Become an Antarctic explorer with panoramic imagery
July 17th, 2012 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
In the winter of 1913, a British newspaper ran an advertisement to promote the latest imperial expedition to Antarctica, apparently placed by polar explorer Ernest Shackleton. It read, “Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hou…
Become an Antarctic explorer with panoramic imagery
July 17th, 2012 | by Lat Long Blog | published in Google Earth, Google Maps
(Cross posted to the Official Google Blog) In the winter of 1913, a British newspaper ran an advertisement to promote the latest imperial expedition to Antarctica, apparently placed by polar explorer Ernest Shackleton. It read, “Men wanted for haz…
Google Ideas: joining the fight against drug cartels and other illicit networks
July 16th, 2012 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Violent illicit networks represent a trillion-dollar problem that affects every society in the world and claims hundreds of thousands of lives each year. For example, more than 50,000 people have died in the past five years as a result of the ongoing w…
July 16th, 2012 | by Ashley Chandler | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Posted by Kelly Campbell, Director of Global Enterprise Small Business Marketing One of my fondest memories growing up is riding my bike to get ice cream with my family on a hot summer day. For me, it’s exciting to see the local ice cream industry e…
Attend a DFA Training in July
July 16th, 2012 | by Amanda Gangl | published in Google DoubleClick
It’s a scorcher out there this summer, so come on inside and attend a DFA training. Visit the DFA Help Center to register for any webinars as well as our classroom offerings.Classroom TrainingDFA Fundamentals: This full-day course (10am-5pm) is for …
July 16th, 2012 | by Allison Sommer | published in Google Adwords, Youtube
78% of online video viewing in the UK is on YouTube, which makes it an excellent platform for VOD. But what are the best ways to maximize it and make it work for your business? We will cover how to run your TV ad on YouTube in two easy ways – running i…
Maker Camp on Google+ will be a blast!
July 16th, 2012 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
From time to time we invite guests to post about items of interest, and we’re pleased to have Dale Dougherty, publisher of MAKE Magazine, join us today to talk about Maker Camp. Maker Camp is a free, online camp that encourages 13- to 18-year-olds to…
Office SketchUppification proceeding nicely
July 15th, 2012 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
The good news is we’re working really, really hard on the next version of SketchUp. The bad news is that doesn’t leave a lot of time for decorating our temporary office space. I’m afraid we’re only about half done printing out and pinning up all the…
July 13th, 2012 | by Allison Sommer | published in Google Adwords
Smartphones and tablets are changing how people shop for goods and services. More than ever, consumers have near constant access to information from their mobile devices. This global trend opens up new opportunities for businesses to influence purchasi…
July 13th, 2012 | by A Googler | published in Google Docs
Summer brings fun in the sun (in our hemisphere, at least) and a bunch of updates to Google Drive. A few weeks ago at Google I/O, we announced a couple of highly requested features: the ability to edit Google documents offline and a Drive app for iOS.
When you enable Docs offline in Google Drive, you can create & edit Google documents and view Google spreadsheets, without being connected to the internet. Today we updated the offline experience so it looks the same as when you’re online – except it’s filtered to show just your offline docs. Here’s an extra tip: if you want to preview which files are available offline, select More > Offline Docs in the left navigation pane while you’re still connected to the web. This update will roll out to all Drive users over the next few days.
In the past month we’ve also made several other improvements like:
- updates to Google Apps Script including a standalone script editor, the ability to create richer user interfaces, options to easily store your application’s data, and support for publishing scripts to the Chrome Web Store
- expanded language support in the documents and presentations spellchecker to include German, French and Italian
- the ability to print documents, spreadsheets, and presentations to any cloud connected printer with Google Cloud Print from any browser
- up to 400pt font support in documents and presentations
- copying and pasting images from your desktop into a document or presentation
- an easy way to edit or open links from text by right clicking on them
Posted by Owen Merkling, Software Engineer
Google at SIGMOD/PODS 2012
July 13th, 2012 | by Research @ Google | published in Google Research
Posted by Anish Das Sarma, Research Scientist and Jeff Shute, Software EngineerOver the years, SIGMOD has expanded beyond a traditional “database” conference to include several areas related to information management. This year’s ACM SIGMOD/PODS conf…
Observing words in their natural habitat – example sentences in Google Translate
July 13th, 2012 | by Edeguine | published in Google Translate
Did you know that more than 5000 new words are created each year? At Google we’re always curious about new words from around the world, from all languages, and we think one of the best ways to understand and make sense of new words is by observing th…
EMEA Scholars’ Retreat sparks friendship and collaboration
July 13th, 2012 | by Google Students | published in Google Student Blog
Introduction: From June 18th – 20th, Google Zurich welcomed 90 of the brightest computer science students from universities across Europe, the Middle East and Africa for our annual EMEA Scholars’ Retreat. Scholars and Finalists of the Google Europe S…
Mobile Will Require Advertisers To Redefine How They Measure Success
July 13th, 2012 | by Google Analytics team | published in Google Analytics
The following post originally appeared on the Google Mobile Ads Blog.Mobile introduces exciting new opportunities for measuring the success of marketing campaigns, but connecting consumers’ mobile activities with advertisers’ business outcomes can …
My Tracks 2.0
July 13th, 2012 | by Lat Long Blog | published in Google Earth, Google Maps
Back in 2009 we released My Tracks, an Android app that uses your phone’s GPS capabilities to visualize your location over time for sharing in Google Maps and Google Earth. We’ve used My Tracks to follow team HTC-Columbia during the Tour de France …