As it faces down the long barrel of antitrust enforcers and a revenue slowdown, Google is taking pains to show it still innovates in its original core business.
Google's live-streamed search event on Thursday featured executives trying to convince viewers of its "helpfulness."
The company announced a burst of small updates to its core search product, including the ability to detect songs from humming and new tools to help students with homework. "There are more ways than ever to find information: news on Twitter, flights on Kayak and Expedia, restaurants on OpenTable, recommendations on Instagram and Pinterest and many others," said Raghavan, who took over search and several other products as part of a"There's never been more choice in competition than the ways people access information so we're humbled and honored that people continue to use Google because they find us helpful.
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