We Don’t Talk About The ‘Catwoman’ Basketball Scene Enough
Halle Berry’s “Catwoman” has been the butt of jokes since it premiered in 2004, but how many people out there have actually seen it?
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Make a silent movie by talking to Chrome
Last month, the Web Speech API brought voice recognition to Chrome users in more than 30 languages. We thought it would be fun to demonstrate this new technology by using an old one: silent film.The Peanut Gallery lets you add intertitles to old black-and-white movie clips just by talking out loud while you watch them
Read MoreGoogle Keep—Save what’s on your mind
Every day we all see, hear or think of things we need to remember.
Read MoreUrban art, zoomorphic whistles and Hungarian poetry
There are few places (if any) in the world where you could find urban art, zoomorphic whistles* and Hungarian poetry in a single place—except, of course, on the Internet.Today 30 new partners are joining the Google Art Project, contributing nearly 2,000 diverse works including contemporary art from Latin America, ancient art from China, rare Japanese paintings and Palaeolithic flint heads from Spain.One highlight of the new collection is a project to capture the growing trend of urban art and graffiti in Brazil. More than 100 works from walls, doors and galleries in São Paulo have been photographed and will be included in the Art Project. The pieces were chosen by a group of journalists, artists and graffiti experts and include artists such as Speto, Kobra and Space Invader, as well as images of São Paulo’s most famous building-size murals
Read MoreGlobal Impact Awards’ hunt for U.K.’s most innovative social entrepreneurs starts today
From cracking the human genome to advancing medical research through computer games, British social entrepreneurs have a proud history of using technology to make the world a better place.Last year, we launched the Global Impact Awards to support nonprofits using technology to tackle some of the world’s toughest problems. We gave $23 million to seven organizations working on projects ranging from aerial technology that protects wildlife to data algorithms that ensure more girls and minorities get placed in advanced math and science classes. Today, as the next step in the Impact Awards, we’re kicking off our first Global Impact Challenge in the U.K., inviting British nonprofits to tell us how they would use technology to transform lives.
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