April 1st, 2008 | by Aaron Boodman | published in Google Gears
Posted by Aaron Boodman, Gears EngineerAs of yesterday, it is possible to use Google Docs offline. We’ve all been working on this for a while now, and I think sometimes we take it for granted. A web-based word processor you can use without an internet …
April 1st, 2008 | by Google Docs | published in Google Adwords
We’re proud to announce a new member of the AdWords family — Frank the hand turkey. You may remember Frank from previous blog posts, and as of today, Frank will be the official mascot of Google AdWords. As part of our continuing efforts to improve the…
April 1st, 2008 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
We’re happy to announce the launch of AdSense for conversations, a new type of monetization solution that “puts the ‘context’ in contextual advertising”. Now, in just a few simple steps, you can begin displaying ads that are relevant to the topics you’…
April 1st, 2008 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Senior Policy Counsel, and Keith Wolfe, Global Mobility ManagerToday marks the annual deadline for employers to submit their H-1B visa applications for 2009. Last year, more than 150,000 applications were submitted in just two …
April 1st, 2008 | by Pete | published in Google Blogger Buzz
Update: This was an April Fools Day post. :)Today we’d like to offer you a sneak peek at an exciting new product we’ve been working on: Google Weblogs.Since Google bought Pyra Labs in 2002, we’ve been dreaming, planning, and implementing the next…
April 1st, 2008 | by Picasa Team | published in Google Photos (Picasa)
Posted by Thomas the bear on behalf of the Picasa teamIt has been speculated that Google has a history of leg-pulling around this time of year. In the spirit of silliness, we wanted to share a warm and fuzzy true story about how a bear named Thomas mad…
April 1st, 2008 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Nathan Naze, Software EngineerIn the process of scanning and storing images of pages from over a million books, we’ve benefited from the fact that the book is, generally speaking, a relatively uniform medium. Most books are a bound collectio…
April 1st, 2008 | by Brian Hutchins | published in Google Talk
Here at Google, we’re committed to helping build a clean energy future and reducing our carbon footprint. And now Google Talk is part of the solution. We don’t know about you, but we were surprised to learn the inconvenient truth that every character (…