August 1st, 2012 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
posted by Cheryl Pon, Google Books Strategist
“If you happen to have talent and are a good craftsman, you could really [make] extraordinary food with a bit of love.” – Jacques Pépin
As a child, I grew up with inspiring classic TV programs featuring chefs like Julia Child, Martin Yan, and of course, Jacques Pépin, the award-winning French chef. With great fascination, I would watch him on his hit show, Jacques Pépin: Fast Food My Way, as he prepared cuisines like sautéed rabbit with morels and pearl onions, and tartelettes aux fruits. His beautifully presented dishes were the epitome of classic French homestyle cooking with just the right amount of panache.
Pépin came to Google recently to discuss his latest book, Essential Pépin, which encompasses all the recipes from his expansive career as a French chef. Not only does the thick cookbook contain a trove of recipes, but a DVD containing techniques Pépin recommends for cooking, such as perfecting your knife technique and the best way to flip an omelette — all signature styles that are best viewed rather than read.
During his talk here, Pépin advised that rather than leave a good recipe the way it is, he wanted to keep going deeper with exploring more ways in which a recipe could improve. But although his recipes are constantly evolving, and are now quite different than they were 25 years ago due to constant improvements over the years, Pépin’s cooking techniques are the same.
From a man who turned down cooking for the Kennedys in order to cook at Howard Johnson’s, Essential Pépin is cooking through the master chef’s eyes, and preparing food with an appreciation for and a sense of aesthetics.
Check the talk out here:
August 1st, 2012 | by Blog | published in Google Orkut
We launched some cool new features for Orkut users this week. A new layout is now available for users with linked Orkut and Google+ profiles: the new Google
Toolbar for Orkut.
The new Google Toolbar for Orkut is highly integrated with Google+ and allows you to check your Google+ notifications, reply to any comment on your Google+ profile and share new content with your Google+ circles while you are on Orkut.
If your Orkut and Google+ profiles are linked, you will see that the new Google Toolbar for Orkut has some great new features.
• Easy search access on Orkut: Search from any Orkut page.
• Google+ post box: Share on Google+ from Orkut.
• Google+ notifications: Interact with your Google+ tasks while on Orkut.
Remember that the Google Toolbar for Orkut is only available to users that have linked Orkut and Google+ profiles. See our FAQ to learn more about linking your Orkut and Google+ profiles.
So now it’s your turn: What do you think? Give us your feedback.
Posted by Diego Fernandes, Google Engineer
August 1st, 2012 | by Alex | published in Google Mobile
A few months ago, we asked what content you wanted to see more of on the Google Mobile Blog, and the answer was quite clear: more Android! We launched +Android on Google+ and now we’ve launched the Official Android Blog, a new place for you to find all the latest news from the Android team.
Going forward, the new Android Blog will be a must-read for anyone interested in the latest news like today’s Google Wallet announcement. Thanks for being such a great audience over the years.
Posted by the Mobile Blog Team
The power of places and big data for good: Google Places API Developer Challenge 2012
August 1st, 2012 | by Carlos Cuesta | published in Google Maps
How would you make your community or local government run better? In our first Google Places API Developer Challenge, we’re inviting developers around the world to make something that improves their communities or governments by using the Google Plac…
August 1st, 2012 | by A Googler | published in Google Docs
Good design is an important part of getting your point across in a presentation. Over time we’ve added a bunch of features to help you bring a little something extra to your decks, like slide transitions and animations, thousands of free stock photos, and a growing collection of templates.
Today, creating eye-catching presentations gets even easier, with more than 450 new fonts to choose from. (flip through the presentation below to see them in action)
To browse and select new fonts, click on Add fonts from the bottom of the fonts dropdown in the toolbar. This will take you to the menu of all available fonts, where you can pick the ones you want to use.
Any fonts that you select will get automatically added to your fonts list so it’s easy to find them later.
Plus, fonts that you’ve already added to Google documents will automatically appear in your presentations font list too.
So next time you’re working on a presentation, jazz it up with some Calligrafitti, Indie Flower, Short Stack, or hundreds of other new choices.
Posted by Erin Rosenbaum, Software Engineer
August 1st, 2012 | by Google Analytics team | published in Google Website Optimizer
Thanks to everyone who has been a loyal reader of this blog over the last few years. As we’ve launched Content Experiments in Google Analytics and continue to evolve that feature set, from now on we’ll post about website testing and experimentation on our main Analytics blog, and we’re retiring this one. We encourage you to visit the Google Analytics blog or follow us on Google+ for ongoing news and best practices about improving your online efforts.
Posted By Enrique Muñoz Torres, Sr. Product Manager, Google Analytics
August 1st, 2012 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
Think of your website as your kingdom. You’re in control of what will be shown. AdSense provides strong controls that enable you to allow and block ads on your website. Ad blocking shouldn’t be thought of as a means of account optimization, but as …
August 1st, 2012 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps
Google Calendar users have had the ability to change the colors of specific events or calendars from a default color palette. Users can now choose a custom color if the default palette does not meet their needs.Release track:RapidEditions included:Goog…
August 1st, 2012 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps
- Documents: Users will have the ability to create documents offline. You must be running the latest version of Chrome or ChromeOS and install the Google Drive Chrome app to use this feature.The following features are intended for release to these doma…
August 1st, 2012 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
The 2012 NFL season is just over a month away, which means one thing for millions of fans around the world: it’s time for fantasy. Fantasy football has been around since the 1960s, and has become a great way to follow your favorite athletes—and sta…