Introducing the Google Business YouTube channel
February 13th, 2008 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
If you read the Inside AdWords blog to learn the latest features and tips relating to AdWords, you’ll be interested in knowing about the new Google Business YouTube channel.On this channel, you can watch Fred Vallaeys, our AdWords Evangelist, discuss c…
February 13th, 2008 | by Jen | published in Google Docs
Posted by: Steven Saviano, valentine-o-rific Google Docs EngineerDear Google Docs,It’s (almost) Valentine’s Day and I have something to ask you.Lately, I can’t get you out of my mind, let alone off my computer screen. The way you allow me to edit my do…
What is a "balanced approach" to copyright reform?
February 13th, 2008 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Jacob Glick, Canada Policy CounselEveryone who advocates one form of copyright reform or another says that they want a “balanced approach.” Who is opposed to balance, after all? But what exactly does balance mean? What interests are being ba…
The Meme Keeps Spreading: Finnish Summer Code
February 13th, 2008 | by Leslie Hawthorn | published in Google Open Source
Sanna Heiskanen, Project Manager – Finnish Summer CodeThe Finnish Summer Code 2007 project employed five university students for the summer. Google’s Open Source Team was one of the sponsors of the students’ projects. The Finnish Summer Code is organis…
From Bellagio to Bangkok and beyond!
February 13th, 2008 | by Katy Bacon | published in Google.org
Posted by Corrie Conrad, Associate, Google.org Predict and Prevent InitiativeThis past December, the Rockefeller Foundation hosted a gathering of 23 leading experts and representatives of networks on infectious disease surveillance from around the worl…
Rep. Markey’s net neutrality legislation
February 13th, 2008 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Derek Slater, Policy AnalystToday, Rep. Ed Markey and Chip Pickering introduced bipartisan legislation to help preserve Internet freedom and explicitly make “net neutrality” a guiding principle of U.S. broadband policy. The bill would affirm …
February 13th, 2008 | by Sally Cole | published in Google DoubleClick
As of today, members of the Writers Guild of America, which has been on strike since Nov. 5, 2007, are going back to work. The guild voted late yesterday to end the walkout after agreeing with Hollywood’s producers on compensation for TV shows and movi…
February 13th, 2008 | by Jason Chen | published in Google Android
On behalf of the entire Android team, I’m happy to let you know that an updated version of the Android SDK – we’re calling it m5-rc14 – is now available. Today, we’re continuing the early look at the Android SDK that we started back in Nove…
February 13th, 2008 | by Elizabeth Yin | published in Google OpenSocial
Posted by Arne Roomann-Kurrik, Developer ProgramsIn case you missed it, Orkut has started accepting submissions for inclusion into its application directory. The directory will go live for Orkut’s user-facing launch, coming up at the end of February. …
February 13th, 2008 | by Pete | published in Google Blogger Buzz
Today’s release brings a number of updates to Blogger:Clearer identity options on the comment form, which now highlights some of the more popular OpenID providers more obviously.Transliteration is now available in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telug…
February 12th, 2008 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
On Saturday, February 16th, the AdWords system will be unavailable from approximately 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. PST due to scheduled maintenance. While you won’t be able to sign in to your accounts during this time, your campaigns will continue to run as usual…
7 must-read Webmaster Central blog posts
February 12th, 2008 | by Susan Moskwa | published in Google Webmaster Central
Posted by Susan Moskwa, Webmaster Trends AnalystOur search quality and Webmaster Central teams love helping webmasters solve problems. But since we can’t be in all places at all times answering all questions, we also try hard to show you how to help yo…
Fun with AppleScript
February 12th, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer (Google Desktop Team)Did you know that you can use AppleScript code to search your Mac with Google Desktop? Dave MacLachlan posted about this last year on the Google Mac Blog (see AppleScripting Google Desktop)…
February 12th, 2008 | by Alyssa | published in Google Checkout
Posted by Alyssa England, Product Marketing ManagerThis week (February 11-14) the Google Checkout and Google Product Search teams are headed to Palm Desert, California, for the eTail 2008 conference. If you’re planning to attend, please stop by and vis…
February 12th, 2008 | by Brian Shih | published in Google Gadgets
Posted by Paul Wilcox, iGoogle Support TeamIt’s always exciting when our users share stories with us about some cool and unique way they’re using Google products. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we thought it was a perfect time to share H…