Watching movies to find localization bugs
March 13th, 2008 | by Patrick Copeland | published in Google Testing
By Sharon Zhou, Kirkland Client Test LeadIn December, Google Pack shipped 10 new languages in 10 new countries/regions including China Pack. This was in addition to the 30 languages Pack was all ready available in. Localization testing for these 10 lan…
Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Test
March 12th, 2008 | by Patrick Copeland | published in Google Testing
Posted by Antoine PicardWe have become test hoarders. Our focus on test-driven development, developer testing and other testing practices has allowed us to accumulate a large collection of tests of various types and sizes. Although this is valiant and …
Join us at the Platformization of the Web Panel in Palo Alto tomorrow
March 12th, 2008 | by Patrick Chanezon | published in Google OpenSocial
Posted by Patrick Chanezon, Developer AdvocateI will be representing Google for the Open Silicon Valley panel about the Platformization of the Web in Palo Alto tomorrow. Here is the panel description:In recent years, leading social networking companies…
Helpful tips on our new content network tools
March 12th, 2008 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Over the last year, we’ve released a number of new tools, which all have the same goal of giving you more transparency and control when advertising on the Google content network. We’ve talked about the benefits that placement performance reports, CPC b…
Payment holds, held up
March 12th, 2008 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
We’ve heard from a few of you that even though you’ve already reached $10 in earnings, you’re not seeing the prompt to remove payment holds on your account. So we turned to our payments specialist Dan Marcus:”Every day, our system runs a check to deter…
March 12th, 2008 | by Chrix Finne | published in Google Reader
We on the Reader team are delighted to have a guest post today from Google usability expert T.V. Raman, who has announced on the Google Blog that Reader now supports ARIA-powered screenreading. Our thanks go out to T.V. and to Charles Chen, fellow Goog…
Fast tip: one-click access to Google mobile applications on your phone
March 12th, 2008 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
Posted by Mark Crady, Engineering Manager, Google Maps for mobile teamI’ve heard it said that user interfaces are measured in “hurts.” Here at Google we like things to be as painless as possible. That’s why we’re happy to share a little-known feature o…
Dojo Storage
March 12th, 2008 | by Leslie Hawthorn | published in Google Open Source
By Brad Neuberg, Dojo Contributor and Google Gears Developer AdvocateThe Dojo project is a leading open source Ajax framework for developing advanced web applications in JavaScript. Dojo consists of many modules for powerful cross-browser development, …
Latest YouTube API Release with Upload and More!
March 12th, 2008 | by api.rboyd | published in Google Code
Posted by Stephanie Liu, YouTube APIs and Tools Team Ever wanted to get in on this online video craze? Now’s a good time! The YouTube Data API now supports authentication for YouTube users, upload, and write. On top of that, the world just got a little…
Something to write home about
March 12th, 2008 | by Stephanie Liu | published in Youtube API
Hi everyone,Since the initial YouTube Data API launch back in August, the team has been hard at work completing a whole suite of tools and features to make it possible for you to fully integrate YouTube into your sites and applications.Here’s the sound…
YouTube APIs for developers and for… iguana enthusiasts
March 12th, 2008 | by DeWitt Clinton | published in Google Code
By Stephanie Liu, YouTube APIs and Tools Team Ever wanted to get in on the online video craze? Now’s a good time! We’ve just added upload, write, and authentication functionality to the YouTube Data API. Brand new player APIs and tools are also no…
Google 101 for Development NGOs
March 11th, 2008 | by Katy Bacon | published in Google.org
Posted by John Lyman, Associate, Google.orgLast month, Google and Google.org gathered a group of development NGOs together in Washington D.C. to discuss and learn about new technology tools. Because non-profits’ budgets are tight and available funds us…
New tutorial: Using Gadget Designer
March 11th, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer (Google Desktop Team)Back in October, James Yum blogged about changes to Gadget Designer, a Windows application that helps you create Desktop gadgets. Since then, Gadget Designer has continued to improve, with …
St. Patrick’s Day spectacular
March 11th, 2008 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Sabine Knierim, Ellen Cano, Kristoffer Evensen and Agnes Eymery, Book Search Support TeamIreland’s most famous day – Paddy’s Day – is celebrated on March 17, in honor of (you guessed it!) Saint Patrick. On this day, which is believed to…
Android Developer Challenge Deadline Approaching Quickly
March 11th, 2008 | by David McLaughlin, Developer Advocate | published in Google Android
The Android Developer Challenge is proceeding nicely. We’re excited about the interest people have shown so far and have enjoyed talking to everyone working on new Android Apps.As a quick reminder, the first phase of the challenge will be ending on Apr…