October 17th, 2008 | by Dan Holevoet | published in iGoogle
…there is an equal and opposite reaction. But, even Newton might not have foreseen that when pushing changes to iGoogle, we’d temporarily disable social functionality in the iGoogle developer sandbox. Access to the gadgets.* and OpenSocial APIs shoul…
October 17th, 2008 | by Dai | published in Google Analytics
For many of you the fourth quarter is the busiest and biggest season, and in this economy analytics are more important than ever. With holiday traffic starting in November and peaking in early-December, now is the time to make sure your site is in the …
October 17th, 2008 | by Trevor Claiborne | published in Google Website Optimizer
Next week is the eMetrics D.C. conference in Alexandria, VA. It runs October 20 through October 23, and Team Website Optimizer will be there with some of our Authorized Consultants.Here are some workshops and sessions to check out:Conversion University…
Your photo albums just got more fun
October 17th, 2008 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
Here on the orkut team, we often find ourselves crowded around a computer checking out photos of the cool things our friends are doing. It’s a fun way to stay connected with people who we can’t always see in person. In fact, we spend so much of our fre…
Dreaming New Mexico
October 17th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Once again, I have the incredible privilege of working with Google EarthOutreach partners on a 20% project. This weekend, our latest efforts debut at the Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, CA. I’ve worked on the Dreaming New Mexico initiative, which se…
October 17th, 2008 | by Katy Bacon | published in Google.org
Last month, Google.org invited the non-profits attending Clinton Global Initiative to a half-day technology training on tools to improve their operations and enhance their websites. Romanus Berg from Ashoka moderated the session and Suzanne DiBianca an…
Thousand Parsec and Google Summer of Code
October 17th, 2008 | by Leslie Hawthorn | published in Google Open Source
By Tim Ansell, Technical Solutions Engineering Team and Thousand Parsec Project Co-FounderThis was the second year that Thousand Parsec partook in the Google Summer of Code™, and we accomplished even more than we did in our very successful first year…
Maps of the Los Angeles wildfires
October 17th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Since earlier this week, wildfires driven by strong winds have been destroying land and livelihood across Southern California. Thousands of acres of land have been under threat as firefighters battle against tough conditions and try to bring about cont…
Google on Android: Gmail and Contacts
October 17th, 2008 | by Linda | published in Google Mobile
On September 23, T-Mobile announced the world’s first Android-powered phone, the G1. The phone comes preloaded with Search, Maps, Gmail with Contacts, Calendar, Google Talk, and YouTube. The applications are easy to use, fully synchronized with the web…
October 17th, 2008 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Jonathan Matus, Product Marketing Manager, AndroidThe first Android-powered phone, the T-Mobile G1, is coming out on Wednesday. My friends know that I work on Android, and as you can imagine, I get asked about it all the time. I have a lot to…
October 17th, 2008 | by John Mueller | published in Google Webmaster Central
While working on our mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful, we sometimes run into situations where important content is not publicly available. In order to help users find and access content that may …
October 16th, 2008 | by Patrick Copeland | published in Google Testing
By Roshan Sembacuttiaratchy, Software Engineer in Test, Google Zurich, SwitzerlandWhen I tell people that I’m a Test Engineer at Google, I get a confused look from them and questions as to what I actually do. Do I sit in front of a keyboard clicking …
Take a stand against poverty on orkut
October 16th, 2008 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
The orkut team loves hearing about all of the interesting ways that different people use orkut. When something really cool comes our way, we try to spread the word to as many of you as possible. Recently we learned about an important project hosted by …
Congratulations to the gadget competition winners!
October 16th, 2008 | by John | published in Google Student Blog
In February, we launched the East Africa Gadget Competition that saw students from 10 universities in 6 East African countries compete in creating and developing the “next big thing”. Following several other such competitions around the world, the East…
Whose turn is it to reply? Check out conversation view for scraps
October 16th, 2008 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
Do you have so many scraps from your friends that it’s sometimes tough to know which scraps go with which conversation? To help you keep track of your scraps, orkut now lets you follow any of the scraps in your or your friends’ scrapbooks in a conversa…