2024 has been a landmark year for Google Earth Engine, marked by significant advancements in platform management, cloud integration, and core functionality. With increased interoperability between Google Cloud tools and services, and Earth Engine, we’ve unlocked powerful new workflows and use cases for our users.

Here are some of our favorite Chrome extensions from this year to help you get work done and have fun.

It’s been more than two and a half years since we introduced AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, our 100% PostgreSQL-compatible database that offers superior performance, availability, and scale. AlloyDB reimagines PostgreSQL with Google’s cutting-edge technology.

Here are some of our favorite Chrome extensions from this year to help you get work done and have fun.

Think about your favorite apps – the ones that deliver instant results from massive amounts of data. They’re likely powered by vector search, the same technology that fuels generative AI.

Here are some of our favorite Chrome extensions from this year to help you get work done and have fun.

Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for December 2024. Today, Nick Godfrey, senior director, Office of the CISO, shares our Forecast report for the coming year, with additional insights from our Office of the CISO colleagues.

Recently, we had the opportunity to sit down with MediaTek’s Senior Director Victor Tyan to discuss all things ARM and Chromebooks.

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OCLC may be a midsize software provider catering to a niche industry, but it’s beating a lot of industry giants when it comes to workforce diversity.

OCLC may be a midsize software provider catering to a niche industry, but it’s beating a lot of industry giants when it comes to workforce diversity.

The insurance industry is known for being slow and steady, but at Tokio Marine North America Services (TMNAS), a dogged emphasis on growth, diversity of thought, and continuous learning has helped accelerate an IT culture predicated on innovation and career mobility.

What makes a company a great place to work for IT professionals? Top salaries and benefits certainly help, but those are just table stakes. Tech workers are looking for challenging projects, growth opportunities, and continuous learning in a supportive workplace.

Don’t talk about industry slowdowns to Total Quality Logistics (TQL), which has made its largest-ever technology investments over the past three years to bring greater agility and resilience to the business.

Don’t talk about industry slowdowns to Total Quality Logistics (TQL), which has made its largest-ever technology investments over the past three years to bring greater agility and resilience to the business.

The insurance industry is known for being slow and steady, but at Tokio Marine North America Services (TMNAS), a dogged emphasis on growth, diversity of thought, and continuous learning has helped accelerate an IT culture predicated on innovation and career mobility.

What makes a company a great place to work for IT professionals? Top salaries and benefits certainly help, but those are just table stakes. Tech workers are looking for challenging projects, growth opportunities, and continuous learning in a supportive workplace.

The internet is increasingly where we live today. In fact, global internet traffic grew 17.2% this year alone, according to Cloudflare. The network provider has released its fifth annual internet radar report, offering insights into connectivity, security, outage frequencies, device usage, and a multitude of other trends.

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Data storage is shifting from static to dynamic with Amazon Web Services Inc.’s introduction of AWS S3 Tables. This move reflects broader industry trends toward open-table formats prioritizing flexibility and interoperability.

Google TV has clearly become a powerhouse in the streaming world. With a staggering 270 million monthly active devices utilizing Google TV (or its underpinning Android TV), it’s clear that Google has a successful streaming platform on its hands.

Do you want to insert emojis like hearts, smiley faces, or flames on your Chromebook? You can easily access the emoji keyboard in three simple ways. First, you can use a right-click. Just tap the trackpad with two fingers and choose “Emoji” from the menu.

Many of us fondly remember Google’s Stadia platform; a cloud gaming service that Google unceremoniously shut down, leaving many with a perfectly good controller that was basically useless.

No more searching for scrollable elements. Now with the scroll badge in DevTools, you’ll find them instantly! To learn more, visit goo.gle/scroll-badge Subscribe to Chrome for Developers → https://goo.gle/ChromeDevs #ChromeForDevelopers #Chrome Products Mentioned: CSS

Elon Musk’s xAI has made its quirky chatbot, Grok, more accessible than ever. Grok, known for its humor and willingness to tackle “spicy” questions, was initially exclusive to X Premium subscribers but now X has opened it up to all users with a free tier, with some limitations.

The Pixel Tablet launched with a curious omission: while it supported USI 2.0 stylus input, there was no first-party pen to accompany it. This sparked a wave of speculation that was eventually confirmed by leaks that Google was indeed working on a stylus for its tablet.

The automotive industry is facing a profound transformation, driven by the rise of CASE, — connected cars, autonomous and automated driving, shared mobility, and electrification. Simultaneously,  manufacturers face the imperative to further increase efficiency, automate manufacturing, and improve quality.  AI has emerged as a critical enabler of this evolution.

Gaming has broken free from the confines of single-platform restrictions, opening up exciting possibilities for Mac and Android users to play together. Whether you’re diving into Mac games or exploring titles on your Android smartphone, you can now connect with players across systems.

Check out the series “Unleash the power of Scroll-Driven Animations” to learn about this common UX pattern. Related video → goo.gle/SDA-episode1 Blog post → goo.gle/scroll-driven-animations-blog Subscribe to Chrome for Developers → https://goo.gle/ChromeDevs #ChromeForDevelopers #Chrome

Chromebooks allow you to copy and paste just like you would on a Mac or Windows computer. The main keyboard shortcuts for this are still Ctrl + C to copy and Ctrl + V to paste. However, these shortcuts aren’t your only choices for copying and pasting on a Chromebook.

With WebDriver BiDi now production-ready in Firefox, Puppeteer, from version 23, offers stable support for Firefox through WebDriver BiDi. Allowing you to automate Firefox with the same concise API as Chrome. To learn more, visit goo.gle/WebDriver-BiDi Subscribe to Chrome for Developers → https://goo.gle/ChromeDevs #ChromeForDevelopers #Chrome Products Mentioned: CSS

Learn about the AI assistance panel in DevTools, designed to help with CSS styling and more. Learn more at goo.gle/ai-assistance-panel Subscribe to Chrome for Developers → https://goo.gle/ChromeDevs #ChromeForDevelopers #Chrome Products Mentioned: CSS, Chrome DevTools

Pixel’s Now Playing feature that identifies songs playing around you for at-a-glance reference is about to get even better.

When TikTok owner ByteDance discovered recently that an intern had allegedly damaged a large language model (LLM) the intern was assigned to work on, ByteDance sued the intern for more than $1 million worth of damage.

The Blackmagic Camera app for Android just received another update that continues to add to its professional capabilities. Following its release in June, Blackmagic has diligently improved the app, and this latest version has introduced a killer new feature: live syncing of media to Blackmagic Cloud.