November 15th, 2010 | by Julie Z | published in Google Mobile
Google Maps on Android just got even hotter with Hotpot, our new local recommendation engine that helps you discover places you’ll love based on opinions from you and your friends. Here’s how to get the benefits of Hotpot on your phone:Rate places …
Discover Yours: Local recommendations powered by you and your friends
November 15th, 2010 | by Deanna | published in Google Earth
There’s something so exciting about discovering new places. Nothing beats finding a great new place I’ve never been—whether it’s a new bakery with a special dessert, a hole-in-the-wall Mediterranean place I didn’t notice before or a local art…
November 15th, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Jason Toff, Product Marketing ManagerIf you visited the Gmail log-in page recently, you may have noticed that things looked a wee bit different. We decided to give this page a bit of a facelift and updated a few of Gmail’s other pages whil…
Holiday Updates to Google Product Search and Google Shopper
November 15th, 2010 | by Vivek Tata | published in Google Merchant
Earlier today, we announced some exciting holiday updates on the Official Google Blog:On Google Product Search and in Shopping results on Google.com, we are now showing local availability information to help shoppers find products in stores nearby. We …
November 15th, 2010 | by effie | published in Google Mobile
When we launched Google Shopper in February, I never expected that my 20% project would quickly become one of Google’s most popular Android applications. With over 2.5 million downloads in just 9 months, many Android users are using Shopper to help …
November 15th, 2010 | by Jamie Yood | published in Google.org
Google Person Finder has become a useful tool in responding to natural disasters by reconnecting people with their family and friends. We’ve been looking at the next phase of Google Person Finder and decided to begin hosting the open source project a…
November 15th, 2010 | by Natasha | published in Google Enterprise
Editor’s note: From time to time, the Google Earth and Maps Enterprise Team likes to show off our users who have created useful and timely applications with our products. Marty Kitrell, from the Information Technology Laboratory of the US Army Engi…
November 15th, 2010 | by Adam Swidler | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Google Apps customers experience both cost savings and productivity benefits, and more than 3 million of businesses have made the switch to Google Apps. To answer some of the questions businesses often ask about the security and privacy of data that is…
Live webcast: 5 Tips to Turbo-Charge Your Online Marketing Campaign With YouTube
November 15th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords, Youtube
Event Date: November 16, 2010 at 02:00 PM East/12:00PM Central/11AM Pacific. Register today.As a dentist, Dr. Bob Wagstaff knew he had a better way to cure bad breath than most other solutions in the market. So he founded Orabrush to sell a tongue brus…
November 15th, 2010 | by Ellen Ko | published in Google Open Source
When we first launched Google Project Hosting back in 2006, we wanted to do what we could to encourage best practices around open source development. This was expressed in a variety of ways, one of which was tied into SourceForge’s namespace.Here’s h…
Spot a problem? Check the Known Issues page
November 15th, 2010 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
We work hard to make sure that AdSense is always up and running smoothly. Even so, there can be slight issues, and when those happen, we try to resolve them as quickly as possible. To keep you informed about any issues our engineers are tackling, and p…
iClone: Bringing your architecture to life
November 15th, 2010 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
‘Tis the season… for software competitions! The folks at Reallusion (the talented makers of iClone) have recently launched the Bring Your Architecture to Life SketchUp & iClone Rendering Contest. With a combination of realistic materials, detaile…
Larimer County Moves to Google Apps in Just 3 Days
November 15th, 2010 | by Dan Israel | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Editor’s note: Today, our guest blogger is Andy Paratore, CIO of Larimer County in Colorado. Home to nearly 300,000 residents in north-central Colorado, the county’s offices are in the city of Fort Collins. Larimer County shares a border with the …
Instant Previews: Under the hood
November 15th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Code
If you’ve used Google Search recently, you may have noticed a new feature that we’re calling Instant Previews. By clicking on the (sprited) magnifying glass icon next to a search result you see a preview of that page, often with the relevant conten…
November 15th, 2010 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Bob Boorstin, Director, Public Policy Today we’re releasing a white paper [PDF] that explores the ways that governments impose limits on the free flow of information online. It’s pretty wonky stuff, but the premise is simple: In additio…