July 15th, 2008 | by Kate Pacher | published in Google TV Ads Blog
Do you want your television ads to reach college age men? Or maybe you want your spots to focus on baby boomers? If so, you’ll be happy to know that Google TV Ads offers tools to help you target networks and programs that reach your intended audience, …
July 15th, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical WriterName: WiFi CheckAuthor: Krid of K.Description: See the status of your WLANMore information | Download gadgetEach week this blog features a recently added Google Desktop gadget that looks promising. If you’d like…
Congressional hearings on online competition and our ad agreement with Yahoo
July 15th, 2008 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Johanna Shelton, Policy CounselWith all the twists and turns in the online advertising space since the beginning of this year, it’s no surprise that Members of Congress would be interested in looking at the issue of competition in that space….
July 15th, 2008 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Arnaud Sahuguet and Ari Bezman, Product Managers(Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog)In this U.S. election year, what information could be more important than the candidates’ own words to describe their views, actions and platforms?Our…
July 14th, 2008 | by Dion Almaer | published in Google Code
By Dion Almaer, Google Developer ProgramsUsing iTunes? Michael Marcus and Rui Ma, two recent graduates from a masters program at NYU, join us to discuss Gears on Rails, their open source framework that makes it easier than ever to take a Rails code-bas…
July 14th, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer (Google Desktop Team)A new gadget by Krid of K. is featured on the Inside Google Desktop blog. See the post Featured gadget: WiFi Check.
Tip: Submit better screenshots
July 14th, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
Posted by James Yum, Developer Programs Engineer (Google Desktop Team) They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but a screenshot can be worth a thousand users. You’ve worked so hard to create a cool gadget; don’t let a bad screenshot get in the w…
Help Make Website Optimizer Better
July 14th, 2008 | by Alden DeSoto | published in Google Website Optimizer
Posted by Dawn Shaikh, Google Website Optimizer User Research TeamIn the spirit of constant testing and improvement—as we urge you to do—we’re planning some user testing of our own this month. If you have a spare hour, it’d be great to get your par…
July 14th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Tasha Danko, Marketing FunctionaryOur long-time friend Bonnie Roskes, who’s written books on SketchUp, is now writing SketchUp books for kids (which only makes sense, since she has a bunch of kids herself). Children learn SketchUp pretty quic…
July 14th, 2008 | by Brad Neuberg | published in Google Gears
Posted by Brad Neuberg, Gears TeamI’ve posted an in-depth article and tutorial on creating a client-side search engine with Gears. Here’s a short snippet from the article:Did you know that you can use Gears to do fast, client-side searching of data, si…
July 14th, 2008 | by Brad Neuberg | published in Google Gears
Posted by Brad Neuberg, Gears TeamI’ve posted an in-depth article and tutorial on creating a client-side search engine with Gears. Here’s a short snippet from the article:Did you know that you can use Gears to do fast, client-side searching of data, si…
Helping yourself to Webmaster Tools
July 14th, 2008 | by Liza Ma | published in Google Webmaster Central
Written by: Peeyush Ranjan and Liza Ma, Webmaster Tools teamSince not every webmaster can come to us, we are coming to you. Last November, we announced a pilot program whereby all Go Daddy users got free and easy access to all Webmaster Tools has to…
July 11th, 2008 | by Jason | published in Google Orkut
Posted by Jason Cooper, Developer ProgramsA recent push introduced a subtle but important distinction concerning how message bundles are specified, and your apps need updating to reflect this change.Instead of identifying message bundles using language…
July 11th, 2008 | by Dan Peterson, Product Manager | published in Google OpenSocial
Posted by Shawn Shen, Developer ProgramsDo you use popular JavaScript frameworks like Prototype or jQuery in your OpenSocial applications? Do you share the pain your users might feel when they have to download a popular library like prototype.js yet a…
The FCC’s proposed action on Comcast’s network management practices
July 11th, 2008 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media CounselFCC Chairman Kevin Martin said today that the Commission is wrapping up its investigation of Comcast’s network management practices. Chairman Martin is recommending that his fellow commissio…