Official Google Canada Blog: January 2014

Hey Canada, time for you to vote for your favourite doodle!

Friday, January 31, 2014

2014 Doodle 4 Google Canada regional finalists are inif I could invent anything, I would invent?guest judgesyour vote

Posted by Wendy Bairos, Google Communications Team

Chrome + LEGO: You can build whatever you like

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Cross-Posted from Google Official BlogLEGOR Build with ChromeWebGLoriginally built by a team in AustraliawackyGoogle+ accountThe LEGOR MOVIETM Chrome for Android support for WebGLbig fans of LEGOGoogle+Posted by Adrian Soghoian, Product Marketing Manager and Beginning Builder

YouTube launches new Video Quality Report in Canada

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

what the Fox sayslove of online videostrong broadband accessVideo Quality Report
All ISPs quote their peak speeds in megabits per second, but what does having a high Mbps rate actually mean for your experience? Current online speed tests only measure the speed it takes to transfer data from the ISP servers closest to your doorstep, and these last-mile measurements don’t always accurately reflect how quickly your favourite sites actually load online.a truly fast internet connection means you should expect your favourite sites and apps to work smoothly, even when streaming high-definition content.

If your ISP can consistently deliver HD-quality video (a resolution of at least 720p) without buffering or interruptions, we consider it HD Verified.

If you can watch videos in Standard Definition (a resolution of at least 360p), your ISP is delivering Standard Definition performance.

If videos load slowly or suffer frequent interruptions, even at resolutions lower than 360p, your ISP is delivering Lower Definition performance.

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Posted by Jason Gaedtke, Engineering Director, and Jay Akkad, Product Manager, YouTube

Introducing YouTube's Canadian Collab Participants

Thursday, January 16, 2014

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Andypandy311 and Gunnarolla

Marblemediakids and Themfridayrants

Cynicallytested and Wakeupfast

PlayfightVFX and Gakattack

Uruguayolncoherent and Borderlineforfoods

NEthingMedia and Funtimeinternet

TheSeanWardShow and GakAttack

onehundredjobs, Weareytube, justeyeballit, RussellDreck, Gettingtocomfy, Blasianquita and 3pactvhd

VeraRaponzel, NorthernBelleRogue and TheSeanWardShow

Time and equipment usage in Pie in the Sky's production facility.

YouTube promotion at video launch

Personalized audience development and production training sessions with YouTube NextLab.

Posted by Amy Singer, Head of Canadian Content Partnerships, YouTube

Alberta and Saskatchewan facing worst flu season in years according to Google Flu Trends

Friday, January 3, 2014

Last year, it seemed like much of Canada was feeling a bit achey, sneezy and feverish as the country faced one of its worst flu seasons in recent years. Unfortunately, the diagnosis for 2014 isn’t looking much better - especially for residents of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Google Flu Trend analysis, based on aggregated search data, show flu activity is intensifying across Canada, with Flu-related searches in Alberta and Saskatchewan already outpacing last year’s peak.

Health Canada’s FluWatch reported that cases of influenza increased in December. And while the 2013-2014 flu season appears to have started a few weeks later than last year, the current trajectory of search activity suggests that more Canadians may soon be feeling under the weather.

About Google Flu Trends

In 2007, a small team of engineers began to explore ways of accurately modeling real-world phenomena using patterns in search queries. We have found a close relationship between how many people search for flu-related topics and how many people actually have flu symptoms. Of course, not every person who searches for "flu" is actually sick, but a pattern emerges when all the flu-related search queries are added together. We compared our query counts with traditional flu surveillance systems and found that many search queries tend to be popular exactly when flu season is happening. By counting how often we see these search queries, we can estimate how much flu is circulating in different countries and regions around the world. Our results have been published in the journal Nature.

Flu Trends tracks and analyzes terms to provide estimates of flu activity in near real-time for 29 countries based on an analysis of large groups of certain search queries. Our estimates can be viewed on the Google Flu Trends website.

Posted by Aaron Brindle, Google Canada

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