July 31st, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
Friendship is the essence of orkut, and what better way to celebrate it than with a doodle for International Friendship Day?Take a look at your friends list on orkut. Is there anyone you haven’t talked to in a while? Send them a quick scrap and let the…
Google Apps highlights – 7/30/2010
July 30th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
This is part of a regular series of Google Apps updates that we post every couple of weeks. Look for the label “Google Apps highlights” and subscribe to the series. – Ed.Over the last couple of weeks, we introduced several new capabilities in Google …
July 30th, 2010 | by Picasa Team | published in Google Photos (Picasa)
Posted by Jason Holt, Software Engineer for Street ViewEver marveled at the way many retail sites create 360 views of products? Now you can bring your own photo albums to life by clicking and dragging left and right on a photo in full screen mode. This…
July 30th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
In early June, we announced the Conversion Champion Challenge, a contest challenging you to use free AdWords conversion products to increase your ROI, then submit a mini-case study telling us about your experience. The grand prize winner will receive a…
July 30th, 2010 | by Research Admin | published in Google Research
Posted by Corinna Cortes and Alfred Spector, Google ResearchWe often get asked if Google scientists and engineers publish technical papers, and the answer is, “Most certainly, yes.” Indeed, we have a formidable research capability, and we encour…
July 30th, 2010 | by Deanna Yick | published in Google Earth
It’s time for another imagery update, and we have a great batch of new data that will help you scout out vacation spots where you can enjoy the height of summer. In our last update, we highlighted an ancient Egyptian temple; and this time, we’ve got up…
July 30th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Research
Posted by Úlfar Erlingsson, Manager, Security ResearchThursday, July 29 was the first day of the Google North American Faculty Summit, our sixth annual event bringing together Google engineers and subject matter experts with leading computer science f…
July 30th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
A few weeks ago we launched some changes to scraps on orkut, but we heard your comments and went back to the drawing board. We’ve finished our homework, and here you can see what we created:
Want to keep something in secret?
Now you can choose to send a private scrap to a friend. On the new orkut, before posting a scrap, just change its visibility to “private”, and that scrap will remain visible only to you and the person receiving the scrap, so it stays completely secret.
If you don’t change the default options, your scraps will have exactly the same behavior as before, so there’s nothing to worry about, things only change if that’s what you want.
Privacy labels
We take privacy very seriously, and that’s why we’re making it absolutely clear who else can see the content you’re looking at on orkut. Every scrap (as well as photos, videos, etc) will now have a privacy label, so you can easily tell who else can see it. These are exactly the same as the privacy levels that we already had on photos: private, friends and public.
Still curious? Then visit this page about Private Scraps to learn more! We hope you really enjoy this feature, and don’t forget to share your feedback with us. We have many other cool launches coming out soon, so stay tuned for updates.
Posted by Victor Ribeiro, orkut product management director
July 30th, 2010 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Archi Sarkar, Google Books Online TeamPortrait of Emily Jane Brontë (Source: LIFE Magazine)No coward soul is mine,No trembler in the world’s storm-troubled sphere:I see Heaven’s glories shine,And faith shines equal, arming me from fear.– Em…
July 29th, 2010 | by Ellen Ko | published in Google Open Source
A while back, we noticed that lots of sites were starting to show 360 degree views of their products.So a few months ago we added a feature to Picasa Web Albums that lets you flip through the photos in an album in “Full Screen View” or “Slideshow…
July 29th, 2010 | by Deanna Yick | published in Google Earth
Draggable driving directions is one of our most popular features in Google Maps. By simply clicking on a route and dragging it, you can choose an alternate – perhaps more scenic or more familiar – route to your destination. This feature wasn’t availa…
July 29th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
In last week’s installment of our Google Display Network series, we showed how DoubleClick Ad Planner can help you effectively plan your display ad campaigns and reach the right audience. Today we’ll talk about creating compelling display ads and t…
July 29th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Earlier this year we launched click-to-call location extensions for search ads appearing on mobile devices with full Internet browsers. Today we’re excited to announce more ways location extensions can be used to connect with local users on the go, …
July 29th, 2010 | by Thor Mitchell | published in Google Maps
At the Google I/O developer conference earlier this year we previewed the Places API, a new service that will allow applications to search for Places, and obtain detailed information about individual places selected by users. At that time we posted doc…
July 29th, 2010 | by Ashley Chandler | published in Google Enterprise
The Google Enterprise team is excited to be participating in the International Conference on Cyber Security (ICCS), on August 2nd-5th, at Fordham University in New York City. ICCS brings together global leaders in emerging cyber threat analysis, operat…