Now available: orkut on your mobile phone
April 16th, 2008 | by Lawrence | published in Google Mobile
Posted by Hazel Mary, Software EngineerHave you ever wanted to check if your buddy responded to your scrap about this evening’s plans, but not been close to a computer? Do you wish you could pass the time on your long commute home by browsing through y…
April 16th, 2008 | by Natalie Schwartz | published in Google Orkut
Posted by Manu Rekhi, Product ManagerToday we began rolling out applications (apps for short) on orkut to everyone in India and will roll out apps to all orkuteers, in local languages, over the next few weeks.Apps are integrated directly into your ork…
April 16th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Aidan Chopra, Product EvangelistSign-up starts today! You’ve got until April 22nd to sign up for a chance to attend Google SketchUp 3D Basecamp 2008. We’re getting several hundred people together at the Google campus, June 11th to the 13th, f…
April 16th, 2008 | by Gavin | published in Google Checkout
Posted by Anita Barci, Product Marketing ManagerOn April 22, the world will celebrate Earth Day — a day when people gather together to raise awareness about the state of the planet, and to take action on issues that affect our environment. And now Goo…
April 15th, 2008 | by Picasa Team | published in Google Photos (Picasa)
Posted by Dan Kegel and Lei Zhang, Software EngineersIt’s not quite Godot, or even Duke Nukem Forever, but the long wait for Picasa 2.7 for Linux is finally over.If you’re still using Picasa 2.2 for your Linux machine, you’ll want to update to get all …
Using Eclipse to work with Google Data APIs
April 15th, 2008 | by api.rboyd | published in Google Code
Posted by Jeff Fisher, Google Data APIs TeamEclipse is an awesome tool to use for Java development, one that has made my life a bit easier. Using it with the Java client library is a great way to get started developing with our Google Data APIs.To mak…
The report of these link units is not exaggerated
April 15th, 2008 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
I don’t know about you, but I’m a big fan of data. I look at my own reports frequently and use channels to track the performance of individual pages and ad units so I can optimize my AdSense experience.I’m also a fan of AdSense for content link units. …
OpenSocial South America Tour
April 15th, 2008 | by Patrick Chanezon | published in Google OpenSocial
Posted by Patrick Chanezon, Developer Advocate”A son am I of the rolling plain,A gaucho born and bred;For me the whole great world is small,Believe me, my heart can hold it all;”Martín Fierro, José HernándezAccording to the Evans Data July 2007 Glob…
Nominations Open for the Google O’Reilly Open Source Awards
April 15th, 2008 | by Leslie Hawthorn | published in Google Open Source
By Leslie Hawthorn, Open Source TeamGoogle’s Open Source Team and O’Reilly Media are once again teaming up to present five Open Sourcerers with awards at OSCON 2008. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to nominate recipients, so check out our Hall of F…
KML: A New Standard for Sharing Maps
April 15th, 2008 | by Leslie Hawthorn | published in Google Open Source
By Michael Weiss-Malik, KML Product ManagerWe’ve got great news for you from the geo world: KML, originally created as a file format for overlaying content in Google Earth, is now an international standard. The Open Geospatial Consortium has announced …
Visualizing Your Data at Google I/O
April 15th, 2008 | by Dion Almaer | published in Google Code
By Nir Bar-Lev, Product ManagerThis post is one in a series that previews Google I/O, our biggest developer event in San Francisco, May 28-29. Over the next two months, we’ll be highlighting sessions and speakers to give Google Code blog readers a be…
April API rate sheet reductions, we’re not joking :)
April 15th, 2008 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
In the past, we’ve been known for some creative April announcements. Today, however, I’m happy to report a few real reductions in API rates that will bring a smile to your face. You’ll be glad to know we aren’t joking.We have made some enhancements to …
April 15th, 2008 | by Natalie Schwartz | published in Google Orkut
Posted by Tim O’Shaughnessy, LivingSocial [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.] Ha…
April 15th, 2008 | by Jon, Website Optimizer Blog Team | published in Google Website Optimizer
Posted by Tom, Website Optimizer Blog TeamWelcome to the Website Optimizer Blog Are you optimized? Wouldn’t it be nice to test which of these two headlines might encourage you to learn more about Website Optimizer? Well, that’s exactly what Website Opt…
Getting your data on, and off, of Google App Engine
April 15th, 2008 | by Tom Stocky | published in Google App Engine
Posted by Kevin Gibbs, Software Engineer
One upcoming feature of Google App Engine that’s worth mentioning is large-scale data import and export. We know that many of you have large apps that already run on other platforms, and getting all of that dat…