April 24th, 2008 | by Katy Bacon | published in Google.org
Posted by Salimah Samji, Program Manager, Google.orgPeople in developing countries often lack information that is critical for their well-being. For example, in India, the poor often do not know what they are entitled to and what services are available…
April 24th, 2008 | by Google Finance Team | published in Google Finance
Posted by Ayan Mandal, Product ManagerYou might have noticed today that our homepage has a new look. We’ve been listening to your feedback, and as a result have made it easier to follow the latest news affecting the market as well as those that are rel…
April 24th, 2008 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Senior Policy CounselIt’s generally understood that Google’s free products like Search, Gmail, and many others are supported by advertising. What is not as well known is that, in addition to providing useful products to our use…
April 24th, 2008 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps
Previously, your Google Apps email address needed to be the organizer or an attendee of your Microsoft Outlook events for the Outlook events to sync to your Google Calendar. Now, when you choose to do a 2-way sync or a 1-way sync from Outlook calendar …
April 23rd, 2008 | by Matt Wytock | published in Google Custom Search
Posted by: Tania Bedrax-Weiss, Software EngineerIf you’ve ever wanted to let your users only see content that is free to use and share (such as through Creative Commons), here are a few tips on how to do it. Assuming you’ve indicated the CC license in …
April 23rd, 2008 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Santiago de la Mora, European Partnerships Lead, BooksGrowing up in Colombia in the ’70s, I saw the effects of illiteracy firsthand. Some might take it for granted, but the ability to read is perhaps one of the most empowering acts we can do…
April 23rd, 2008 | by Paul McDonald | published in Google App Engine
Posted by Marzia Niccolai, Google App Engine Team
Don’t you think it’d be cool if you could blog about a party, add it to your calendar and invite all your friends in one fell swoop? After the party, how about viewing photos and videos from the event…
April 23rd, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
Posted by Benjamin Schirmer, Gadget Developer When you use the HTML details view to display information, on Windows every link inside is opened using Internet Explorer, even if the user has another browser like Firefox or Opera set as their default bro…
April 23rd, 2008 | by Kevin McCurley | published in Google Research
Posted by Christophe Bisciglia, Senior Software Engineer, and Alfred Spector, Vice President of ResearchThe emergence of extremely large datasets, well beyond the capacity of almost any single computer, has challenged traditional and contemporary metho…
April 23rd, 2008 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
Posted by Alexandra Kenin, Product Marketing Manager, Mobile AdsThe mobile ads team is happy to announce the launch of mobile image ads. These look like standard image ads for desktop web pages but they are smaller to fit on mobile screens and they run…
April 23rd, 2008 | by Ríona MacNamara | published in Google Webmaster Central
Posted by Ríona MacNamara, Webmaster Tools TeamThe Set Geographic Target tool in Webmaster Tools lets you associate your site with a specific region. We’ve heard a lot of questions from webmasters about how to use the tool, and here Webmaster Trends A…
April 23rd, 2008 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
Many of you have been eagerly waiting for the Ad Review Center to arrive in your accounts, and we’re happy to tell you that this feature is now available for all publishers. By enabling you to review all ads placement-targeted to your site, the Ad Revi…
April 23rd, 2008 | by John Mueller | published in Google Webmaster Central
By John Mueller, Webmaster Trends Analyst, Google ZürichWhen we originally launched Sitemaps, we included support for the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) 2.0 protocol, an interoperability framework based on met…
April 23rd, 2008 | by Alyssa | published in Google Checkout
Posted by Alyssa England, Google Checkout teamThis week (April 22-24) we’re attending the eCommerce Merchant Trade Association’s 2008 Spring eCommerce Summit in New Orleans. If you’re at the show, come see our Commerce and Analytics educational session…
April 23rd, 2008 | by Google Base Blog | published in Google Merchant
Posted by Dimitris Meretakis, Product ManagerTo keep your items in Base current, you should send us a new data feed as often as your item information changes. The great news is that you don’t have to send us your file manually anymore. Now Google Base …