Put your city on the (3D) map.
March 5th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Bruce Polderman, Product ManagerWith our new Google Cities in 3D Program, we’ve made it easier for communities to “get themselves on the map”. The program provides a way for local governments to share whatever 3D data they have, allowing them…
AdWords system maintenance on March 8th
March 5th, 2008 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
On Saturday, March 8th, the AdWords system will be unavailable from approximately 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. PST due to our regularly scheduled maintenance. While you won’t be able to sign in to your accounts during this time, your campaigns will continue to ru…
March 5th, 2008 | by Peter Harbison | published in Google Orkut
Posted by Lane LiaBraaten, Developer ProgramsThe orkut user base is an expressive and lively bunch. Knowing how users interact with orkut (and each other) will help you improve the reliability and user experience of your apps. In this first installme…
5.5: Out of beta and localized
March 5th, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer (Google Desktop Team)Don’t miss Satish Sampath’s post on the Inside Google Desktop blog. Satish is in charge of the Desktop Gadget API (the post lists his title as Gadget Master :), and it’s interesting to see …
Benchmarking now available plus additional opt-in settings
March 5th, 2008 | by Jeff Gillis | published in Google Analytics
We’re happy to announce the launch of two related new Google Analytics features: a beta version of industry benchmarking and a data-sharing settings page. Both are designed to give our customers more choice and better control over their data. We are al…
To be(ta) or not to be
March 5th, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Satish Sampath, Gadget MasterIn October 2007 we released Google Desktop 5.5 (beta), which enabled you to use hundreds of useful desktop gadgets on your iGoogle homepage. I’ve been one of the happy gadget fans myself. Since I work in a team sp…
Google Gadgets: Nine New Languages
March 5th, 2008 | by Scott Knaster | published in Google Mac Blog
By Chris Hawk, Google Mac Team, and Shannon Shaper, Localization SpecialistIn November we announced Google Gadgets for the Mac. Today we’re thrilled to follow up with its release in nine more languages. For the linguistically curious, we’re now shippin…
Google.org Calls on U.S. Congress to Support Renewable Energy
March 5th, 2008 | by Katy Bacon | published in Google.org
Posted by Michael Terrell, Program Manager, Google.orgYesterday Google.org, along with representatives from the business and venture capital community, called on the U.S. Congress and the Bush Administration to work together to quickly approve extensio…
2 hidden ways to get more from your Gmail address
March 5th, 2008 | by R S | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Robby Stein, Associate Product Marketing ManagerI recently discovered some little-known ways to use your Gmail address that can give you greater control over your inbox and save you some time and headache. When you choose a Gmail address, you…
CSSJanus: Helping i18n and LTR to RTL
March 4th, 2008 | by Leslie Hawthorn | published in Google Open Source
By Dion Almaer, Google Developer ProgramsHave you ever been asked “but what about a Hebrew version?” Lindsey Simon has, so he decided to write a tool that would help with the task.CSSJanus is CSS parser utility designed to aid the conversion of a websi…
PyCon 2008
March 4th, 2008 | by api.rboyd | published in Google Code
Posted by Jeff Scudder, Google Data APIs TeamIf you’re interested in Python, you might have already heard about PyCon, the annual conference for the Python community. The conference is a great chance to meet other Python programmers, learn new techniqu…
Custom Search on Google Help Centers
March 4th, 2008 | by Matt Wytock | published in Google Custom Search
Posted by: Christine Moschella, Online OperationsCustom Search Engines (CSEs) are powerful tools for searching over the pages of your site, as well as providing links to your favorite resources across the web. Because they provide great search function…
March 4th, 2008 | by Peter Harbison | published in Google Orkut
Posted by Arne Roomann-Kurrik, Developer ProgramsLike Oscar Goldman says, “We can rebuild it. We have the technology.” The orkut developer’s guide has just undergone a major revision to match the current state of the orkut sandbox. We’ve made the fo…
AdWords Downtime: March 8, 10am-2pm PST
March 4th, 2008 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
We’ll be performing routine system maintenance on Saturday, March 8 from approximately 10:00am to 2:00pm PST. You won’t be able to access AdWords or the API during this time frame, but your ads will continue to run as normal.Cheers,-Jeffrey Posnick, Ad…
March 4th, 2008 | by Dick Wall, Developer Advocate | published in Google Android
We are pleased to announce that a new open source project has been created on Google code hosting called apps-for-android. Our goal is to share some sample applications that demonstrate different aspects of the Android platform.
The first application …