Farewell Onsite Advertiser Sign-up
December 12th, 2007 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
We have high standards for the services we offer, which means we constantly reevaluate existing features to ensure they are effective as the AdSense product continues to expand.Our recent findings indicate that the Onsite Advertiser Sign-up feature, wh…
December 12th, 2007 | by Alyssa | published in Google Checkout
Posted by Gavin Chan, Product Marketing ManagerAs you merchants out there may know, we originally planned to transition back to Checkout’s standard fee structure on January 1. Considering how busy this time of the year is for you, we’re extending our f…
December 12th, 2007 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
Posted by Marcus Foster, Product Manager, Google mobile team, LondonA few months ago we released a mobile version of Google Calendar. I find it incredibly useful, especially when traveling and running from one meeting to the next. I know that wherever …
December 12th, 2007 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
Posted by Joe Walnes, Software Engineer, Google mobile team in LondonI was sitting in the pub recently (I’m a Brit, it’s what I do), and I wanted to show my friend a photo of the sunset I saw on my honeymoon. I pulled out my phone and started typing i…
Picasa Web Albums on the iPhone
December 12th, 2007 | by Picasa Team | published in Google Photos (Picasa)
Posted by Karen Groenink, User Experience DesignerIf you’ve ever picked up an iPhone, you know that it’s great for showing off digital photos. iPhones have a high-resolution screen that’s big, bright, and crisp, and a first-class web browser that supp…
Let’s get this Shindig started
December 12th, 2007 | by Dan Peterson, Product Manager | published in Google OpenSocial
Posted by Dan Peterson, Product ManagerWe’re thrilled to tell you the initial commit to the Shindig repository is in. This is the first of many steps towards providing infrastructure for those wishing to host OpenSocial apps on their websites. In case …
Writing Gadgets with Google Mashup Editor
December 11th, 2007 | by Brian Shih | published in Google Gadgets
Posted by Brian Shih, Google Gadgets TeamDo you use the Google Mashup Editor? Did you know you can use GME to create a mashup and then distribute it as a gadget on iGoogle, Google Desktop, and more? Jason Cooper, from the GME team, has a great article …
December 11th, 2007 | by Brian Shih | published in Google Gadgets
Posted by Brian Shih, Google Gadgets TeamDo you use the Google Mashup Editor? Did you know you can use GME to create a mashup and then distribute it as a gadget on iGoogle, Google Desktop, and more? Jason Cooper, from the GME team, has a great article …
December 11th, 2007 | by Alyssa | published in Google Checkout
Posted by Gavin Chan, Product Marketing ManagerWhen thinking about ways to help people use both Google Product Search and Google Checkout to do their holiday shopping this year, a few of us from these teams decided to have a little fun. The result is a…
Go, go Book Search gadgets
December 11th, 2007 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Frances Haugen, Associate Product ManagerI like to think that I have the best job at Google Book Search. As a product manager focusing on the exposure and exploration of the Book Search index, I get to work every day on initiatives to help pe…
Statz 0.8.5
December 11th, 2007 | by Scott Knaster | published in Google Mac Blog
By Dave MacLachlan, Mac TeamIt’s barely been a week since we launched Statz on the Google Mac Developer Playground, and it’s already seen a couple of major updates. The new version now supports Ircle, Snak, Conversation, Twitter and Tumblr on top of t…
Happy Jollidays
December 11th, 2007 | by Paul McDonald | published in Google App Engine
Posted by Jason Cooper, Google Mashup Editor TeamYes, December has arrived once again, bringing the holiday season along with it. The holidays have always been a time of nippy weather and bustling storefronts, of togetherness and celebration — a truly…
Happy Jollidays
December 11th, 2007 | by Paul McDonald | published in Google App Engine
Posted by Jason Cooper, Google Mashup Editor TeamYes, December has arrived once again, bringing the holiday season along with it. The holidays have always been a time of nippy weather and bustling storefronts, of togetherness and celebration — a truly…
Candidates at Google: Chris Dodd
December 11th, 2007 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Derek Slater, Policy AnalystThough Senator Chris Dodd may not be attracting the same crowds as other presidential candidates, he has made his mark on the campaign trail with voters like myself who consider the protection of civil liberties to…
Senate testimony: Our efforts to better connect citizens to government
December 11th, 2007 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Policy Counsel, and Liz Eraker, Policy AnalystLast month we blogged about a big step forward towards making U.S. government more accessible to its citizens: the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s appro…