platforms. Until 2006, Nicolaou was president and board member of aruna.ca Inc., a startup developing a unique RDBMS based on text-search algorithms and data structures. Prior to that, Nicolaou was part of LiquiMedia Inc., a startup developing a real time kernel extension and Java Virtual Machine. In 1996, Nicolaou and Jay Steele won the games category of the Java Cup Competition run by Sun Microsystems. In the early 90s, Nicolaou was principal investigator for six algorithm patents. He holds an Honours BMath in Computer Science and Combinatorics and Optimization and a MMath in Computer Graphics, both from the University of Waterloo Nav Jagpal Software Developer – Google Montreal Nav Jagpal went to school at the University of Victoria. He joined Google right after graduating and started off as a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE). Jagpal lived in San <b>…<b>

Google I/O 2011: Launch and Grow Your Business App on the Google Apps Marketplace

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Scott McMullan, Matt Trifiro, Cameron Henneke, Jim McNelis The Google Apps Marketplace is an online store to discover and purchase web applications which are integrated with Google Apps. This introductory session will provide an overview of the Google Apps Marketplace. Youll learn product integration and marketing best practices directly from Marketplace vendors.