April 26th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Though our rocket program to help commuters to our Moon office is still a long way off, we’ve always jumped at the chance to bring the wonders of outer space a little closer to Earth. On Saturday, our Hubble telescope doodle celebrated 20 years of on…
April 26th, 2010 | by Christine | published in Google Code
If you’re attending Google I/O next month, you’ve likely taken a gander at this year’s sessions and made a mental note of ones you’d like to attend. (Or if you’re like Julio Menendez, you’ve already made a list) We’ve just posted our …
April 26th, 2010 | by The App Engine Team | published in Google App Engine
A picture is worth a thousand words, and as developers, you know that a working code snippet can be worth even more. The developers at scisurfer.com have agreed to share a few of their code snippets with you today. The snippets outline how they full te…
April 26th, 2010 | by Amanda Surya | published in Youtube API
We’re happy to announce the release of YouTube Direct v2.0. This release includes substantial upgrades that will make it easier for developers to test and customize the platform. In addition to the backend changes, we’ve also fixed a number of reported…
This Year’s Google Summer of Code Students Announced!
April 26th, 2010 | by Carol Smith | published in Google Open Source
Accepted students for Google Summer of Code™ have been announced! Congratulations to all the students accepted for this year’s program. We’re looking forward to a great summer.If you would like more information on what’s coming up next for Goog…
April 26th, 2010 | by Elaine Filadelfo | published in Google Earth
It probably comes as no surprise that I spend a lot of time using Street View – it’s my job, after all. But sometimes I get so immersed in my exploration that I take all sorts of detours and side trips and find myself in completely unfamiliar areas t…
April 26th, 2010 | by miriam | published in Google Student Blog
We love to post Apps Student Stories to share how students like you are using Google Apps on and off campus. Here’s a snapshot of how some students at Temple University are making the most of the products:If you have a story or video to share, please l…
April 26th, 2010 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
Today, we’re announcing preferred AdWords API pricing for agencies and developers of search engine marketing (SEM) tools. With preferred pricing, this important group of developers will get free API units based on managed client spend.As an agency or a…
April 26th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Cross posted from the Official Google Blog:As the advertising industry has grown and evolved, so too has our relationship with advertising agencies. These companies, from SEMs to the largest traditional agencies, play a critical role in the continued s…
April 26th, 2010 | by Adam Feldman | published in Google Ajax API
We’re excited to announce the addition of 6 new languages (Greek, Russian, Serbian, Sanskrit, Amharic, Tigrinya) to the Transliteration API. Using Google Transliteration you can convert Roman characters to their phonetic equivalent in your language. Note that this is not the same as translation — it’s the sound of the words that are converted from one alphabet to the other.
Transliteration API allows this functionality to be available to all websites, which will make it easier for you to add transliteration capabilities to textfields on your webpages. Using this customizable API, you can enable users of your website to type 19 languages. For more information, please take a look at the documentation and samples at our code playground. If you’re looking for a finer level of control on your web pages, also check out the low-level interface to transliteration, and the font rendering support APIs.
Google Transliteration is integrated into several Google properties and we have bookmarklets in addition to API to extend this capability to other websites. Please try these out and let us know what you think and how you’re using it.
Posted by: Kuntal Loya and Ajay Somani, Software Engineers
April 26th, 2010 | by Adam Feldman | published in Google Ajax API
We’re excited to announce the addition of 6 new languages (Greek, Russian, Serbian, Sanskrit, Amharic, Tigrinya) to the Transliteration API. Using Google Transliteration you can convert Roman characters to their phonetic equivalent in your languag…
April 26th, 2010 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
Ever wish that you could warp and bend stuff more easily in SketchUp? You can — with the right plug-in. Ruby scripts for deforming your geometry abound; I wrote about FredoScale just recently. This time, I thought I’d mention Shape Bender by Chris Ful…
April 23rd, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
This is one of a regular series of posts on search experience updates. Look for the label This week in search and subscribe to the series. – Ed.This week we announced a number of new developments:Search for specific TV show episodesAs more and more ful…
April 23rd, 2010 | by Tasha Danko | published in Google SketchUp
Many of you are aware that there is a Google Group for geo-modeling enthusiasts. In the Group, folks help each other learn how to model for Google Earth, share tips and tricks, and get questions answered from the Google team.We’re enthusiastic about th…
April 23rd, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Over the past few weeks, we’ve posted 4 videos that suggested small changes you can make to your AdWords account to help you improve your performance. This week, we’ll provide you with some guidance for measuring the results of these changes.With AdWo…