April 28th, 2009 | by Google Docs | published in Google Docs
When working on a spreadsheet together with others, sometimes it’s handy to allow some people to modify specific sheets but restrict them from modifying other sheets.Today we’ve added sheet protection – an additional layer of control over who can edit …
April 28th, 2009 | by Research Admin | published in Google Research
Posted by Vinton Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist[adapted from the speech given on the occasion of the honoris causa ceremonyat the Universidad Politecnico de Madrid]The Internet is largely a software artifact and a layered one as my distinguished colle…
April 28th, 2009 | by Andy McFadden | published in Google Android
Android 1.5 introduced a number of new features that application developers can take advantage of, like virtual input devices and speech recognition. As a developer, you need to be aware of backward compatibility issues on older devices—do you want …
April 27th, 2009 | by Mike Marchak | published in Google Code
The Visualization API is about charts and visualizations, so we try to push out new features and options to our growing list of charts every several weeks or so.Here are a few examples of recently launched charting options and additions:Lots of customi…
April 27th, 2009 | by Parkie | published in Google Analytics
The Motion Charts feature seems like an advanced tool, but it’s actually designed for Analytics users at all levels. It’s useful for spotting trends and relationships amongst individual variables when your visits may look flat as an aggregated set of d…
April 27th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Alexander Macgillivray, Associate General Counsel for Products and Intellectual PropertyLast October, we announced a settlement agreement regarding Google Book Search that resolves class action lawsuits first filed in 2005 by the Authors Guil…
April 27th, 2009 | by Dan Morrill | published in Google Android
I admit, I’ve been talking big about Google I/O in my last few posts. But I’m entirely serious: Google I/O is going to be the Android developer event of the year, no doubt about it. I want to take a few minutes to explain why.The most exciting aspect, …
April 27th, 2009 | by Google News Blog | published in Google News
Posted by Jack Hebert, Software EngineerGoogle News aggregates stories from over 25,000 news sources updated continuously. Starting today, we’re offering users an additional channel to follow the news by posting links to top stories as they become avai…
April 27th, 2009 | by Maile Ohye | published in Google Webmaster Central
We’ve been tracking the growth of Sitemaps on the web. It’s been just 2 years since Google, Yahoo and Microsoft co-announced the Sitemaps directive in robots.txt, and it is already supported in many millions of websites including educational and govern…
April 27th, 2009 | by Mike Marchak | published in Google Code
Heads up, early registration for Google I/O ends May 1. After this Friday, the rates increase $100 and even worse, you’ll lose out on your Google Chrome Comic book.Google I/O will feature 80+ sessions that cover Android, HTML5, App Engine, Chrome, AJA…
April 27th, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Right whales, once abundant, are now on the endangered species list. Working with non-profit organizations and the general public, NOAA works to monitor the whereabouts of these whales through their Sighting Advisory System. This kind of informati…
April 27th, 2009 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
We’re excited to announce the launch of Google for Advertisers. Google for Advertisers is a place where we’ve brought together information about the broad range of our marketing solutions — and where you can explore and discover the combination of too…
April 27th, 2009 | by Research Admin | published in Google Research
Posted by Alfred Spector, VP Research and Special InitiativesI just returned from giving a talk at the 18th World Wide Web Conference in Madrid and was pleased to see a healthy and dynamic conference despite difficult economic conditions. Madrid had be…
April 27th, 2009 | by Xavier Ducrohet, Android SDK Tech Lead | published in Google Android
I’ve got some good news today: the Android 1.5 SDK, release 1 is ready! Grab it from the download page.For an overview of the new Android 1.5 features, see the 1.5 release notes page in our developer site.I am also happy to let you know that our partne…
April 27th, 2009 | by Eddy | published in Google Conversions
Do you want to start improving your website performance using Website Optimiser, but just don’t know where to begin? If so we’ve got the resource for you.We have just released The Beginners Guide to Website Optimiser. This guide takes you through every…