Gears 0.2 Released!
February 19th, 2008 | by Dion Almaer | published in Google Gears
Posted by Aaron Boodman, Gears TeamWe’re happy to announce that we’ve updated Gears to version 0.2. All users have been updated, so you can begin developing applications for the new version right now.Gears 0.2 includes:New modules: HttpRequest and Time…
An update to display URL policy
February 19th, 2008 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
We’d like to give you advance notice of an update to our display URL policy, which will take effect on April 1st. While the majority of advertisers will not be affected at all, action will be required from those who are. Please take a few minutes to re…
Need a hand? Visit our user group!
February 19th, 2008 | by Picasa Team | published in Google Photos (Picasa)
Posted by Mark Muse, Consumer Operations StrategistWe do our best to continually patch bugs in Picasa and keep our Help Center comprehensive and up-to-date, but nobody’s perfect. We know that folks are bound to come across bugs, stumbling blocks, or tr…
February 19th, 2008 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
As more publishers are being asked to complete the phone verification process, we’ve received a number of puzzled emails from our international community asking about the prompt to ‘press the pound key’. To clarify, the ‘pound key’ refers to the ‘#’ sy…
Docs are moving
February 19th, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer (Google Desktop Team)The Google Desktop developer documentation is moving from desktop.google.com to code.google.com. Here’s the new URL: http://code.google.com/apis/desktopHow does this move help you? Well, …
From the Mailbag: Report scanning errors in a cinch
February 19th, 2008 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Dan Abbe, Book Search Support TeamWelcome to another edition of “From the Mailbag,” where we respond to emails from Google Book Search users. This week’s message comes from Albert F., who writes:”I can’t find a way to report a scanned book in…
Investing in the "Missing Middle"
February 19th, 2008 | by Katy Bacon | published in Google.org
Posted by John Lyman, Associate, Google.orgToday Google.org, along with the Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF) and the Omidyar Network, announced they are collaborating to create a $17 million enterprise investment company in India. The company is …
February 19th, 2008 | by Brian Shih | published in Google Gadgets
Posted by Daniel Lee, Google Gadgets TeamWhat: Google Developer Hackathon: JavaScript APIs Google will be holding a hackathon to get you started on our JavaScript APIs! We will be doing short introductions of the APIs and then breaking up into groups…
February 19th, 2008 | by Scott Lininger | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Scott Lininger, SketchUp Software EngineerIf you are building rich WebDialogs in your SketchUp Plugin, then you are probably using Javascript + DHTML (Dynamic HTML) to show the UI and handle user input. In practical terms, this means that you…
February 19th, 2008 | by Pete | published in Google Blogger Buzz
This is a quick post to announce that, in addition to Blogger’s recent improvements and fixes, we are now available in Filipino.There is already a very strong blogging community in the Philippines, and we’re very happy to support that and be a part…
February 18th, 2008 | by Natalie Schwartz | published in Google Orkut
Posted by Eduardo Cordeiro, Software EngineerDo you have a lot of friends on orkut? Do you sometimes want to find all your school friends, send a message to all your co-workers, or check out your best friends’ karma? Friend groups have been on orkut fo…
February 15th, 2008 | by Jen | published in Google Docs
Posted by: Jen Mazzon, Google Docs Product ManagerThe Valentine’s Day-lovefest dressing on Google Docs gave me an extra spring in my step all day yesterday. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the user group comments, blog posts and emails about people’s reac…
February 15th, 2008 | by Gavin | published in Google Checkout
Posted by David Wurtz, Product ManagerWe’ve been hearing from our merchants that they’d like to be able to add more users to existing accounts, and to set the account privileges for those new users. Today we’re taking the first steps toward enabling…
February 15th, 2008 | by DeWitt Clinton | published in Google Code
Post by Joe Gregorio, Google Developer ProgramsOn February 11 and 12 Google hosted the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Application Area Architecture Workshop. This was a chance for people active in the IETF Applications Area to get together and …
Spring Comes Early for Oxford Geeks
February 15th, 2008 | by Leslie Hawthorn | published in Google Open Source
By J-P Stacey, Oxford GeekAs the January blues began to lift, web developers, designers, neophiles, hardware hackers and hardcore programmers all descended on a local Oxford pub last night for the first in 2008’s Oxford Geek Nights (OGNs). Thanks to …