In the rapidly evolving world of AI image generation, Nano Banana — powered by Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model — is quickly becoming one of the most versatile creative tools available today. What makes it stand out isn’t just its ability to generate new visuals from scratch, but how intelligently it edits, enhances, and reimagines existing images without losing their … [Read more...]
Designers Are Discussing Their Issues With The Design Of Google App Icons, What Are Your Thoughts?
A graphic designer on Reddit initiated an interesting debate over the design of Google app icons, bringing to light a critical issue in the realm of UI/UX design: the delicate balance between aesthetic allure and functional clarity. Feedback from various designers revealed a shared frustration: the current icons, that use all four Google brand colors, often lead to confusion … [Read more...]
Relive The Major Global Moments Of Our Lives In This Epic Video By Google That’s Been Viewed 350 Million Times
Google, in the last quarter-century, has grown beyond its origins as a simple search tool. It's woven into the fabric of our everyday life, influencing how we access and disseminate information. Whether it's for scholarly pursuits or daily curiosities, Google leads the charge, transforming both our cultural and technological realms. This evolution has brought the vast … [Read more...]
Google’s AI Technology Can Turn Low-Res Images To High-Res With Incredible Results
Researchers at Google's Brain Team have come up with a breakthrough AI machine-learning technology that can upscale low quality images effectively and turn low-resolution photos to high-res using diffusion models. The applications of these technologies can range from restoring old family photos to improving medical imaging systems. The first approach, called Super-Resolution … [Read more...]
Google Monster Mash Is A Fun-To-Use 3D Modelling And Animation Tool For Everyone
Conventional 3D animation tools are time-consuming, labour-intensive, and can take years to master. Now, Google Research in collaboration with Czech Technical University in Prague, ETH Zurich, and the University of Washington have come up with an open source sketch-based framework named Monster Mash that allows both experts and amateurs to create casual 3D models and animate … [Read more...]
8 Great Google Font Combinations For Your Next Design Project
Previously, we featured 15 great Adobe Font combinations for your graphic, web, and UI design projects. In today’s post, we look at some beautiful Google Font combinations, with the help of this excellent list by Polish designer Tom Koszyk. Koszyk also suggests which font combinations to use for a particular type of app or website. For example, Merriweather and Libre … [Read more...]
11 Great Font Combinations For Your Next Design Project
One of the best ways to tell an amateur designer from a seasoned professional is by their font pairings. A good designer knows which fonts complement each other, and how to strike typographical balance by using contrast and hierarchy. Here's a list of 10 golden rules of typography that'll help you get it right. If you're looking for examples of good font pairings, Kalypso … [Read more...]
Jennifer Lopez’s Iconic Green Dress Inspired Google To Come Up With Image Search
Jennifer Lopez's green Versace dress at the 2000 Grammy Awards not only set a new benchmark in fashion but also altered the course of digital innovation. This iconic dress, known for its daring plunge and vibrant print, made Versace a household name, and led to Lopez becoming one of the most glamorous icons of the red carpet. After the event, images of Lopez in the green … [Read more...]
This Free Online Tool Resizes Any Image To Over 50 Sizes In Just One Click
The team at video editing app Promo has come up with a useful online tool that resizes any image to over 50 web and social media sizes with the click of a button. Simply upload your image or enter its url, and the app gives you a preview of what your image will look like across different formats like profile photos, cover photos, stories, newsfeed images, ads, email headers, … [Read more...]
This Brilliant Free Tool Is Like Google Search For Colors
Swedish digital studio Future Memories has launched an excellent tool called Picular that lets you search for colors by keyword and displays a range of colors based on the top 20 Google Image search results for that keyword. For example, if you search for ‘ocean’, Picular analyzes the top 20 Google Images for ‘ocean’ and displays the most prominent color in each image and … [Read more...]
5 Trendy Google Font Combinations For Your Next Design Project
In our previous posts, we've shared some great Google Font combinations and free font collections that you can use in your designs. If you're looking for some more trendy and modern pairings of Google Fonts, have a look at this compilation from digital product company Great Simple Studio. They've also created a series of mockups to offer previews of what the fonts look like in … [Read more...]
Designer Brilliantly Explains Why Google’s Geometrically Flawed Logo Is Not A Design Error
Google’s iconic “G” logo may appear clean and balanced at first glance, but a closer inspection reveals surprising geometric irregularities. The logo isn't a perfect circle, and its colorful arcs don’t seamlessly align—subtle design choices that have sparked debate among designers and enthusiasts alike. While some argue these imperfections contribute to a more visually … [Read more...]
Google Creates Algorithm That Removes Watermarks From Stock Photos
Watermarks are used to mark and protect the copyright of millions of images on the web. They are extensively used by stock image services in their image previews and are usually added with low opacity so that the image content is still visible. Removing a watermark from a single image can be extremely challenging specially if the background is complex. … [Read more...]
