Adrienne McCallister

Google Partnerships by day; Musical, hysterical, visual, viral, virtual, augmented, digital, political & occasional personal ramble by night

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Ken Paxton is throwing everything he has at us.

He’s called me a radical leftist. He’s called me a fake Christian. He’s even called me a vegan!

I’m an 8th generation Texan — I've been eating BBQ since before Ken Paxton’s first indictment.

[Sankew @Sankew06]

today I learnt that you can technically use Circle to Search on iOS via Google Chrome💀

I guess it’s time to switch from Safari to Chrome on iOS

[Android @Android]

Ready, press, Gemini! Long press the power button on your Samsung Galaxy device to launch your personal AI assistant. And, get 6 months of the Google One AI Premium Plan at no charge on the @SamsungMobile Galaxy S25 devices.

[Jeff Dean @JeffDean]

Introducing Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, an experimental model that explicitly shows its thoughts.

Built on 2.0 Flash’s speed and performance, this model is trained to use thoughts to strengthen its reasoning.

And we see promising results when we increase inference time computation!

[Parisa Tabriz @laparisa]

Wallpaper apps recommending browser settings? Windows is getting weird... 🙄

[Parisa Tabriz @laparisa]

Seen in London 😉

[Rick Osterloh @rosterloh]

This is an important milestone and we applaud @Apple for taking this first step in improving messaging on iOS with RCS. We look forward to working with them as they introduce new features and add more carriers and regions. #RCS #Android
https://t.co/jblrBvNCQa

[Google Workspace @GoogleWorkspace]

.@MCuban and @CostPlusDrugs are achieving their mission to provide low-cost, high-quality pharmaceuticals to everyone thanks to a stellar team and best-in-class collaboration tools. That’s why they’re using Gemini for #GoogleWorkspace. → https://t.co/czh71fVT69

[Parisa Tabriz @laparisa]

Yuck! I’ve lost track of all the ways Microsoft makes it hard for Windows users to install and use third party browsers and search engines.🤮👎

[Parisa Tabriz @laparisa]

The @verge team has nicely chronicled some of these tactics by @MicrosoftEdge too: https://t.co/3WgKMQOZh7 [3/3]

[Parisa Tabriz @laparisa]

Here’s an example from just this week! 🧐 https://t.co/GNA74fit8f via @TheRegister [2/3]

[Parisa Tabriz @laparisa]

Kudos to @harrybr @Cennydd for shedding light on so many frustrating tactics from @MicrosoftEdge that undermine and inhibit user choice & innovation by other browsers [1/3]

[Adrienne McCallister @AdrienneMMcC]

We are thrilled to be partnering with Verizon to bring modern, secure, useful and fun messaging for consumers and businesses alike. #googlemessages

[Sundar Pichai @sundarpichai]

In the latest version of @googlechrome, generative AI features make it easier to get things done on the web: keep your tabs organized, get help when you’re writing something online, and customize your Chrome background with AI-based prompts. https://t.co/EXyH1zLMHH

[Kristin Song @kristinsong3]

My name is Kristin Song.

On January 31, 2018, my son Ethan was shot in the head in his best friend's house. The father/gun owner stored 3 handguns and ammunition in a shoebox. Ethan's friend had been accessing the guns for over 6 months.

At the hospital, the ER doctor slid down the wall, put his head in his hands, and whispered, "Your son is gone." At that instant, all I knew, loved and trusted was imploded into a million tiny pieces.

I begged to say goodbye to my beautiful boy. I wanted to kiss his forehead, tell him how cherished he was, and tuck him in one last time. But the doctor begged me to remember Ethan as he was, you see, he was unrecognizable even to my eyes.

The day before Thanksgiving in 2018, the prosecutor told me she would not charge the negligent gun owner, and if I wanted negligent gun owners to be held accountable, I would have to change the law.

So I did.

6 months later, Connecticut passed Ethan's Law, which requires gun owners to secure their weapons if children can gain access.

Then, I learned that so many states stood silent on this issue, so in 2019, I turned my attention to passing Ethan's Law nationally. I met with over 400 congressional offices, 130 of them Republican.

In 2022, Ethan's Law was passed in the House of Representatives as part of the Safer Communities Act. Sadly, it was not picked up in the final package.

When the Democrats lost the House of Representatives in 2023, I pivoted to passing safe gun storage laws in the States. As a result, Michigan, New Mexico, and Maryland passed safe storage laws.

Currently, I am working with 5 states to pass Ethan's Law.

I am emotionally and mentally exhausted, but I will not stop until there is a cultural shift in this country where it becomes second nature to secure your weapons around unsupervised children.

If you believe in protecting children from gun violence, please follow and repost.

[Sundar Pichai @sundarpichai]

Thanks to the more than 1 billion active users who have enabled RCS in Google Messages! To celebrate, we're introducing new features to Google Messages, including Photomoji. Excited to use one of my dog Jeffree:) https://t.co/4FUF6UbzzC

[Adrienne McCallister @AdrienneMMcC]

So incredible to see this milestone achieved - over 1B RCS messages users on Google Messages. An amazing communication app, now packed with even more helpful, fun, expressive features. Quite a journey to get here, but I couldn't be more proud of the team. #googlemessages

[Android @Android]

Google Messages has reached a major milestone with over one billion users now using RCS 🎉 To celebrate, we're introducing 7 new fun features to express yourself → https://t.co/9o25ITXDwt

[Hiroshi Lockheimer @lockheimer]

Everybody should have secure and modern messaging without worrying what kind of phone they’re texting to. So glad to see Apple joining our ongoing work with the GSMA on RCS to make texting better for all! 🙏

https://t.co/C2eS2OeNxc

[Adrienne McCallister @AdrienneMMcC]

@tidemarkcap @Google @avanishsahai @avanishsahai thanks for having me on your brilliant podcast! Always great to chat with you! Keep up the great conversations... I always learn a ton.

[tidemark @tidemarkcap]

We are thrilled to share a new Platform Journey episode with you this week featuring @AdrienneMMcC, VP of Global Partnerships, Workspace & Messaging at @Google!

@avanishsahai and Adrienne delve into a great discussion on the development of the ecosystem at Google Workspace, which is a suite of communication and collaboration tools to help people be more productive, including Google Meet, Gmail, and Google Drive.

Their conversation covers:
➡ Changes in the productivity space that have impacted Workspace’s platform strategy

➡Balancing product and ecosystem developments while you scale

➡Taking a principle-based approach to building a platform

And much more. You can find the full episode below!

https://t.co/ZUqkcLb2by