Google Inc.

Priscilla Dao Pham

Alexander Rybak

Alain Ayoub

Ezra Gorman

Vivek Sekhar

Alison Boncha

Marcus Lowe

Kathleen Ko

Lauren Stephens

A method includes receiving a wireless connection request at a backend computing device from a user device to allow wireless connection of the user device to a network through an access point located at a venue. The connection request includes a user identifier. The method includes validating the user identifier and granting wireless access of the user device to the access point when the user identifier is valid. The method further includes transmitting a venue-specific notification to the user device when the user device connects to the network.

Venue-specific wi-fi connectivity notifications

Implementations generally relate to providing images with notifications. In some implementations, a method includes generating a notification to a target user in a social network system. The method also includes selecting one or more of the images associated with the notification based on one or more predefined selection criteria. The method also includes cropping one or more of the selected images based on one or more predefined cropping criteria. The method also includes causing the cropped images to be displayed with the notification.

Providing images with notifications

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