API Access to Gmail Settings with Google Apps
October 13th, 2008 | by Brandon Bilinski | published in Google Code
Posted by Andrew Olsen, Google Apps TeamNew admin tool dawnsSettings change like the seasonsFor hosted emailWhen small businesses use Google Apps, it’s easy for administrators to help employees configure user settings account-by-account, but this appro…
Fashion Guru Challenge with Isaac Mizrahi
October 11th, 2008 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
The Spring Fashion Weeks may have ended but for some the desire to see inspiring style still lingers. Top designer Isaac Mizrahi always has fashion on the brain and is looking for creative style here on YouTube. He wants to see if our community can tur…
AdWords system maintenance on October 11th
October 10th, 2008 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
On Saturday, October 11th, 2008 the AdWords system will be unavailable from approximately 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. PDT, for maintenance. While you won’t be able to sign in to your accounts during this time, your campaigns will continue to run as usual.AdWords…
Don’t forget: Academic Developers Conference
October 10th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
A reminder to all of you interested in cutting edge applications for Google Earth and Google Maps: Google is co-sponsoring a conference with the University of Michigan on October 22nd and 23rd. Researchers, entrepreneurs, faculty, and students fro…
Google Affiliate Network Scheduled Downtime
October 10th, 2008 | by Larry Adams | published in Google Affiliate Network
We will be performing system maintenance beginning Friday evening, Oct 10 at 9pm CDT. We expect the interface to be back online at 5pm CDT Saturday. Tracking is unaffected during this time but the affiliate network interface will be unavailable durin…
Share movies from your Mac with Picasa Web Albums
October 10th, 2008 | by Picasa Team | published in Google Photos (Picasa)
Posted by Greg Robbins, Software EngineerAttention Mac users: The Mac team at Google just released a new update of the Picasa Web Albums Uploader which now includes the ability to easily export movies from iPhoto ’08. This update also preserves geo…
October 10th, 2008 | by Katy Bacon | published in Google.org
This week the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) released a report, The Deadly Dozen: Wildlife Diseases in the Age of Climate Change, which lists 12 pathogens (including Avian Influenza, Cholera, Ebola, Lyme Disease, and Yellow fever) that are expecte…
Hungry for more? YouTube now serving full-length TV dinners
October 10th, 2008 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
We are starting to test full-length programming on YouTube, beginning with some fan favorites requested by you. Let’s see if you know your full-length TV …You asked to be beamed up with Scotty, to devise a world-saving weapon using only gum and pape…
October 10th, 2008 | by Dan Peterson, Product Manager | published in Google OpenSocial
Ning just launched support for OpenSocial v0.7 across our more than 500,000 social networks.This is the first type of OpenSocial support of its kind and we’re excited to be offering it. OpenSocial now comes standard on Your Own Social Network for Anyt…
Share your home movies with Picasa Web Albums
October 10th, 2008 | by Scott Knaster | published in Google Mac Blog
by Greg Robbins, Software EngineerMany digital cameras record video clips as well as capture still photos, and sharing the videos is just as much fun as is showing off the photos. The new release of the Picasa Web Albums Uploaders, version 1.2, makes i…
Today’s Guest Editor: A Witness and His Testimony
October 10th, 2008 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
James Nachtwey has spent his life documenting some of the most pressing conflicts, wars and critical social issues of our time, but today takes on the comparatively safe task of guest editing the YouTube homepage. Since his first assignment covering th…
Good times with inbound links
October 10th, 2008 | by Maile Ohye | published in Google Webmaster Central
Inbound links are links from pages on external sites linking back to your site. Inbound links can bring new users to your site, and when the links are merit-based and freely-volunteered as an editorial choice, they’re also one of the positive signals t…
Google News in Telugu
October 10th, 2008 | by Google News Blog | published in Google News
Posted by Kiran Gunda, Software EngineerDuring this festive season we are excited to welcome the newest member of the Google News family – Google News in Telugu. Like all Google News editions, the Telugu edition gathers news from several Telugu sources…
Tip of the week: Viewing KMLs in Google Maps
October 9th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
We post a bunch of KML and KMZ files on this blog, and usually tell you to download the file then open it with Google Earth. But don’t forget that you can also open KML or KMZ files in Google Maps, and without a download. To open, just paste a URL host…
File –> 3D Print
October 9th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Creating a 3D printing file from a Google SketchUp file has never been easy. Today a new class of 3D printing technology has slashed the time and expense it takes to create a physical model. Our friends at CADspan just released a plugin that allows for…