Happy birthday, Maurice Sendak
June 9th, 2006 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Roland Lange, Strategic Partner Development Manager, Book SearchIf I made a short list of the greatest children’s books, two of those titles would have to be Maurice Sendak’s marvelous Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen….
Highlight: Now or Never
June 8th, 2006 | by Google Video team | published in Google Video
The best stories are those that deal with insurmountable odds; movies like Rudy, Miracle, and Armageddon warm our hearts. In that vein, the team over at Wombat Productions has put together a series of ‘minisodes’ searching for the root of success in Ho…
Stuff to Think About
June 8th, 2006 | by Eric | published in Google Blogger Buzz
Check out this post by CJ, who’s already integrated Google’s AJAX Search API into his Blogger blog:”A little HTML, a little CSS, and a little Javascript should do the trick. In my HTML, I used two divs, and a link to clear the results. One div is the s…
A New Gadget
June 8th, 2006 | by Mark Lucovsky, Software Engineer | published in Google Ajax API
Yesterday we launched a new gadget for the Google Personalized Homepage that is based on the Google AJAX Search API. Why embed a search gadget on a search homepage, you may ask? Well, it can actually be pretty useful. I have mine configured for just Gl…
June 8th, 2006 | by Google Video team | published in Google Video
World Cup fever is upon us. In a couple of days the world’s most watched television event will commence. Naturally, we on the Google Video team are very excited about this. Not only because we watch all the fan videos, but also because we get to root…
New Feature: Site Restricted Search
June 7th, 2006 | by Mark Lucovsky, Software Engineer | published in Google Ajax API
We launched the Google AJAX Search API as a Version 0.1 API so that we could take a little bit of time to gather feedback from you. We welcome feedback on the current API as well as suggest features that we could add that would make your lives easier.O…
June 7th, 2006 | by Steven | published in Google Merchant
By Steven De La O, Google Base OperationsLast week we migrated all Froogle Merchant Center accounts to Google Base. Doing this has generated some interesting commentary about our plans for Froogle, so here’s what the migration means for you Froogle mer…
With a little help from our users
June 7th, 2006 | by Mihai Parparita | published in Google Reader
The Reader team is pretty small and while the list of things we’d like to do is a mile long, there are only so many hours in a day. It’s always very satisfying to see that we have users passionate enough to step in and do some of the things that we alw…
June 6th, 2006 | by Google Video team | published in Google Video
You told us, and we listened. We’ve just introduced a new addition to our happy family — the Google Video Mac Player. It’s simple and compatible with most Macintosh models and software.So go ahead Mac-heads — download free videos like Evolution …
June 6th, 2006 | by Peter Norvig | published in Google Research
Posted by Michele Covell & Shumeet Baluja, Research ScientistsEuro ITV (the interactive television conference) took place in Athens last week. The presentations included a diverse collection of user studies, new application areas, and exploratory …
June 5th, 2006 | by Google Video team | published in Google Video
For independent filmmakers, the Sundance Film Festival is the place to show your art. For viewers who prefer independent films, the Sundance Channel, created by Robert Redford, is the channel to watch. Now on Google Video you’ll be able to find a compe…
June 2nd, 2006 | by Peter Norvig | published in Google Research
Posted by Joshua Bloch, Software EngineerI remember vividly Jon Bentley’s first Algorithms lecture at CMU, where he asked all of us incoming Ph.D. students to write a binary search, and then dissected one of our implementations in front of the class. …
Highlight: Global Vision – World News/Documentary
June 1st, 2006 | by Google Video team | published in Google Video
From Global documentaries to new movie trailers, start your weekend entertainment here…Today’s Highlighted VideosClick here to watch “Rockin’ the World”Featuring interviews with bands like U2, this documentary takes a look behind the Grammys and talk…
June 1st, 2006 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
We will be performing routine AdWords system maintenance from 10am to 2pm PST on Saturday, June 3, 2006. While all AdWords advertisements will continue to run as normal, you will not be able to perform any API operations during this maintenance period….
June 1st, 2006 | by Denise | published in Google Merchant
By Mike Perry, Online Operations CoordinatorLately it seems there has been some confusion as to where your items will end up when you submit them to Google Base. Here’s the skinny: you can certainly find your items in Google Base search results (which …