Google Apps highlights – 5/7/2010
May 7th, 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.We’ve been busy over the last few weeks with improvements to make Google Apps mo…
May 7th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
(Cross-posted on the Google Enterprise Blog)With school almost out for summer, things are hitting a frenzied end-of-year pace in classrooms; and life is similarly fast-paced for the Google’s Apps for Education team as we work with the schools adoptin…
Honoring those who give voice to the silenced
May 6th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
It’s said that change comes through the concerted efforts of small groups of people who dream of better times ahead. And then do something about it.Today in Santiago, Chile, Google and the group Global Voices recognized three groups from around the wo…
May 6th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
This week we introduced our latest update to search, and I wanted to share a bit of our thinking on the design team. In short, we tried to take all the things we strive for at Google and make them better: powerful technology, snappy results, simplicity…
May 6th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
(Cross-posted with the Google Code Blog)More than 4,000 developers will be joining us at Google I/O on May 19-20, and if we had the capacity, we’d host many more. In order to give the entire developer community a chance to participate live, we’re hap…
Happy half-birthday Dashboard! Six months in and 100,000 users a day
May 5th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Six months ago, we launched the Google Dashboard to help you view and control information stored in your Google Account. It’s organized according to the products you use (like Gmail, Docs or YouTube), listing data stored in your account and providin…
A spring metamorphosis — Google’s new look
May 5th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Using Google today, you may have noticed that something feels slightly different — the look and feel of our search results have changed! Today’s metamorphosis responds to the increasing richness of the web and the increasing power of search — re…
May 5th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Two weeks ago, there was a fatal explosion on the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. The rig sank shortly afterwards, and since then the well has been leaking crude oil into the Gulf, spreading an oil slick towards the U.S. Gulf …
May 3rd, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
When we launched Google Ventures last March, we wanted to honor Google’s entrepreneurial roots while tapping into the wealth of human and technical resources available at Google Inc. to build a unique venture fund. Rather than looking for investments …
May 3rd, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
On Friday we made our first direct investment in a utility-scale renewable energy project — two wind farms that generate 169.5 megawatts of power, enough to power more than 55,000 homes. These wind farms, developed by NextEra Energy Resources, harnes…
May 3rd, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
The Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship, established by Google in 2004, honors Dr. Anita Borg, a computer science pioneer who dedicated her life to changing the way we think about diversity and technology. Now in its seventh year, her namesake scholarship…
May 1st, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
This is one of a regular series of posts on search experience updates. Look for the label This week in search and subscribe to the series. – Ed.This week we announced a number of new search enhancements:Brand refinements in search resultsSometimes when…
April 29th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
You’ve spilled coffee on your keyboard. The a, e, i, o, u, and r keys have stopped working. Now try to search Google for the nearest computer repair shop. The pain of typing on this broken keyboard is similar to what many people searching in non-Engl…
April 29th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
This is the second post in our Small Business series about entrepreneurship and the various Google tools you can use to establish and improve your business presence on the Internet. Here, you’ll learn how Google Places (formerly called the Local Busi…
Alis volat propriis: Oregon’s bringing Google Apps to classrooms statewide
April 28th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Growing up in the late seventies in Hell’s Kitchen in Manhattan, technology wasn’t really a part of my educational life. My teachers graded printouts and the idea of collaborating with my classmates on a project anytime, anywhere just wasn’t poss…