September 18th, 2008 | by dastels | published in Google Testing
[A light hearted episode this week... but still with a serious message. Enjoy. -Dave]HALP! Mah unit tests be doin’ too much I/O! Testin’ this lil’ codes uses MOAR RESOURCES!GIMME lol_io LIKE LOLIOSO IM LIKE PROCESSIN WIT DATAZ OK? GIMME …
September 18th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Today’s tip is for some of our more advanced users. The video below explains how to create navigation buttons for your KML, a great way to organize and navigate content in Google Earth.Posted by John Gardiner, Associate Principal, Geo Team
September 18th, 2008 | by Patrick Copeland | published in Google Testing
Posted by Marc Kaplan, Test Engineering ManagerWhen looking at whether to check a new change in, there are several testing-related questions that can be asked, which at least include:1. Does the new functionality work?2. Did this change break existing …
September 18th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Clean Up the World Weekend is scheduled for September 19-21. Conducted by cleanuptheworld.org in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme, Clean Up the World Weekend is a global initiative that encourages people to come together to cle…
September 18th, 2008 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
If you’re a football fan and you haven’t checked out our FANalysts channel, it’s a one-stop shop for all things football: color commentary, timely fantasy advice and no shortage of trash being talked. This week, Fitzy recovered from the loss of Tom Bra…
September 18th, 2008 | by Katy Bacon | published in Google.org
Yesterday, we announced that we’re joining forces (PDF file) with GE to use technology, information and corporate resources to drive the changes necessary to empower consumers with better energy choices. Eric Schmidt and GE CEO Jeff Immelt discuss sol…
September 18th, 2008 | by Katy Bacon | published in Google.org
Today, as part of our initiative to Fuel the Growth of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), we’re announcing a grant to the Entrepreneurial Finance Lab (EFL) for the development of a new screening tool for SME financing in developing countries. E…
September 18th, 2008 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
Readers with sharp eyes will notice that on some rare occasions, your ads may appear or act slightly differently than what you’re accustomed to. Rest assured that this is normal behavior that results from our efforts to improve the experience for all m…
September 18th, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop
If you use Google Gadgets for Linux, be sure to get the 0.10.2 version, which was released Saturday. It fixes over 20 bugs, enabling support for many more gadgets.Don’t feel like compiling the code? No problem! It’s now easy to find binary packages cre…
September 18th, 2008 | by miriam | published in Google Student Blog
At Google we’re committed to helping build a clean energy future, and we have several projects and initiatives in the works to support this goal. As part of that responsibility, Google has committed to being carbon-neutral, meaning we offset carbon for…
September 18th, 2008 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Tim Armstrong, President, Advertising and Commerce, North AmericaAs Hal Varian wrote earlier this week, there’s been some recent discussion about the impact of our recent advertising agreement with Yahoo!. While Hal addressed a recent study …
September 18th, 2008 | by Patrick Copeland | published in Google Testing
The Google Maps API is one of our most popular developer products here at Google, and is also one of the trickiest to test because of its visual nature and diverse uses. It has to go through the standard backend and JsUnit testing, but then also throug…
September 17th, 2008 | by Mike Marchak | published in Google Code
By Yaniv Shuba and Nir Bar-Lev, Google Visualization TeamVisualizations are usually nifty, small pieces of code that make our data come alive. In order to live in peace on the web, they need to be streamlined and compact.At times, these visualization a…
September 17th, 2008 | by Kate | published in Google Earth
BarrowThe flight from Fairbanks was a nice one, not too much out of the ordinary except that the front of the plane was blocked off to hold cargo, and the back half was reserved for passengers. The only way to get goods to Barrow, the most northern po…
September 17th, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
Posted by Teodor Filimon, Gadget DeveloperWhether the gadget you’re building is simple or complex, parameters can make a big improvement in your programming process. Not only do parameters help you isolate constants (avoiding invasive changes to your c…