May 23rd, 2008 | by Leslie Hawthorn | published in Google Open Source
By Joe Walnes, Software Engineering TeamLast week Google’s Open Source Team hosted the London Open Source Jam 8 (the 9th in the series – we started at zero, of course).The London Open Source Jam – worth writing home aboutThis event was started as an ex…
May 23rd, 2008 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
Posted by Maryam Kamvar, Software EngineerWe all know that typing on mobile phones can sometimes be a headache — especially if the phone in question has a small 9-key keypad. On those kinds of devices, we estimate that it takes an average of 40 second…
May 23rd, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
Posted by James Yum, Developer Programs Engineer (Google Desktop Team)Google I/O (our biggest developer event of the year) is right around the corner. It will be held May 28-29 in San Francisco, California. I have a couple of updates to report for t…
May 22nd, 2008 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
As you may remember, we started asking publishers to update your AdSense accounts to Google Accounts last May. When you do that, you can manage all of your Google products using one login and password, and also take advantage of new features like Site …
May 22nd, 2008 | by Dan Peterson, Product Manager | published in Google OpenSocial
Posted by Jason Costa, Developer ProgramsThanks again to everyone who came out for last week’s OpenSocial Summit. For those that were not able to make it, we covered a variety of topics in depth, including a discussion around the proposed v0.8 draft sp…
May 22nd, 2008 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel”Wi-fi on steriods.” That’s one of the many potential uses for the wireless spectrum that is now lying unused between TV channels, our co-founder Larry Page told the New America Foundation h…
May 22nd, 2008 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Our advertisers have often asked: ‘What kinds of web sites make up the Google content network?’To help answer this question, we just re-launched the Partners page on the Google content network microsite to include a more comprehensive set of examples o…
May 22nd, 2008 | by Google News Blog | published in Google News
Posted by Brandon Badger, Product ManagerIt’s part of the vision of Google News to crawl and index every word of every news story, around the world. It’s a lot of information, but we’re working on ways to make this index more specific. For example,…
May 22nd, 2008 | by Stephanie Liu | published in Youtube API
Posted by Stephanie Liu, YouTube APIs and Tools TeamThe week has been a little hectic since much of the team is busy prepping for Google I/O, which is less than a week away! If you’re going, be sure to check out one (or three) of the YouTube sessions:Y…
May 22nd, 2008 | by mrw | published in Google Docs
Posted by: Meredith Whittaker, Program Manager From one of your fellow Docs users, here’s a well-made and thorough video covering every part of creating a spreadsheets form. The step-by-step instructions are a good way to get started making forms, and …
May 22nd, 2008 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
While referencing our online API documentation, you’ve probably found yourself switching between the developer guide and applicable code samples. We realized that it would be more helpful to you to find these materials in the same place. Therefore, to…
May 22nd, 2008 | by Google Data | published in Google Apps
Welcome to our new blog, where you can get the latest on Google Sites’ new features, product updates, special announcements, and more.For those of you unfamiliar with Google Sites, here’s a quick intro. It started out as JotSpot, was acquired by Google…
May 21st, 2008 | by DeWitt Clinton | published in Google Code
By Nir Bar-Lev, Product ManagerWhen we launched the Visualization API we wondered, which new visualization types will the developers out there come up with? Which one will be successful? Will we quickly see the long tail of visualizations being develop…
May 21st, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer Name: FXTrade TickerAuthor: OANDA WebgroupDescription: Shows foreign exchange rates, with live updates if you’re an FXGame or FXTrade account holder More information | Download gadget Each week this blog featu…
May 21st, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer (Google Desktop Team) A new gadget by OANDA Webgroup is featured on the Inside Google Desktop blog. See the post Featured gadget: FXTrade Ticker.