web2py support, new datastore backend for apps, and more!
May 11th, 2009 | by The App Engine Team | published in Google App Engine
It has been an exciting month and a half for App Engine since the last community update. In addition to two SDK updates, Cron support, new Java runtime, etc., there have been a host of noteworthy community developments as well, only a few of which are …
More emoticons in Gmail
May 11th, 2009 | by miriam | published in Google Student Blog
Good news for everyone who loves using emoticons in Gmail: there’s now a new Labs feature where you can find all kinds of new animated ways to spice up your email. To access them, simply go to the Labs tab under Settings and enable “Extra Emoji”. You’…
Eric Yam is my new favorite SketchUpper
May 11th, 2009 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Maybe it’s because I’m a huge space geek, or maybe it’s because I’m Canadian, but I find myself tickled pink about Eric Yam. The 16-year-old from Toronto just tied for the Grand Prize in the NASA Space Settlement Contest. Better yet, just about all of …
May 11th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
In February we invited U.S. kids to exercise their creativity by participating in our second annual Doodle 4 Google contest. In response, we received more than 28,000 doodles from kids representing all 50 states, a 70 percent increase from last year. I…
May 9th, 2009 | by Maile Ohye | published in Google Webmaster Central
Webmaster Level: AllIn a recent post on the Official Google Blog, we mentioned our Google Trends gadget, and we thought it made sense to also post something here for all the webmasters that might be interested in having Trends on their website. Google …
May 8th, 2009 | by Ellen Ko | published in Google Open Source
WebDriver is a clean, fast framework for automated testing of webapps. Why is it needed? And what problems does it solve that existing frameworks don’t address?For example, Selenium, a popular and well established testing framework is a wonderful tool …
May 8th, 2009 | by Trevor Claiborne | published in Google Website Optimizer
In Made to Stick, the authors warn us about the curse of knowledge. Simply stated, once we know something it’s hard to imagine us not knowing something.When looking at our websites, we know how they work. We know where to find the Add to Cart button. W…
May 8th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
When I was about three years old, my mom and I had a game. Mom would show me things around the house. “Look, Scotto, this is a picture,” she said. “Can you eat it?” I asked. “No, honey,” she said. “Look, Scotto, this is a flower.” “Can you eat it?” I s…
May 8th, 2009 | by The App Engine Team | published in Google App Engine
We’ve released version 1.2.2 of the App Engine SDK for Python. Some highlights from the release notes:
Urlfetch fetch now has support for user configurable deadlines.
Datastore indexes on single properties can now be disabled by setting indexed=Fa…
May 8th, 2009 | by Neel Kshetramade | published in Google Code
We hope you enjoyed watching the previous set of previews for Google I/O sessions. These previews are a way for the speakers to present their topics in their own voice and for you to be able to pick and choose which sessions you would like to attend ah…
May 8th, 2009 | by Picasa Team | published in Google Photos (Picasa)
Posted by Louise Rigby, Associate Product Marketing Manager, iGoogleWe just launched the Google Photography Prize, a global competition for students to create new themes for iGoogle. The contest aims to find talented student photographers and will giv…
May 8th, 2009 | by Aly Makishima | published in Google TV Ads Blog
Our TV Viewership Insights Series delves into the learnings Google TV Ads is starting to develop from anonymous data from millions of set-top boxes across the United States. We started the series yesterday with a look at how the tuning metrics we mea…
May 8th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
A couple of months ago, the Google Japan team produced a fun video to demonstrate how clean and simple our Google Chrome user interface is. After releasing this video on the web, we got lots of positive feedback and thoughtful comments. In order to kee…
More ways to engage your community
May 8th, 2009 | by Maile Ohye | published in Google Webmaster Central
Webmaster Level: AllOver the last few weeks, Google Friend Connect has added several new ways for you to strengthen the community that visits your site. These gadgets help to make your site more engaging and gives your visitors a new way to interact wi…
Announcing the 2009 Canada Anita Borg Scholars
May 8th, 2009 | by Jessica Bagley | published in Google Student Blog
Google is thrilled to honor the memory of Anita Borg and her commitment to women in science by presenting the 2009 Anita Borg Canada Winners!The 2009 Google Anita Borg Canada Scholarship Recipients Jenna Cameron – University Of Western Ontario (Bachelo…