Now playing: developer-created videos
February 18th, 2009 | by Mike Marchak | published in Google Code
By Christine Tsai, Google Developer ProgramsIn the last few months, we’ve posted videos of developers sharing how they built their applications with Google developer tools and technologies. These included developers building their AJAX front-ends with …
Google Maps on Verizon’s BlackBerry Storm now uses GPS for My Location
February 18th, 2009 | by Ryan Pollock | published in Google Mobile
If you own a BlackBerry Storm on Verizon Wireless, we encourage you to download a brand new version of Google Maps for mobile that utilizes the Storm’s internal GPS. The Storm is the first Verizon BlackBerry that makes it possible for My Location to a…
Stay in sync
February 18th, 2009 | by miriam | published in Google Student Blog
Because we know that you’re busy and active, we wanted to let you know about a recent update to Google Sync that will help you keep organized on the go. Now you can get all of your calendar and contact information — for your personal or school account…
Today in History: Pluto Is Discovered, Huck Finn Goes Rafting
February 18th, 2009 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
Pluto is discovered 79 years ago and is then declared not a planet in 2006. Lonelygirl15 ponders this and helps the celestial body “adjust to a new peer group”:Huckleberry Finn is first published in the U.S. in 1885. Tommyandtimmy condense the novel in…
Your Thoughts on the Stimulus? Here’s Your Direct Line to Congress
February 18th, 2009 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
A month ago, we announced that Congress has come to YouTube – you can now find your Senator’s and Representative’s YouTube channels at the Senate Hub and the House Hub. Now, we’re making it even easier for you to engage with your leaders and tell them …
February 17th, 2009 | by Jeff Gillis | published in Google Analytics
Today’s post covers a more advanced topic, two low cost integrations with Google Analytics. The first is offline phone tracking, and the second is tracking live chat with your customers. Both integrations protect your account privacy – neither one in…
We’d love to hear your feedback
February 17th, 2009 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Because your opinion matters to us, we’ve put together a short survey so you can tell us how we’re doing and what you’d like to see more of on the Inside AdWords blog. We hope you’ll take the time to let us know what’s on your mind — click to give us …
What’s New for iPhone
February 17th, 2009 | by Jason Toff | published in Google Mac Blog
By Jason Toff, Google Mac TeamOver the past few weeks, a number of enhancements have been made to Google’s offerings for the iPhone. We wanted to highlight some of those improvements here.Google Sync BetaGoogle Sync allows you to get your Gmail C…
Three Ways to Accelerate Your Social Media Efforts
February 17th, 2009 | by Sally Cole | published in Google DoubleClick
Think you have social media checked off on your marketing plan because you have a blog, podcast, vodcast and active forum? Think again. Now that you’ve hit your stride with social media, it’s time to accelerate the conversation by drawing in new partic…
1000 is the new 10
February 17th, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Ever wish you could see more than just ten local search results at once? Us too.So we’ve added a search layer for local search results that activates when there are more relevant results than we can show on one page. Instead of just plotting the first …
The Google Search Appliance: Providing Timely Information about the Peanut Product Recall
February 17th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Enterprise
Editor’s note: We always value learning how our customers use our products to meet critical business needs. Here’s a case where those needs were especially critical. The FDA recently mobilized website search, powered by the Google Search Appliance (GSA…
A completely new Gadget Designer
February 17th, 2009 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
A new and improved Google Desktop Gadget Designer is out, with a couple of major new features. The Designer editor now includes autocompletion support and function call tips for the Google Desktop Gadget API and the JavaScript language.
You can start autocompletion by typing the “.” key or pressing Ctrl+Space. A list appears that displays objects, methods, properties, events, and constants to choose from, along with visual indicators to help you distinguish between them. Non-object related variables and functions are also dynamically recognized as you type them, and you’ll see autocompletion suggestions based on your current scope. The following screenshot shows how Designer displays autocompletion suggestions for view
object properties and methods that start with “s”.
Call tips display function prototypes and short descriptions. They appear when you type an opening brace “(” or press Shift+Space. The following screenshot shows the call tip for the view.setInterval()
method.
We sincerely hope that these new features will save you a lot of time while developing gadgets, making it that much more fun to bring your ideas to life. Please download the latest SDK and try out the new Gadget Designer.
Posted by Paneendra Ba, Software Engineer (Google Desktop Team)
A completely new Gadget Designer
February 17th, 2009 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
A new and improved Google Desktop Gadget Designer is out, with a couple of major new features. The Designer editor now includes autocompletion support and function call tips for the Google Desktop Gadget API and the JavaScript language.You can start a…
AdWords API Developer Docs: Now in Chinese and Japanese!
February 17th, 2009 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
It’s easy to write code using the AdWords API in the programming language of your choice, thanks to all of our client libraries. But when it comes to written language, you’re more constrained–our recent developer documentation has only been maintained…
AdWords Downtime: February 21, 10am-2pm PST
February 17th, 2009 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
We’ll be performing routine system maintenance on Saturday, February 21 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…