August 26th, 2009 | by Tasha Danko | published in Google SketchUp
Today we added a feature to the Google 3D Warehouse that allows you to track search results and collection contents using a feed reader, like Google Reader. How is this useful? Well, suppose you wanted to keep an eye on which buildings in your town wer…
Final Results for our Fifth Google Summer of Code
August 26th, 2009 | by Mike Marchak | published in Google Code
We’ve just finished collecting final evaluations for our fifth Google Summer of Code, our flagship program to introduce college and university students to Open Source development practices. With nearly 3,000 mentor and student participants this year al…
Five years of introducing students to open source
August 26th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
We’ve just concluded our fifth Google Summer of Code, our flagship global program to introduce college and university students to open source development. Once again, the results this year have been impressive. Nearly 2,000 mentors from 64 countries pa…
August 26th, 2009 | by Leslie Hawthorn | published in Google Open Source
The sun has set on our fifth year of introducing college and university students to Free and Open Source software development, and what a year it’s been! Just under 2000 mentors and 1000 students began working together to improve the code bases of 150 …
More books in more places: public domain EPUB downloads on Google Books
August 26th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Try doing a search for [Hamlet] on Google Books. The first few results you’ll get are “Full View” books — which means you can read the full text. And, because the book is in the public domain, you can also download a copy of Hamlet in PDF form.Starti…
August 26th, 2009 | by Brandon Badger | published in Google Books
Posted by Brandon Badger, Product ManagerOver the years, we’ve heard a lot from people who’ve unearthed hidden treasures in Google Books: a crafter who uncovered a forgotten knitting technique, a family historian who discovered her ancestor once travel…
Let the Music Play
August 26th, 2009 | by Rick Klau | published in Google Blogger Buzz
Earlier this year, a number of our users complained about their experience on the receiving end of a DMCA complaint. Much commentary at the time focused on claims that we were removing blog posts at the behest of music labels, that we were not notifyin…
August 26th, 2009 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
This morning, we received an email from a geo-modeler named Zexland from Belgrade, Serbia. This Industrial Design student was very proud to share that his 3D buildings in Google Earth made front page news in the local Serbian newspapers.The newspaper a…
August 25th, 2009 | by Pamela Fox | published in Google Maps
Two years ago, we announced the Static Maps API. This API allowed developers to generate images that represented maps with markers and paths, and to embed those images in webpages. Developers embraced this API as a way to put lightweight thumbnails on …
August 25th, 2009 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Benjamin Grol, Product ManagerWhen composing messages, you probably rely pretty heavily on auto-complete to add recipients. Auto-complete is convenient and fast, and usually does the trick. But sometimes seeing your list of contacts can help …
August 25th, 2009 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
We’ve been hearing your requests for new ways to generate revenue in AdSense, and new ways to maintain control over the ads that appear on your sites. With that in mind, we’re pleased to announce plans to give you the ability to allow multiple Google-c…
August 25th, 2009 | by Cat Allman | published in Google Open Source
Every year several hundreds of Debian contributors from around the world get together at DebConf in a different city to share a week (or more!) of work, friendship and fun.The 10th annual Debian Developers Conference just ended a few days ago in the be…
August 25th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Enterprise
Last week, some of our Google Earth Enterprise engineers visited Camp Roberts in Central California for a tech event organized by the Navy Postgraduate School. These engineers spent time spooling up a Google Earth Enterprise server and working with oth…
August 25th, 2009 | by Niels Provos | published in Google Online Security
Posted by Niels Provos, Security TeamEvery now and then people ask us for an update on the malware statistics we published in the All Your iFrames Point To Us blog post. We’re glad to share this sort of data because we believe that collaboration and in…
August 25th, 2009 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps, Google Video
You can now select which speed to play a video in Google Video.Editions included:Premier and Education EditionsLanguages included:All languages supported by Google VideoHow to access what’s new:To select your speed, use the speed control to watch a vid…