Doodle 4 Google competition to celebrate Canada's 150th Birthday

By Sonya Davidson

Google launches this year's Doodle 4 Google competition that invites kids across Canada to celebrate the country's 150th Birthday by redesiging the Google logo. Based on the theme "What I see for Canada's future...." the competiton offers entrants tens of thousands in prizing and a chance to be featured on Google.ca

"Doodle 4 Google is a chance for young Canadians to dream and think big. At Google, we are trying to make the future world a better place, by building new technologies, investing in initiatives and making the internet more accessible," said Google vice-president and Google Canada managing director, Sam Sebastian. "This year's competition is all about celebrating the future of Canada. We're excited to see how students imagine the next 150 years!"

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Google Assistant to come to Android Nougat and Marshmallow

The Google Assistant on the Samsung Galaxy S7, LG V20, and HTC 10

One of the biggest differentiators for Google Pixel and Home is now coming to more Android devices. Google just announced at Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona that starting this week smartphones running Android 7.0 Nougat and Android 6.0 Marshmallow will be getting Google Assistant. It’ll be coming first to English users in the U.S. and then those in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. German users will also be getting this in Germany soon. Google promises to add more languages over the coming year. So devices such as the just launched LG G6 will be getting Google Assistant.

Google Canada reveals top trending searches in 2016

The internet is definitely the first go-to for our inquiring minds. I'm probably "Googling" at least 10 times each and every day. Today, Google Canada reveals its Year in Search, which tells us about the hottest trends and the year's most significant events based on top searches that are uniquely Canadian. Here are some interesting findings, we've noted in Canada (we've only noted the top 5 in each category but there is pleny more for your searching curiousity)... Hit jump for the lowdown.

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Google collaborates with En Masse art collective for new Pixel cases and wallpapers

Customization is one of the key aspects of Google's Pixel smartphones with a variety of customizeable Live Cases and corresponding wallpapers available to make each Pixel look unique. Google has extended their customization to include orginial works from the Montreal-based En Masse art collective.

The new Artworks Live Case designed by EN MASSE, a multi-artist collaborative drawing project that explores the creation of highly spontaneous, large-scale collaborative black and white drawings and public installations.

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