Fly, Gears 0.3!
June 12th, 2008 | by Aaron Boodman | published in Google Gears
Posted by Aaron Boodman, Gears EngineerWell, that’s it, Gears 0.3 has officially left the nest. Most users have now been updated to 0.3.24.0. If you haven’t, you can update at gears.google.com.It seemed like just yesterday we were announcing 0.2. But h…
Fly, Gears 0.3!
June 12th, 2008 | by Aaron Boodman | published in Google Gears
Posted by Aaron Boodman, Gears EngineerWell, that’s it, Gears 0.3 has officially left the nest. Most users have now been updated to 0.3.24.0. If you haven’t, you can update at gears.google.com.It seemed like just yesterday we were announcing 0.2. But h…
Dispatches from 3D Basecamp, No. 1
June 11th, 2008 | by Tasha Danko | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Beth Callas, SketchUp 3D Basecamp TeamComing to you live from the Google SketchUp 3D Basecamp 2008! Nearly 400 SketchUp enthusiasts have descended on our Mountain View campus for two-and-a-half days of 3D modeling abandon. With plenty of SPF …
Participants plug in
June 11th, 2008 | by Katy Bacon | published in Google.org
Posted by Jenny Kwan, Climate and Energy Intern, Google.orgHundreds of participants gathered today in Washington, DC as the Google.org – Brookings Institution conference kicked off. It was exciting to be able to see, in person, the latest electric car…
Broad coalition charged up to electrify vehicles
June 11th, 2008 | by Katy Bacon | published in Google.org
Posted by David Bercovich, Program Manager, Google.orgOn another day of record-high gas prices, the Google.org/Brookings Institution conference on plug-in vehicles kicked off in Washington, DC today. Electrifying transportation impacts our economy, nat…
Driving Traffic & Raising Money with Google Products
June 11th, 2008 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
Posted by Kristie, Google Grants TeamBack in February, I presented at a non-profit forum in Washington DC, hosted by our DC office and Google.org. This forum was geared toward international development NGOs and offered an opportunity for Googlers to di…
June 11th, 2008 | by Custom Search Team | published in Google Custom Search
Posted by: Kevin Grendelzilla Lim, Technical WriterWe created a new developer guide from scratch and moved it to code.google.com, where many other API documents reside. This means that the bells and whistles of Google Code are available to the Custom S…
Now with more sand! Updated Themes API
June 11th, 2008 | by Dan Holevoet | published in iGoogle
Posted by Kathleen Ko, iGoogle TeamWith all the layout and feature changes going on in iGoogle, we’re happy to release an updated Themes API for developers. The API now allows customizations to the left navigation, chat, and gadget frame features in th…
June 11th, 2008 | by DeWitt Clinton | published in Google Code, iGoogle
By Kathleen Ko, iGoogle TeamWe are excited to open up an updated Themes API for developers to customize new features coming to iGoogle. Features you can modify include the left navigation and UI updates introduced in the iGoogle developer sandbox in Ap…
Featured Gadget: Bars of Stuff add *bling* to your charts
June 11th, 2008 | by Google Docs | published in Google Docs
Posted by: Meredith Whittaker, Program ManagerWe all know that charts are an essential way to present relative information. We also know that they help you appear smart, organized and professional. Too bad, then, that charts don’t always make you look …
June 11th, 2008 | by Stephanie Liu | published in Youtube API
Posted by Kuan Yong, Product ManagerMany of us have created fun and exciting websites using the YouTube APIs, but why write an app that looks like everyone else’s? The creative minds at Dipity have shown us that video sites can be much more than just a…
High gas prices got you down? An electrifying alternative…
June 11th, 2008 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Dan Reicher, Director of Climate Change and Energy Initiatives, Google.orgWhat if tens of millions of cars and trucks could connect to the electric grid instead of using gasoline? What would be the impact on oil dependence, global warming, an…
June 11th, 2008 | by Dan Peterson, Product Manager | published in Google OpenSocial
Posted by Kevin Marks, Developer AdvocateThe South Korean social network IDtail has just opened their OpenSocial driven website to all users. This is the first OpenSocial container in Korea, and it launches with four locally developed applications. Ahn…
Debuting dcs-bwt, An Experimental Burrows-Wheeler Compressor
June 11th, 2008 | by Leslie Hawthorn | published in Google Open Source
By by Juha Kärkkäinen, Visiting Researcher and Stefan Burkhardt, Software Engineering TeamToday we’ve released dcs-bwt, a C++ implementation of a data compressor based on the Burrows-Wheeler compression technique. The compressor is intended for exper…
Survey says, "Plug in, Washington"
June 10th, 2008 | by Katy Bacon | published in Google.org
Posted by Michael Terrell, Program Manager, Google.orgA new survey commissioned by Google.org shows that three out of four voters support an active government role in promoting plug-in electric cars and trucks. The poll of more than 700 likely voters c…