April 25th, 2008 | by Google Docs | published in Google Docs
Posted by: Dave Young, User Experience DesignerThe last few months have been exciting for the presentations team. In January, we added shapes and “Save as PDF” and just recently launched “Save as PPT”. Today, we have two new features to tell you about….
April 25th, 2008 | by Google Docs | published in Google Docs
Posted by: Andrew Chang, Marketing ManagerOur initial offline rollout is complete. Done. Finito. You should now see an “Offline” link in the upper right hand corner of Google Docs.When we first announced offline access several weeks ago, it was limited…
April 25th, 2008 | by Sapna | published in Google Video
Posted by Steve Gerding, Software EngineerToday, by popular demand, we are making TV view the default search result view for Google Video. If you haven’t seen it yet, TV view is a new interface that lets you browse search results, watch videos, and che…
April 25th, 2008 | by Sapna | published in Google Video
Posted by Steve Gerding, Software EngineerToday, by popular demand, we are making TV view the default search result view for Google Video. If you haven’t seen it yet, TV view is a new interface that lets you browse search results, watch videos, and che…
April 25th, 2008 | by Lane LiaBraaten | published in Google Orkut
Posted by Jason Cooper, Developer ProgramsWith stage one of the orkut launch process behind us, it’s time to start looking forward to the even bigger stage ahead—Brazil. Building applications for Brazilian users poses a special challenge for non-nati…
April 25th, 2008 | by Cat Allman | published in Google Open Source
By Cat Allman, Open Source TeamOur own Fernanda Weiden, Systems Administrator, Load Balancer Jedi, Network Sniffer, and all around Free and Open Source Software Champion, was kind enough to send us her thoughts on fisl 2008, the premier Brazilian Free…
April 25th, 2008 | by Dan Holevoet | published in iGoogle
Posted by Dan Holevoet, Developer ProgramsNow that many of you have had a chance to play in the sandbox, I thought I’d share some helpful tips on where to get help with development and how to give feedback.Make sure to check out the iGoogle Developer F…
April 25th, 2008 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps, Google Docs
Users can now customize the cascading style sheet (CSS) for their documents. This provides advanced controls for page design, layout and formatting.Editions impacted:Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner EditionsLanguages impacted:US EnglishH…
April 25th, 2008 | by Leslie Hawthorn | published in Google Open Source
By J-P Stacey, Oxford GeekThe Jericho Tavern, regular venue for the Oxford Geek Nights (OGN), has a long, spacious upstairs room. You’d think it’d be more than big enough for a local tech event, but long before the first keynote speaker of the sixt…
April 25th, 2008 | by Jon, Website Optimizer Blog Team | published in Google Website Optimizer
Posted by Tom, Website Optimizer Blog TeamPeople say pictures are worth a thousand words, and some industry experts even argue that you should always have them — the bigger, the more friendly, the better. But whenever you hear someone say “always,” t…
April 24th, 2008 | by Lane LiaBraaten | published in Google Orkut
Posted by Lane LiaBraaten, Developer ProgramsWe’re pushing a new release to the sandbox today that includes a new component for running the app directory. The new directory system will provide dynamic ranking of apps, based on a number of factors incl…
April 24th, 2008 | by DeWitt Clinton | published in Google Code
By Amanda Surya, Google Developer ProgramsIn May, we’ll be holding two Google App Engine Hack-a-thons at Google’s offices. The first one will be in New York, May 7th, from 10am – 6pm, and the second one in San Francisco, May 16th, 10am – 10pm. This is …
April 24th, 2008 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
Our mobile ads team is pleased to announce that mobile image ads are now available in Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, and the UK, as well as the US. With this mobile ad type, you now have a n…
April 24th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Shara Greenlee, Training GoddessFeeling stalled in your quest for SketchUp supremacy? Want to be master of your domain on Google Earth? Take your skills to the next level with a hands-on, classroom style learning experience. Announcing the la…
April 24th, 2008 | by Dion Almaer | published in Google Code
By Dion Almaer, Google Developer ProgramsThe AJAX API team just posted about using Flash and the server side to access the AJAX APIs.This is very exciting, as it now allows you the developer to access not only Google Web Search results, but also query …