March 20th, 2008 | by dastels | published in Google Testing
Recently, somewhere in the Caribbean Sea, you implemented the PirateShip class. You want to test the cannons thoroughly in preparation for a clash with the East India Company. This requires that you run the crucial testFireCannonDepletesAmmunition() me…
California’s ZEV Program
March 20th, 2008 | by Adam Borelli | published in Google RechargeIT
Posted by Adam BorelliThe California Air Resources Board (CARB) is considering changes to the Zero Emission Vehicle Program (also commonly known as the “ZEV Mandate”) (see Appendix A) on March 27th at its Board meeting in Sacramento. This is a big de…
Good housekeeping
March 20th, 2008 | by Maile Ohye | published in Google Webmaster Central
Written by Michael Wyszomierski, Search Quality TeamToday’s the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, so now is a perfect time to start your spring cleaning. But as a webmaster, your chores don’t end after you’ve cleaned the garage — you’ll …
Google maps springing into service
March 20th, 2008 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Galen Panger, Associate, Global Communications and Public AffairsOn the heels of his previous Google Maps tracing his trip to Iraq and showcasing Nebraska tourist destinations, Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson is once again showing off his mad mas…
Power On!
March 20th, 2008 | by Adam Borelli | published in Google RechargeIT
Posted by the RechargeIT Team Introducing the RechargeIT Blog Power on! Not that we have anything against the sound of exhaust streaming out of a tailpipe, but electri…
Power On!
March 20th, 2008 | by Adam Borelli | published in Google RechargeIT
Posted by the RechargeIT Team Introducing the RechargeIT Blog Power on! Not that we have anything against the sound of exhaust streaming out of a tailpipe, but electri…
Two Steps to the Left
March 19th, 2008 | by Niki Fenwick | published in Google.org
Posted by Joanne Stevens, Associate, Google.orgUndeterred by Atlanta’s recent bout of bad weather, 2500 delegates from around the globe arrived on Sunday to participate in the sixth International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases. Practitioner…
March 19th, 2008 | by Dick Wall, Developer Advocate | published in Google Android
In the last article, we talked about using Linkify to turn wiki words (those that match a regular expression we defined) into a content: URI and defining a path to data that matched a note belonging to that wiki word. As an example, a matching word lik…
Google Spreadsheets adds gadgets, revision notifications and more
March 19th, 2008 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps, Google Docs
Spreadsheet gadgets let you visualize your data in interesting, intuitive ways. For example, you can see addresses on an interactive map, or create dynamic time series charts that let you zoom in and scroll through a graph.Revision notifications let y…
Throwing things out of focus
March 19th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Tyson Kartchner, Training GuruSketchUp has some pretty cool display settings, but when you combine some of visual settings from SketchUp with the image editing power of Photoshop, the results can be fantastic. I created a video to show one of…
March 19th, 2008 | by Brian Shih | published in Google Gadgets
Posted by Nir Bar-Lev, Product Management
Visualizations have always been a great way to display data and get insights. The sales graph always needs to go up, right? I’ve yet to see a boardroom with a table of data instead of interesting graphs. And of-course it’s not just about businesses and boardrooms, we all like to visualize our information.
The problem is that many times it is hard to integrate the visual components with the data and application. It’s long and frustrating. Is this familiar?
Well, today we’ve launched the Google Visualization API, which has a gadget extension that lets gadget developers develop amazing visual gadgets over an open API to structured data sources, the first of which being Google Spreadsheets. We’ve also added a discussion group just for this type of Visual Gadgets and the API extensions.
We look forward to seeing great things from you using this new API.
What makes people give?
March 19th, 2008 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
Posted by German, Google Grants TeamFrom time to time we’ll be noting articles we think would be useful to our readers. We thought we’d start with a recent article entitled “What Makes People Give?”, by David Leonhardt of The New York Times.This articl…
Wellington Girl Geek Dinners
March 19th, 2008 | by Cat Allman | published in Google Open Source
By Brenda Wallace, Catalyst IT and Geek Girl at LargeWellington, New Zealand’s first Girl Geek Dinner was held last week on the 12th of March 2008 and was a giant ball of fun and tech. Held at the Long Xiang restaurant on Dixon street, more than 50 Gir…
Terms and Conditions clarification
March 19th, 2008 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
Since updating our Terms and Conditions a few weeks ago, we’ve received a number of questions related to the new privacy policy and the display language within accounts. We’d like to address those two areas below — but please keep in mind that as with…
March 19th, 2008 | by Brian Shih | published in Google Gadgets
Posted by Nir Bar-Lev, Product Management Visualizations have always been a great way to display data and get insights. The sales graph always needs to go up, right? I’ve yet to see a boardroom with a table of data instead of interesting graphs. And…