November 30th, 2010 | by James Whittaker | published in Google Testing
By James WhittakerI am giving a webinar for uTest that may be of interest to some of you. Date: Friday Dec 10 at 8am PST. I tend to be pretty grouchy about that time of the morning and I have some pretty exhausting plans for the evening before so it mi…
November 30th, 2010 | by Jamie Yood | published in Google.org
(Cross-posted with the Official Google Blog and the LatLong Blog)Climate change is too often misunderstood to be simply an environmental issue, rather than a human issue. For our children and grandchildren, climate change is an issue of public health, …
Gulliver powers Lonely Planet’s Trippy travel planning apps
November 30th, 2010 | by Ellen Ko | published in Google Open Source
Gulliver is an open source platform from Google that helps users plan trips in real time with their friends. Using Gulliver, you can create applications for mobile, iGoogle, and mobile web platforms that make it easy to build and share itineraries usi…
November 30th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
You might have noticed something new in orkut. Some of your friends may have little icons on their profile pages, and you may start seeing some updates from friends as well. These are our new orkut badges!Badges are another way for you to express yours…
November 30th, 2010 | by Dan | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Editor’s note: Today our guest blogger is Richard Ferrick, Network Administrator for Panama City, Florida, one of the first governments in the country to adopt Google Apps for Government. Join Richard for a live chat on GovLoop this Thursday, Decembe…
November 30th, 2010 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Susan Wojcicki, Senior Vice President, Product Management and Udi Manber, Vice President, Engineering(Cross-Posted from the European Public Policy Blog) At Google, we’ve always focused on putting the user first by providing the best p…
Google’s sample OpenID relying party site
November 29th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Code
More and more websites are enhancing their login systems to include buttons for identity providers such as Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, etc. Users generally prefer this approach because it makes it easier for them to sign up for a new …
November 29th, 2010 | by Deanna | published in Google Earth
We strive to provide as much realism as possible in Google Earth, but until now, trees have largely been missing from the landscape of our product. Trees have been modeled individually in a handful of locations, such as Disney World and the Eiffel Towe…
November 29th, 2010 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Larry Alder, Business Operations Principal About two years ago we announced an initial investment in O3b Networks, whose mission is to bring affordable, high-speed Internet access to emerging markets via satellite. Earlier today O3b announce…
November 29th, 2010 | by acd | published in Google Wave
We recently made it possible to export a single wave as a Zip file. Now, you can now also select up to 10 waves in your search panel and download them all together as a set of PDFs.We hope this feature proves a useful way of saving the information that…
November 29th, 2010 | by Jeremiah Dillon, Google Apps Marketing Manager | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Editor’s note: We recently launched an improvement that makes over 60 additional Google services available to Google Apps users. This series showcases what’s new and how your organization can benefit.Welcome to Google AdWordsEvery business wants to…
Introducing Google Earth 6—the next generation of realism
November 29th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
(Cross-posted on the Google LatLong Blog)Today we’re introducing the latest version of Google Earth, our interactive digital atlas. Now you can explore your childhood home, visit distant lands or scope out your next vacation spot with even more reali…
November 29th, 2010 | by Ashley Chandler | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Editor’s note: Today our guest blogger is Howard Kolodny, CIO of Z Gallerie. To learn more about other companies “going Google” check out our community map or test drive life in the cloud with the Go Google Cloud Calculator.Z Gallerie is a Southe…
November 29th, 2010 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
We’re one quarter of the way into the Ponoko 3D Printing Challenge; you’ve got three more weeks to enter. The salient points:You produce an instructional media-thing (text, images, video) that teaches folks “How to use Google SketchUp for Ponoko …
November 29th, 2010 | by Jeremy Milo, Google Apps Marketing Manager | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Time is one of our most precious resources. Despite their necessity, meetings tend to vary in importance for different attendees. John might be really interested in his team’s weekly meeting, whereas Jane, who is working on a unrelated project, may w…