Why data matters
March 4th, 2008 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Hal Varian, Chief Economist(Cross-posted from Official Google Blog)We often use this space to discuss how we treat user data and protect privacy. With the post below, we’re beginning an occasional series that discusses how we harness the data…
Google Gears in Your Pocket
March 4th, 2008 | by Chris Prince, Gears Team | published in Google Gears
Posted by Chris Prince, Software EngineerToday is an exciting day for mobile application development, as it marks the first release of Google Gears on mobile devices. Gears is initially available for Internet Explorer on Windows Mobile 5 and 6.Conside…
March 4th, 2008 | by DeWitt Clinton | published in Google Code
By Charles Wiles, Product Manager, Google Mobile TeamIt’s a mobile zoo out there. If you’ve ever tried coding up a mobile client application, you’ve probably noticed that the huge variety of mobile operating systems makes it tough to build rich applica…
March 4th, 2008 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
Posted by Charles Wiles, Product Manager, Google mobile teamEver use a mobile web application and suddenly lose your cell connection? That’s happened to me many times. If you’ve shared my pain, you’ll be excited to know that we’ve launched Google Gears…
March 4th, 2008 | by Leslie Hawthorn | published in Google Code
By Leslie Hawthorn, Open Source TeamIt may only be March, but the heat is on — Google Summer of Code is back for 2008! Last year, nearly 900 students teamed up with over 2,000 mentors to write millions of lines of code. We’re looking forward to anoth…
March 3rd, 2008 | by Lane LiaBraaten | published in Google Orkut
Posted by Lane LiaBraaten, Developer ProgramsWe’ve just pushed a bunch of updates to the sandbox, including fixes for the following issues:23 – Signed makRequest IDs do not correspond with Person.getId() values64 – Activity updates not showing in “My U…
March 3rd, 2008 | by Jason Chen, Developer Advocate | published in Google Android
Earlier today we released an update to the Android SDK – we’re calling it m5-rc15. With this update, the SDK now includes all of the incremental changes we’ve been making to the online documentation since m5-rc14 was released in mid-February. In…
March 3rd, 2008 | by Googler | published in Google News
by Yaron Binur, Product ManagerAs we’re now in early March, it occurs to me that it’s still not too late to look back on the past year — or to look ahead to what’s to come in 2008. I look back over last year, and feel happy about what we’ve accomplish…
March 3rd, 2008 | by Leslie Hawthorn | published in Google Open Source
By Leslie Hawthorn, Open Source TeamReady to find the best and brightest students to contribute to your open source software project this summer? The Google Summer of Code™ 2008 program funds students worldwide, pairing them with mentors from the FLO…
March 3rd, 2008 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
When Les Kenny and his family launched their do-it-yourself (D.I.Y.) website www.buildeazy.com in 2001 solely as a hobby site, they had no idea of the impact Google AdSense would have on their lives.Les had spent most of his life building in both Sydne…
March 3rd, 2008 | by R S | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Robby Stein, Associate Product Marketing ManagerA few months ago I wrote about how using colored labels with filters can provide an entirely new way to visualize your inbox. I just started using a feature that further helps me quickly priorit…