Official Google Canada Blog: March 2018

Putting Mario on the Map

Friday, March 9, 2018

We know a true Mario fan when we see one. They hum the Ground Theme on repeat, daydream about collecting gold coins and 1-UPs, and want nothing more than to traverse the Mushroom Kingdom with Luigi, Toad, and Yoshi to rescue Princess Peach from the evil Bowser.
To celebrate our favorite mustachioed plumber-turned-racer on his special day - MAR10 Day - we’ve collaborated with the team at Nintendo to let Mario accompany you on all of your driving adventures on Google Maps this week. To get started, you’ll need to first update your app from Google Play or the App Store. Next, simply click on the yellow “?” icon found on the bottom right of your Google Maps app on Android or iOS. You’ll then see a prompt to enable Mario Time!

Once enabled, you’ll see that the navigation arrow has morphed into - who else? - Mario, who will be a constant companion wherever you’re driving this week - to work, to school, or the spaghetti house. Just remember to practice safe driving on the road - we don’t encourage throwing bananas or red shells at other drivers in real life!

Ready to take a drive with Mario? Take a screenshot of your route and share it with @GoogleMaps on Twitter and Instagram with the hashtag #MarioMaps. Let's-a go!

Cryptography, Cloud and Equality: a Q&A with Google Security expert Maya Kaczorowski

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Note from the editor: What do Julie Payette, Indira Samarasekera and Jenni Sidey have in common? They are just some of Canada’s fierce female masterminds who’ve graduated in the field of either science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) and who continue to impact our society. We already have plenty of talent in Canada. However, we are not turning out enough computer science graduates to keep up with demand, especially not enough women. It's never been more critical that we give our young girls the tools they need to become the technology builders of tomorrow. One of the ways we can better equip them, is by exposing young women to how their future studies could directly apply in the real world and make them aware of the exciting career opportunities in STEM. In the hopes of doing just that, we’ve sat down for an interview with one of own trailblazers, Montrealer Maya Kaczorowski, a Product Manager at Google in Security & Privacy.

Can you tell us about your current role at Google and how you got here? What’s your educational background?Can you tell us what motivated you to pursue a career in science and technology? What challenges did you face as a woman during your studies and then throughout the course of your career?Why is now a great time for women to pursue careers in tech?Why are women uniquely qualified to excel in some of these leadership roles? What advice would you have for other women considering following a career in science and tech? What do you think would encourage more women to pursue studies in science and technology?

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Putting Mario on the Map

Cryptography, Cloud and Equality: a Q&A with Google Security expert Maya Kaczorowski

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