October 8th, 2008 | by Leslie Hawthorn | published in Google Open Source
By Shinichiro Hamaji, Software Engineering TeamAs you no doubt know, all real-world software has bugs. If you’re trying to fix a serious bug, log messages can be just as helpful to you as favorite debugging tools. In order to help make your lives easie…
October 8th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
When I moved to the Bay Area last year, everything was new to me. I didn’t know Los Altos from Los Gatos, good eateries in my neighborhood, or how to get to where I wanted to go. Whether you’re moving to a new area, traveling to a new place, or simply …
October 8th, 2008 | by Maile Ohye | published in Google Webmaster Central
Creating outbound links on your site, or “linking out”, is our topic for Day 3 of Links Week. Linking out happens naturally, and for most webmasters, it’s not something you have to worry about. Nonetheless, in case you’re interested about an otherwise…
October 8th, 2008 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
Do you develop or publish web-based games? If so, you’re contributing to a growing trend – according to comScore, over 25% of Internet users play online games every week, which is over 200 million users worldwide. As a beta user of AdSense for Games, y…
October 7th, 2008 | by Linda | published in Google Maps, 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 7th, 2008 | by Trevor Claiborne | published in Google Website Optimizer
This is the first post in a three-part series by Tim Ash, author of Landing Page Optimization. Tim is a thought leader in website optimization and his company, SiteTuners, is one of our Website Optimizer Authorized Consultants.Our company routinely ru…
October 7th, 2008 | by Kate Pacher | published in Google TV Ads Blog
The Google Print Ads’ Ad Creation Tool now has a free built-in image gallery and other new features that make creating a professional-grade newspaper ad even simpler. Just as before, you don’t need any special software or artistic skills, and you can e…
October 7th, 2008 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps, Google Docs
Google Spreadsheets now lets you view more of your work on-screen. Ctrl+Shift+F toggles between three modes: hide header, hide header and toolbar, and show all.Editions impacted:Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner EditionsLanguages impacted…
October 7th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Your downtown is so much more than an address listing of the businesses in it. What if there were a way for someone to discover their new favorite bookstore, within easy walking distance of the parking garage, with a coffee shop next door and a kids’ p…
October 7th, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop
Name: CommunicatorAuthor: Andreas HorlacherDescription: Communicator translates from and to a few languages using Google translation services. It comes with the popular ‘communicator’ design, as seen in Star Trek.More information | Download gadget Eac…
October 7th, 2008 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
Welcome to part 5 of the series of posts that will give tips and tricks on how to deal with SOAP issues. As a SOAP-based web service, AdWords API can be easy to make calls to. At the same time, it can sometimes be difficult to debug the SOAP faults. In…
October 7th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
[cross-posted from the Google Africa Blog]We are excited to announce that users may now build and edit maps in Map Maker for 45 new African countries, bringing the total number of countries covered in Map Maker to 122 countries, covering a population o…
October 7th, 2008 | by Adam Feldman | published in Google Ajax API
We are pleased to announce two enhancements to our AJAX Language API.Thanks to the great efforts of the Google Translate team, the API is now able to support 11 additional languages for translation:Catalan (ca)Filipino (tl)Hebrew (iw)Indonesian (id)Lat…
October 7th, 2008 | by Joyce | published in Google Apps, Google Docs, Google Enterprise
When you next open a spreadsheet in Google Docs, you’ll notice a number of updates to the spreadsheets interface. The simplified toolbar makes it easier to find the most commonly used formatting tools, and spreadsheet features can be found in the new m…
October 7th, 2008 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps, Google Docs
Google Spreadsheets now uses a simplified toolbar that makes it easier to find the most commonly used formatting tools. Spreadsheet features can now be found in the new menus, which resembles the interface you’re already familiar with in Google Docume…