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Since its inception in 1963, the Munich Security Conference has been a vital venue for policymakers, experts and transatlantic leaders tackling the most pressing security issues of the day. Today, against the backdrop of an ongoing pandemic, geopolitical tensions, and increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks , the stakes for these discussions feel particularly high — with many participants perceiving this as a time of heightened risk . Google’s mission statement has always been to “organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” We provide tools that make people more informed, more connected, more productive — and more secure. That’s why I’m traveling to Munich this week and joining conversations about promoting and protecting the public square. Fighting misinformation online and safeguarding elections In the last few years, we’ve seen a marked uptick in online disinformation campaigns, attempts to influence democratic elections, and ...

Mobile apps are a core part of our everyday lives. Currently over 90% of the apps on Google Play are free, providing access to valuable content and services to billions of users. Digital advertising plays a key role in making this possible. But in order to ensure a healthy app ecosystem — benefiting users, developers and businesses — the industry must continue to evolve how digital advertising works to improve user privacy. That’s why we originally developed advertising ID to give users more control. Last year we introduced improvements to these controls, but we believe it’s important to go further. Today, we’re announcing a multi-year initiative to build the Privacy Sandbox on Android, with the goal of introducing new, more private advertising solutions. Specifically, these solutions will limit sharing of user data with third parties and operate without cross-app identifiers, including advertising ID. We’re also exploring technologies that reduce the potential for covert data co...

Once you’ve created content in the form of Web Stories, you’re probably wondering who your Web Stories are reaching and whether they’re resonating with your audience. Google Analytics and Data Studio are easy-to-use tools that help you understand how your Web Stories are performing on your website — or anywhere else on the web. Viewing Web Stories performance in Google Analytics The first step to measuring your Web Stories performance with Google Analytics is to set up tracking. Most Web Story editors, including Web Stories for WordPress , MakeStories , Newsroom AI and others, provide a simple way to add tracking in Google Analytics for each story created. You’ll need to provide the UA Tracking ID associated with the Google Analytics property you’re using for Web Stories. Once your Stories are being tracked, key performance metrics will become available via the Events report in Google Analytics. This report is accessible by navigating to Behavior > Events > Overview in t...

Editor’s note: This is part of our ongoing series featuring local publishers from around the world using Google News Showcase , our new product and licensing program for publishers, the Google News Initiative and other products and features. Read more in our series, from CityNews in Italy and ADIRA in Argentina . DC Thomson is one of the UK’s leading media companies. Headquartered in Dundee, Scotland, it has been publishing newspapers and magazines for well over 100 years. We’re a privately owned, family-run business with people, customers and communities at the heart of our operations. In addition to our newspaper and magazine portfolio, we also publish classic titles such as the comics Oor Wullie, The Broons, The Beano and Commando, and have been diversifying into digital technology, radio, TV and events. Using audience insight and data, we create content and experiences that connect with our customers and build loyal communities. One of the new ways of working that is helping ...

Editor’s note from Ludovic Blecher, Head of Google News Initiative Innovation: The GNI Innovation Challenge program, inspired by the European DNI Fund which went before it, is designed to stimulate forward-thinking ideas for the news industry. The story below by Sacha Morard, CTO of Le Monde Group, is part of an innovator series sharing inspiring stories and learnings from funded projects. Le Monde ’s founder, Hubert Beuve-Méry , used the pen name “Sirius” when writing articles about the French resistance during World War II. The name is believed to have originated from a misspelling of the word “serious.” So when our team at Le Monde , one of the main French national news outlets, needed a content management system to handle the creation of both print and digital content, we gave a nod to our history and launched Sirius : a serious platform to take the newsroom into a digital future. The editorial staff of Le Monde conceived and designed Sirius after they discovered t...

In March 2021, Google initiated a considerable project: helping to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to New Yorkers in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Google’s New York City office is located in Chelsea, and the neighborhood is also the home to two New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) developments, the Fulton Houses and the Elliott-Chelsea Houses. The city had identified NYCHA residents as hard-to-reach populations for vaccines — so to help, Google provided a total of more than $1 million in resources to the city to support more vaccine education and to Hudson Guild toward the creation of a local vaccination center. “Google recognizes that equitable population vaccination is a complex problem to solve,” says Dr. Karen DeSalvo, Google’s chief health officer, “and we’re committed to doing our part.” That commitment led us to partnering with the Hudson Guild, a local nonprofit founded in 1895. Hudson Guild, which Google has worked with as a community partner for more than a decad...

Every February, I tell myself I’m going to make homemade Valentine’s Day cards for my family and friends…and every February 13, I realize I’m nearly out of time. Add the fact that these days it’s ultimately easier to deliver digital gifts, and I’m ready to give up on the whole thing. This year I’ve come up with a few new ideas, courtesy of apps and tools from Google. They might be made for the office or school, but there are some truly impressive ways you can use these apps for your creative endeavors. Here are five ways you can make Valentines with Google products. Use Google Sheets to make some lovely pixel art (emphasis on love). You might think of invoices and project tracking when you think of Google Sheets, but it can also be a pixel art palette. These can be as simple or as complex as you want — do it yourself by selecting and coloring in Sheets cells to make an image, or search the Google Workspace Marketplace by hitting the right-hand sidebar and selecting “add ons.” (I...