Learn more about how Google Books works and the recent settlement agreement between Google and a broad class of authors and publishers. Please note that this agreement resolves a United States lawsuit, and therefore directly affects only those users who access Book Search in the U.S.... Read More

Browsing the web should be as fast as turning the pages of a magazine to enable the next generation of rich web applications. Learn more about why the web can and should get faster by Googlers Bill Coughran, Vic Gundotra, Steve Souders, Dennis Hwang and Arvind Jain. Visit code.google.com/speed to find more information about what you can do to speed up the web.... Read More

The web can and should get faster. Learn why even small changes of a few milliseconds in the performance of a website can mean an improvement of several seconds for its users. Visit code.google.com/speed to find more information about what you can do to speed up the web.... Read More

As part of the Google D.C. Talks series, Jim Young of Google moderated a discussion on “National Security and Web 2.0.” Panelists Lt. Col. Patrick Michaelis of the U.S. Army and Dr. Calvin Andrus and Sean Dennehy of the CIA explained how their organizations are using Web 2.0 tools to share knowledge quickly and make intelligence assessments. The panel also discussed the technical and cultural challenges to bringing Internet tools to the national security realm. This event took place on June 12, 2009 at Google’s offices in Washington, D.C.... Read More

Nicole Wong, Google’s Deputy General Counsel, testifies before two subcommittees of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce at a June 18, 2009 hearing on online advertising. Topics of discussion include Google’s advertising products, our commitment to protecting the privacy of our users, and the need for consumers to have greater transparency and choice when it comes to behavioral advertising.... Read More

You can track packages by typing the tracking number for your UPS, Fedex or USPS package directly into the search box. We’ll return results that include quick links to easily track the status of your shipment.... Read More

To see trends for population and unemployment rates of U.S. states and counties, type “population” or “unemployment rate” followed by a state or county. You can click through to a page that lets you compare different locations.... Read More

Sometimes the best way to ask a question is to get Google to fill in the blank by adding an asterisk (*) at the part of the sentence or question that you want finished into the Google search box.... Read More

To see home listings in a given area type “housing”, “home”, or “real estate” and the name of a city or a U.S. zip code into the Google search box and hit the Enter key or click the Google Search button. Clicking the “Go” button on the results page will display details of individual homes that Google has indexed.... Read More