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Mon Nov 25 2024
5 ways to explore chess during the 2024 World Chess Championship
From Google Arts & Culture to GenChess, discover new ways to experience chess with AI and explore the history of this timeless game.
Tue Nov 19 2024
Play’s Best Of awards showcase Asia-Pacific developers
This year's Play’s Best of awards celebrated creativity and AI, with Asia-Pacific developers capturing over 60% of all app and game honors.
Thu Nov 14 2024
How we’re helping Singaporeans manage chronic diseases
Sustainability
Mon Oct 21 2024
New paths for clean energy in Asia-Pacific
Our efforts in Asia-Pacific advance our global goal of running on 24/7 carbon-free energy by 2030.
Thu Oct 03 2024
Supporting India’s digital health transformation
At Google for India, we shared how Google Health is supporting India’s digital health transformation.
Thu Aug 29 2024
18 NGOs tackling sustainability challenges in Asia-Pacific
The APAC Sustainability Seed Fund 2.
Thu Aug 15 2024
How we’re strengthening online safety in Singapore
At our second Safer with Google event, we touched on several of our security initiatives to keep Singaporeans safe in an AI-driven future.
Wed Jul 24 2024
3 ways Asia-Pacific developers are creating global success
Asia-Pacific is home to a vibrant developer community.
Mon May 27 2024
The AI Opportunity Fund to build an AI-ready workforce in Asia-Pacific
In the 25 years since Google was founded, technology has created significant transformations — and perhaps nowhere more so than in Asia-Paci...
Fri Apr 26 2024
How AI can enhance customer service
Virtual assistants with a conversational presence have been shown to increase trust — and consequently also engagement — compared to purely ...
Thu Apr 25 2024
Our newest hardware office in Taiwan
Tue Apr 02 2024
How we're helping people in Asia-Pacific better understand what they see online
Tue Mar 19 2024
8 years later: A world Go champion’s reflections on AlphaGo
World-famous Go champion Lee Sae Dol reflects on his match against our AI system AlphaGo eight years ago.
Tue Mar 12 2024
Google Play's Indie Games Accelerator selects its biggest Asia-Pacific cohort yet
Tue Feb 06 2024
A collaborative effort to create a safer internet for Asia-Pacific
Like the rest of the world, the Asia-Pacific region has seen an uptick of online scams and fraud in recent years.
Thu Feb 01 2024
Discover Singapore through an immersive augmented reality tour
Singapore Tourism Board has added more landmarks to their immersive tour of Singapore, an experience powered by Google’s ARCore and Geospati...
Mon Jan 29 2024
An AI opportunity agenda for ASEAN
We’re publishing an AI Opportunity whitepaper to help ASEAN governments tap into AI’s vast potential.
Thu Nov 30 2023
Meet Asia Pacific’s award winning app and game developers
Meet Asia’s inspiring developers creating apps for global audiences
Asia Pacific has one of the largest communities of mobile app developers in the world.
Mon Nov 20 2023
Explore the rich legacy of Hindi cinema
Maps
Wed Nov 08 2023
A digital platform to connect Malaysians in need with aid
Developers in Malaysia created KitaJaga, a digital platform using Google Maps API to map out requests for aid to those who need it.
Tue Nov 07 2023
The wood carving village using Google to put their businesses on the map
Editor’s note: Wasan Dechakan is a native of Baan Tawai, a small village in northern Thailand.
Thu Nov 02 2023
The engineer who used Maps to help during a mask shortage
Using Google Maps, a developer created a map of available mask supplies in Taiwan during the COVID pandemic.
Wed Nov 01 2023
A path toward profitable growth for Southeast Asia’s digital economy
Mon Oct 30 2023
3 ways we’ve used Google Maps to support people across Asia Pacific
Google Maps has its roots deep in the Asia Pacific region.
The Local Guide using Maps to promote inclusive places
Editor’s note: Penny Christie is an artist based out of Sydney, Australia.
Tue Oct 24 2023
How YouTube is helping Filipino schoolchildren discover a love for music
Editor’s note: Kasper Hansen is the founder of Let’s Play, a program that uses YouTube to teach schoolchildren in the Philippines how to pla...
Wed Oct 11 2023
Explore Chinese culture through its gastronomy
Our new online hub on Google Arts and Culture offers a peek into China’s vast culinary world.
Tue Oct 10 2023
Our commitments to enhancing cybersecurity efforts in Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific is home to the world's largest group of internet users and to extraordinary digital capability and dynamism.
Search
Wed Sep 27 2023
Google Search’s evolution in Asia Pacific
Here’s a quick look back at moments along the journey we’ve taken to make Search more helpful for people across Asia Pacific.
Tue Sep 12 2023
Explore Pakistan’s diverse culinary heritage
A new project on Google Arts & culture, supported by the Biritsh Council, puts it all together in Pakistan's Museum of Food.
Wed Sep 06 2023
Explore the natural wonders of Southeast Asia
Mon Sep 04 2023
What 4 sustainability startups learned from our first circular economy accelerator
Eleven teams from APAC and North America have graduated from Google’s first accelerator program for circular economy startups.
Families
Thu Aug 31 2023
3 ways to keep kids in Asia Pacific safer online
Chromebooks
Fri Aug 04 2023
Supporting Mongolia’s Vision 2050 in education
We’ve partnered with the Mongolian government to help provide Chromebooks, ChromeOS Flex and teacher training.
Entrepreneurs
Wed Aug 02 2023
A new fund for women creating AI startups in Asia Pacific
The Google for Startups Women Founders Fund will provide equity-free funding and Google support to women-led AI startups in India, Japan and...
Google-News-Initiative
Tue Aug 01 2023
The journalists who spotlighted one of Malaysian childrens' biggest problems
Using Google News Initiative’s data journalism training, the BERNAMA team shares the impact of “stunting” in children in Malaysia through vi...
Thu Jul 20 2023
How Google Taiwan builds new features and products
Four Googlers share what it’s like to build next-generation hardware and software products at Google Taiwan.
Tue Jul 18 2023
7 ways Google Health is improving outcomes in Asia Pacific
Defend the Earth in a new immersive SPACE INVADERS game
Google and TAITO partner to release SPACE INVADERS: World Defense, a new immersive AR game that turns the world into a playground.
Safety-and-Security
Fri Jul 07 2023
Reinforcing our commitment to online safety in Singapore
At our first Safer with Google event, we outlined several initiatives reaffirming our commitment to keep Singaporeans and businesses safer o...
Fri Jun 09 2023
The journalist working to make India’s news industry more queer inclusive
Mon May 22 2023
How we're helping Singapore's small businesses go digital
Fri May 19 2023
The global machine learning training program born out of South Korea
1,600 learners across 7 countries have participated in the Google Machine Learning Bootcamp.
Wed May 17 2023
A quantum computing partnership with the University of Chicago and the University of Tokyo
The University of Tokyo, the University of Chicago and Google establish a strategic partnership on quantum information science and engineeri...