August 28th, 2008 | by Dion Almaer | published in Google Code
By Dion Almaer, Google Developer ProgramsCode Review is produced in a variety of formats, from text to audio (iTunes) and video.The last several days have been exciting. We are seeing great new technology that can enable us to do new things, and have o…
August 28th, 2008 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Prakash Chandran, User Experience DesignerSeemingly small improvements can make a surprisingly big difference to people who use our products every day. Take Google Calendar, where over the past few months we’ve made a bunch of little improvem…
August 28th, 2008 | by Mihai Parparita | published in Google Reader
Our friends on the Blogger team just launched Following. Blogger users can now “follow” blogs they like, giving them an easy way keep up with their favorite blogs, and allowing authors to see who their readership is.
Better yet, followed blogs also sh…
August 28th, 2008 | by Chris DiBona | published in Google Open Source
By Chris DiBona, Open Source TeamYou might remember that we recently removed the MPL from the list of licenses available to projects hosted on Google Code. We did this because we have been trying as a company to make a statement against open source lic…
August 27th, 2008 | by Sean | published in Google Blogger Buzz
Would you like to know who enjoys reading your blog? Or stay updated with your favorite blogs right from your Blogger dashboard? You can do those things and more with Blogger’s new Following feature. By following your blog, your readers tell you and…
August 27th, 2008 | by Pete | published in Google Blogger Buzz
The big news for this release is following, but we’ve snuck a few other fixes in since last time:As reported on Blogger Buster (and elsewhere), the 3rd party Add Widget API was broken. It has been fixed.The new button style appears clickable in all b…
August 27th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Looks like it’s time to replace that rickety compass with a few hundred of your favorite cattle. Ok, not that you would – but according to a team of German zoologists and the research they did using Google Earth, apparently you could. Using Google Ear…
August 27th, 2008 | by Kate Pacher | published in Google TV Ads Blog
Believe me, at Google, we get excited about advertisers’ online conversions. But at the same time, we recognize that a substantial amount of business still gets done the classic way: over the phone.So we’re excited to launch free Google Call reporting …
August 27th, 2008 | by John Thomas | published in Google Testing
Posted by John Thomas and Markus Clermont This is the second of a two part blog series titled ‘Taming the Beast : How to test AJAX applications’. In pa…
August 27th, 2008 | by Rich | published in Google CPG
Oreo’s is running on the homepage of YouTube today. They have a fun new video promoting the ongoing DSRL campaign. Featuring Serena and Venus Williams and the last 2 Super Bowl MVP’s, Eli and Peyton Manning perfectly timed with the start of the NFL sea…
August 27th, 2008 | by Dion Almaer | published in Google Code
By Elizabeth Yin, Google Developer ProgramsWe are excited to open registration for four more Google Developer Days in October in India, Italy, the Czech Republic, and Russia.October 18th — Bangalore, IndiaOctober 21st — Milan, ItalyOctober 24th — Pr…
August 27th, 2008 | by Misko | published in Google Testing
by Miško HeverySince I have gotten lots of love/hate mail on the Singletons are Pathological Liars and Where Have All the Singletons Gone I feel obliged to to do some root cause analysis.Lets get the definition right. There is Singleton the design pat…
August 27th, 2008 | by Dion Almaer | published in Google Code
By Dion Almaer, Google Developer ProgramsMark Lucovsky of the Google AJAX APIs team has written up a detailed article on how the 2008 U.S. Election site was created and implemented.A myriad of the AJAX APIs are used here. The election news comes from:A…
August 26th, 2008 | by Google Data | published in Google Apps
We recently made it easier to share embedded spreadsheets in Sites. Previously your spreadsheet had to be published to the world (or at least the domain) to be embedded, which gave less control over who could see and edit the document. Being able to …
August 26th, 2008 | by Reid Yokoyama | published in Google Webmaster Central
As a follow-up to my recent post about how user reports of webspam and paid links help improve Google’s search results for millions of users, I wanted to highlight one of the most essential parts of Google Webmaster Central: our Webmaster Help Group. W…