Google Meet: A guide to Google's video-conferencing service, how to join calls, record, and blur backgrounds

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Google Meet lets you launch and join virtual meetings, and has features like screen sharing and visual effects.

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What is Google Lens? How to use Google's image recognition to identify objects with your Android or iPhone camera

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Google Lens is Google's image recognition technology that can help you identify things like products, locations, or other objects.

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Google Images: History, how to search for pictures or perform a reverse image search on iPhone, Android, or desktop

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Google Images was invented shortly after Jennifer Lopez and her iconic green Versace dress broke the internet after the 2000 Grammy Awards.

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How to use Google Street View on Google Maps: Tour unfamiliar areas and use Live View for real time directions

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Using millions of images collected from its fleet of cars, Google Street View gives you an immersive, 360-degree view of what your destination looks like.

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Waze offers more than navigation instructions and live traffic updates. Learn more of the app's handy features.

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Waze is Google's navigation app that gives drivers realtime updates on traffic and driving conditions.

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Elon Musk runs X, Tesla and more, and his net worth makes him the world's 3rd-richest person

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Elon Musk.

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How to set up and customize Google Alerts: Track the search terms and topics you're interested in

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Google launched Google Alerts over 20 years ago to monitor new mentions of specific search terms.

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Google's Emoji Kitchen lets you combine emoji into one sticker. Here's how it works and what apps are compatible with it.

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Google's Emoji Kitchen recently expanded, and now users can mash up emojis on pretty much any device, including iPhones, Mac devices, and more.

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YouTube is a major entertainment force. Here's the platform's history, plus how to create a channel and upload videos.

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YouTube was acquired by Google, and has since become a major revenue-generator for Alphabet, thanks to YouTube Premium.

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Google Translate can interpret more than just text. Here's how to use it with text, speech, and images in 100+ languages.

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