Cool, Disney-Style Animations Of Logos Of Popular Social Networks
The students at Motion Design School in Kharkov (Ukraine) have come up with a series of gorgeous animations of logos of popular social networks, messaging platforms, and portfolio sites. The list includes Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google, Pinterest, Snapchat, Skype, Reddit, Tumblr, Flickr, Behance, Dribbble, Slack, and Telegram. The challenge was to create the … [Read more...]
Google AutoDraw Turns Your Rough Scribbles Into Beautiful Icons For Free
Google's latest A.I. experiment is a web-based drawing tool called AutoDraw that converts your rough scribbles and doodles into beautiful, symmetrical icons/clipart that you can download for free. It works on your phone, computer or tablet and uses artificial intelligence to guess and suggest a more polished icon or symbol to replace your drawing. … [Read more...]
IKEA Renamed Its Products After Common Google Searches About Relationship Problems
IKEA's products have always been inspired by how people live in the real world. They wanted to remind people that their products can solve or improve a variety of everyday problems. These days, most of us turn to the internet for answers when problems arise. To prove that IKEA can be a part of the solution, Swedish agency Åkestam Holst came up with a campaign titled Retail … [Read more...]
10 Great Google Font Combinations For Your Next Design Project
Designers often spend a lot of time deciding which typefaces to pair up and most sites just give one-sentence examples that don't offer a real preview of what the text will look like. To make life easier for everyone, the team at Milo Themes has created a set of mock-ups that show different Google Font combinations for headline and body copy. They've used filler text from … [Read more...]
15 Great Google Font Combinations For Your Next Design Project
Designers often spend a lot of time deciding which typefaces to pair up and most sites just give one-sentence examples that don't offer a real preview of what the text will look like. To make life easier for everyone, the team at Milo Themes has created a set of mock-ups that show different Google Font combinations for headline and body copy. They've used filler text from … [Read more...]
Turn Your Phone Into A Lightsaber With This Mind-Blowing Google Chrome Experiment
Google, in collaboration with Disney, has come up with an epic Chrome Experiment to promote the latest Star Wars movie The Force Awakens. The company launched Lightsaber Escape, a website that lets you use your smartphone as a lightsaber so you can battle Stormtroopers in your computer's browser. It's a cool, engaging experience, even if you aren't a Star Wars fan. Just follow … [Read more...]
Android’s Latest Ad Shows Unlikely Animal Friendships And Is Absolutely Adorable
In less than a week, Android's latest ad titled "Friends Furever" has amassed over 7.8 million views and 330k Facebook shares. The 1:02 spot is a mashup of video clips that show unlikely animal pairings (dog-dolphin, hippo-sheep, monkey-horse, etc.) with 'Oo-De-Lally' from Disney’s Robin Hood playing in the background. The tagline at the end reminds you to "Be Together. Not the … [Read more...]
Air Conditioner Manufacturer Makes $4 Million Using Google Maps To Provide Sunlight-Based Discounts
In partnership with the Buenos Aires Ministry of Urban Development and Google Maps technology, BGH Air Conditioners developed a cutting-edge software program that transformed sunlight into savings. By measuring the sun's impact on each home in Buenos Aires, the program offered significant discounts on new air conditioners based on the amount of sunlight exposure. … [Read more...]
Watch The Insane Amount Of Money Tech Companies Are Making Every Second
Penny Stocks Lab has come up with an incredible infographic that shows you how much money Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon and other technology companies are making every second. To give you an example, in the time it took to create this article, Apple had made more than $4 million in revenue, followed by Microsoft ($1.7 million), Amazon ($1.6 million) and Google … [Read more...]
Friends Separated During Indo-Pak Partition, Reunited By Google
"Partitions divide countries, friendships find a way" is the theme of Google's emotional new ad campaign promoting unity and friendship between Indians and Pakistanis. The 5-ad campaign is lead by a 3:32 film titled Reunion that tells the story of two friends separated during the 1947 partition of India, now reunited by their grandchildren using a range of Google products like … [Read more...]
Why Page 2 Of Google Search Results Is The Best Place To Hide A Dead Body
There’s a long-running joke in the SEO world: “The best place to hide a dead body is page 2 of Google search results.” It gets a laugh, and a nod of agreement. Because the reality behind the punchline is brutal: almost no one clicks beyond the first page. In an age of instant answers and shrinking attention spans, users rarely scroll, let alone explore what's beyond the top … [Read more...]
An Interesting World Map Of The Most Visited Websites Per Country
Check out this insightful world map of the most popular websites per country/region. Neighboring countries with common top sites have been merged which is why some of them might appear distorted. While Google (red) dominates the west, Baidu (the Chinese equivalent of Google) dominates eastern Asia and parts of Europe. … [Read more...]
Internet For Everyone – The Technology Behind Google’s Project Loon
Google's Project Loon aims to provide internet access to everyone on the planet through a network of balloons travelling on the edge of space. The primary objective is to provide connectivity to rural and remote areas and help people get back online in disaster-hit sites. … [Read more...]
Symbols and Special Characters for Facebook, Twitter, Google Chat, Gmail etc.
Make your updates, tweets and mails stand out! Here's a comprehensive list of symbols and special characters for your posts, chat, mail and more. … [Read more...]