May 7th, 2009 | by Jessica Bagley | published in Google Student Blog
Google is excited to announce the Google Photography Prize, a global competition for students to create themes for iGoogle. Run in collaboration with Saatchi Gallery London, the Google Photography Prize is open to students across the world. We have…
May 7th, 2009 | by Ellen Ko | published in Google Open Source
BSDCan 2009, an annual BSD conference at the University of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada will be held this year on May 8th and 9th, 2009. The Open Source Team’s Leslie Hawthorn and Cat Allman will be there to mingle with the Open Source community and pres…
May 7th, 2009 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
We want to take a minute to notify all AdWords API developers about an upcoming change in the way bids are handled in campaigns that make use of the Budget Optimizer. If none of your campaigns use the Budget Optimizer, or if you never plan on turning t…
May 7th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Posted by Sergey Brin, Co-founder & President, TechnologyEvery year our founders take turns writing a letter that is included in our annual report. We originally published the 2008 Founders’ Letter on our Investor Relations site. Since today is the…
May 7th, 2009 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
With outdoor recreation season coming into full swing, one Google Grantee, Tread Lightly!, is strategically positioned to spread its message of outdoor ethics to an engaged audience of outdoor enthusiasts. By leveraging the power of AdWords and measuri…
May 7th, 2009 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
Creating YouTube videos with your phone is simpler and faster than ever before. If you have a camera phone with video capture, post your video by sending an email or MMS to your unique YouTube email address (more details at www.youtube.com/mobile). And…
May 7th, 2009 | by Research Admin | published in Google Research
Posted by Maryam Kamvar, Melanie Kellar, Rajan Patel and Ya Xu, Google ResearchHistorically, research suggests that web search on mobile phones has been limited when compared to the diverse set of queries which comprise computer-based search. Research…
May 7th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
I was among a team of Googlers who recently attended the Mid-sized Enterprise Summit in Miami, Florida. We enjoyed the sunshine, industry speakers, and above all the chance to talk with CIOs and IT leads from companies across a range of industries. Giv…
May 7th, 2009 | by Mike Marchak | published in Google Code
On April 7th, Google launched a new version of Gmail for mobile for iPhone and Android-powered devices built on HTML5. We shared the behind-the-scenes story through this blog and decided to share more of our learnings in a brief series of follow up blo…
May 7th, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Our friends at MapAction have created a great new publication. Their Field Guide to Humanitarian Mapping was produced “to help humanitarian organisations to make use of mapping methods using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related technologi…
May 7th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Working on the search team over the last few years, I have heard interesting stories of how Google has made a difference to individuals across the world. For instance, Yanick Cusson from Canada wrote to tell us about how he found his father:”I will alw…
May 7th, 2009 | by Sketchup Guide Bryce | published in Google SketchUp
Our friends over at the Khronos group are holding a Champion the 3D Web using COLLADA Contest. They’re looking for the best 3D models, avatars, worlds, or simulations created using COLLADA. Prizes include cash awards and opportunities at a future Immersive Education Initiative in-world (virtual) events. The contest will run through July 15, 2009. Winners will be announced at Siggraph this year in New Orleans. The contest is sponsored by the Khronos Group and the Media Grid Immersive Education Initiative. Please check out the contest site for full details.
Using SketchUp to enter the contest
SketchUp can be used to create models for this contest. SketchUp Pro and the Pro Evaluation both export COLLADA (DAE) files directly. The free version of SketchUp can export Google Earth (KMZ) files which contain a COLLADA model. To extract a COLLADA model from a KMZ file follow these steps:
- Export your SketchUp model to KMZ.
- Change the file extension from “.kmz” to “.zip”.
- Double-click on the ZIP file.
- Double-click on the “models” folder.
- Locate the DAE file. Copy and paste this file to your Desktop.
- Check your file’s appearance in a COLLADA viewer like Swirl X3D Viewer©
- Submit your model to the contest.
Good Luck!
Bryce Stout
Product Manager
Google
May 7th, 2009 | by niceredfrog | published in Google Testing
By Julian Harty Part 1 of this series provided practical how-tos to create acceptance tests. Read on to learn how to make your tests more useful. Increasing the velocity Once we have some automated acceptance tests, they must be run, without delay, as …
May 7th, 2009 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
Starting today, signing up for YouTube means signing up for a Google Account that gives you access to YouTube, as well as other Google services such as iGoogle, Reader and Docs. If you already have a Google Account, you can choose to link your new YouT…
May 6th, 2009 | by Aly Makishima | published in Google TV Ads Blog
Today, we’d like to kick off a series of blog posts that dive into the insights Google TV Ads is developing from set-top box data, to deliver better value to our advertisers and more relevant ads to viewers. Our TV Viewership Insights Series begins wi…