May 14th, 2008 | by DeWitt Clinton | published in Google Code
By Mark Pilgrim, Google Code TeamThe open web is the web built on open standards: HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and more. The open web is a beautiful soup of barely compatible clients and servers. It comprises billions of pages, millions of users, and thousan…
May 14th, 2008 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Phil Gossett, Senior Staff EngineerWe’ve blogged before about the vast potential of “white spaces” — the unused portion of the TV spectrum between channels. In a March filing with the FCC, we showed how this waste could be converted to huge…
May 14th, 2008 | by Dan Peterson, Product Manager | published in Google OpenSocial
Posted by Kevin Marks, Developer AdvocateWith yesterday’s announcement of Google Friend Connect, making any website into a social website is now much easier. Website owners can paste a small bit of JavaScript into their site, adding social features for…
May 13th, 2008 | by Google News Blog | published in Google News
Posted by Lucian Cionca, Software EngineerHave you noticed that when there are a bunch of articles about the same story, we’ll group them together? I think this is one of the key features of Google News. When you’re browsing through Google News and y…
May 13th, 2008 | by mrw | published in Google Docs
Posted by: Meredith Whittaker, Program ManagerBrian Crosby and Lisa Parisi came to my attention when I stumbled across a video they’d made, showing their students collaborating on short stories using Skype and Google Docs. Over the course of some weeks…
May 13th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Aidan Chopra, SketchUp EvangelistTasha was cruising along the information superhighway when she happened upon a design competition that readers of this blog might find interesting: It’s called “How Green Are You?”, and it’s being co-sponsored…
May 13th, 2008 | by Leslie Hawthorn | published in Google Open Source
By Leslie Hawthorn, Open Source TeamLast weekend, the Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) gathered developers, users and designers representing all of the major free graphics applications like Blender, the GIMP, Inkscape, Krita, Scribus and many more. The con…
May 13th, 2008 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
Posted by Taylor, AdWords TeamIf it’s your first time managing a Google Grants account, a little bit of exploration will make it easier to navigate all the components of AdWords. So let’s quickly tour the Google AdWords Campaign Management tab, you…
May 13th, 2008 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
We’ll be performing routine system maintenance on Saturday, May 17 from approximately 10:00am to 2:00pm PST. You won’t be able to access AdWords or the API during this time frame, but your ads will continue to run as normal.Cheers,-Jeffrey Posnick, AdW…
May 13th, 2008 | by Dan Morrill | published in Google Android
Well, the submission deadline for the first Android Developer Challenge has come and gone, the apps are in, the judges are finished, and the waiting is over. We got a lot of great submissions, and I can tell you personally that the competition was fie…
May 13th, 2008 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Wiltse Carpenter, Tech Lead, Gmail PerformanceGreat performance has always been an obsession at Google and it’s something that we think about and work on everyday. We want Gmail to be really fast, and we keep working on ways to make it faster…
May 13th, 2008 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Adam Kovacevich, Senior Manager, Global Communications and Public AffairsSome people think that Google manually controls prices for the ads that appear on our site. But Google — like all the major search engines — actually uses auctions to…
May 13th, 2008 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
Posted by Lawrence Chang, Product Marketing Manager, Google mobile teamThe Android team has announced the selection of the top 50 applications of the Android Developer Challenge. Each of the top 50 apps will receive $25,000 and is eligible to receive …
May 13th, 2008 | by A Googler | published in Google Webmaster Central
Posted by Mussie Shore, Product ManagerWondering how to make your site more social? We’d like to make it easier for you, which is why earlier tonight at Campfire One at the Googleplex, we announced a preview release of Google Friend Connect.Google Frie…
May 13th, 2008 | by Jason Chen, Developer Advocate | published in Google Android
As you may have heard, the results from Android Developer Challenge Part 1, Round 1 were announced to all the participants late last week. We’re still working on pulling together a more extensive listing for each application that made it into the top …