April 2nd, 2008 | by Dion Almaer | published in Google Code
By Dion Almaer, Google Developer ProgramsUsing iTunes? I had the pleasure of taking a trip back to my home land of England to meet up with the team behind the Google Gears for Mobile product.As someone who loves Web development, it is an exciting propo…
April 2nd, 2008 | by Andrew Chang | published in Google Docs
Posted by: Meredith Whittaker, Program ManagerSince first launching Google Docs, we’ve heard from many people who are passionate about using it, and have created their own resources, from help videos to user guides, to help others work smarter with Goo…
Happy Birthday Google Grants!
April 2nd, 2008 | by Katy Bacon | published in Google.org
Posted by Katy Bacon, Google.org TeamThis week, Google Grants marks its fifth year. The program currently supports more than 4,000 grantees and to date has provided approximately $273.3 million in free AdWords advertising. You can learn more about the…
More good news for mobile
April 2nd, 2008 | by Picasa Team | published in Google Photos (Picasa)
Posted by Joe Walnes, Software EngineerWe built the mobile version of Picasa Web Albums to support as many devices as possible; you can use it to see your favorite pictures on almost any Internet-capable phone. That said, having a high-end mobile devi…
Show me the ads
April 2nd, 2008 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
After months of testing, we’ve just updated our text ad format to include ‘next’ and ‘previous’ arrow buttons for cost-per-click (CPC) ads. When a user clicks on the ‘next’ button, an entirely new group of ads will appear in the ad unit, giving your us…
Google Grants Turns 5
April 2nd, 2008 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
Posted by Cynthia, Google Grants TeamThis week we’re celebrating the fifth birthday of Google Grants—the company’s inaugural philanthropic program—and we thought we’d share with you the story of its early days. In early 2002, Google’s self-servic…
April 2nd, 2008 | by Dan Peterson, Product Manager | published in Google OpenSocial
Posted by Dan Peterson, Product ManagerEarlier we mentioned that this Sunday, the 6th of April, we will be running an OpenSocial app develoment hackathon in London.BT has graciously volunteered to host this event at BT Centre, 81 Newgate Street. London…
Congratulations to InOut TV!
April 2nd, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer (Google Desktop Team)A new gadget by InOut TV is featured on the Inside Google Desktop blog. See the post Featured gadget: Gadget de SincroGuía TV.
April 2nd, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical WriterName: Gadget de SincroGuía TVAuthor: InOut TVDescription: Personalized TV guide for SpainMore information | Download gadgetEach week this blog features a recently added Google Desktop gadget that looks promisin…
Introducing the Stock Screener
April 2nd, 2008 | by Google Finance Team | published in Google Finance
Posted by Daniel Switkin, Software EngineerI’m very happy to announce that today we are introducing a new stock screener to Google Finance. If you haven’t used one before, a screener is an advanced search tool that lets you find companies which match a…
Concurrency Summit
April 1st, 2008 | by Cat Allman | published in Google Open Source
By Allison Randal, O’Reilly Media Early in March, Google’s Open Source Team hosted a one-day concurrency summit organized by O’Reilly Media. The participants represented a broad spectrum of interests and perspectives, from fast-paced startups, to a…
A patent license just for you
April 1st, 2008 | by DeWitt Clinton | published in Google Code
By Jackie Bodine, Google Data APIs TeamThe goal of the Google Data APIs is to give developers a consistent (and familiar) way to integrate with Google products. At their heart is Atom and the Atom Publishing Protocol, and we’ve created extensions on to…
April 1st, 2008 | by Jackie Bodine | published in Google Code
Posted by Joe Gregorio, Technical Program Manager, Google Data APIs Team We’ve always encouraged other developers to adopt Atom, the Atom Publishing Protocol, and the extensions that Google has created on top of those standards, but we realized the is…
April 1st, 2008 | by Natalie Schwartz | published in Google Orkut
Posted by Michael Marth, Viibee [As we get ready for apps to go live on orkut, we’re excited to invite orkut developers to guest blog and preview their apps here.] Viibee is a dating app that lets you watch videos -…
This is not an April Fool’s joke!
April 1st, 2008 | by Aaron Boodman | published in Google Gears
Posted by Aaron Boodman, Gears EngineerAs of yesterday, it is possible to use Google Docs offline. We’ve all been working on this for a while now, and I think sometimes we take it for granted. A web-based word processor you can use without an internet …