January 25th, 2008 | by Jen | published in Google Docs
Posted by: Bob Rose, Google Docs engineerAs a software engineer, sharing and collaborating on Google Docs is something I do all the time. There’s so much to keep track of that I often create documents describing how to do things, best practices, gotcha…
January 25th, 2008 | by Dan Peterson, Product Manager | published in Google OpenSocial
Posted by Dan Peterson, Product ManagerLast week’s hackathon at Six Apart was a great opportunity to sit down with engineers from a good mix of containers supporting OpenSocial as well as chat with app developers about what they’re planning to build. F…
January 24th, 2008 | by Leslie Hawthorn | published in Google Code
By Marc Merlin, Software EngineerSeveral folks from Google Sydney and beyond will be attending linux.conf.au 2008 in Melbourne, Australia next week and we’re looking forward to sharing a week of FLOSS and fun with our fellow attendees. If you’re headi…
January 24th, 2008 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps, Google Docs
Users can now save Google Presentations as PDF files.Editions impacted:Standard, Premier, Education and Partner EditionsLanguages impacted:US EnglishHow to access what’s new:Sign in to Google Docs, open a presentation and click ”. Then click ‘File’ a…
January 24th, 2008 | by test | published in Google Docs
Posted by: Chris Nokleberg, Google Docs engineerWe kicked off 2008 with a slew of new presentation features and your feedback is keeping us busy. Today’s additions address some of the most requested features:Save as PDF, for when you really need to dow…
January 24th, 2008 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Recently, we wrote a three part series on the Google content network. Many of you were interested in more optimization advice for the content network, and we’re sharing more of those tips today:On the search network, ads are shown to users who are spec…
January 24th, 2008 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Last week, we hosted an online seminar for the Conversion Optimizer, a free AdWords feature that saves advertisers time and money by managing CPC bids based on their cost-per-acquisition goals.Since last week’s seminar was so well attended, we’ve decid…
January 24th, 2008 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
Here’s another AdSense Story Contest submission, this time from internet entrepreneur Shawn Collins of New Jersey.Shawn has been an affiliate marketer since 1997, and joined AdSense in 2003 after he found it to be a natural extension for monetizing his…
January 24th, 2008 | by Sally Cole | published in Google DoubleClick
For the past two days, I’ve been the chairperson of the Strategy Institute’s Digital Media Measurement and Pricing Summit. Throughout the event it was clear that measurement challenges go hand-in-hand with the increasing number of digital advertising o…
January 24th, 2008 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Peter Greenberger, Elections and Issue Advocacy TeamThe Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary are behind us, and Super Tuesday is just around the corner. So far in this presidential campaign season, candidates have used the web in new and cr…
January 24th, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
Posted by Bijoy Thangaraj, Gadget DeveloperDesktop gadgets are often small, and it is sometimes a challenge to present all the information you need. If the gadget has a lot of edit boxes, one idea is to set the title (or label) of the edit box inside t…
January 24th, 2008 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
Posted by Lawrence Chang, Product Marketing Manager, Google mobile teamIf you own an iPhone or a Helio Ocean, chances are you’ve already been enjoying some of YouTube’s tens of millions of videos through custom applications developed for your device. O…
January 24th, 2008 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
Posted by John Lagerling, partner team, Google JapanMost of you were probably asleep at the time, but we wanted to let you know about an announcement we made last night with NTT DoCoMo, one of the leading carriers in the world: We’re going to be workin…
January 24th, 2008 | by api.rboyd | published in Google Code
Posted by Jeff Fisher, Google Data APIs TeamTo demonstrate the functionality of the Documents List Data API, I have released a new sample application that makes uploading your documents even easier. The application works on Windows PCs running the .NET…
January 24th, 2008 | by Natalie Schwartz | published in Google Orkut
Posted by Natalie Schwartz, Associate Product Marketing Manager You may have noticed that the orkut logo looked a little different when you signed in today — and if the four candles on the cake didn’t give it away already, it’s our fourth birthday. T…