November 18th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
One of my favorite things to do while I’m on a business trip — wherever I am — is to find great coffee shops. Knowing I can relax with locals and get a strong cup of coffee helps get me through the jet lag and long days that usually accompany these t…
November 18th, 2008 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
With the holidays fast approaching, now is a great time to maximize your Google Grants account to take advantage of the season. Whether you’re looking for funding from individuals contributing end-of-year donations or want to promote your organization’…
November 18th, 2008 | by Pamela Fox | published in Google Maps
Posted by Dmitri Abramov, Maps API Team
Just a little over six months ago our team announced the release of the Google Maps API for Flash. Flash developers around the world welcomed this new API with excitement… and a barrage of feature requests. B…
November 18th, 2008 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Adam Kovacevich, Senior Manager, Global Communications and Public AffairsThere is no shortage of people coming to Washington these days with ideas for how to address some of the serious challenges we face. Today in D.C. our CEO Eric Schmidt o…
November 18th, 2008 | by The App Engine Team | published in Google App Engine
Posted by Marzia Niccolai, App Engine Team
Join fellow Google App Engine developers in Shanghai for Google App Engine Camp on November 22nd starting at 1pm. We’ll be meeting at Google’s Shanghai office, where you can come to discuss and develop your A…
November 18th, 2008 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
Position for performance – be noticedThis is the final video installment in our three-part series on Optimisation Essentials for AdSense for content. We’ve covered the best-performing ad unit sizes and taken a look at how to design your ad units for go…
November 18th, 2008 | by Misko | published in Google Testing
by Miško HeveryI think of bugs as being classified into three fundamental kinds of bugs.Logical: Logical bug is the most common and classical “bug.” This is your “if”s, “loop”s, and other logic in your code. It is by far the most common kind of bug in…
November 18th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
LayOut 2 is:1) included with SketchUp Pro 72) out of Beta3) available today!What’s LayOut? Well, it’s like this…Say you’ve got kids (like I do) and they’ve snookered you into working on a design for the new playground at their elementary school. “No …
November 18th, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop
The 0.10.3 release of Google Gadgets for Linux is out, with bug fixes and major feature enhancements. Most notably, now Linux gadgets can use most of the features introduced in the 5.8 release of Google Desktop for Windows.If you have a previous versio…
November 18th, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop
The 0.10.3 release of Google Gadgets for Linux is out, with bug fixes and major feature enhancements. Most notably, now Linux gadgets can use most of the features introduced in the 5.8 release of Google Desktop for Windows.If you have a previous versio…
November 17th, 2008 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
The new Google Mobile App for iPhone makes it possible for you to do a Google web search using only your voice. Just hold the phone to your ear, wait for the beep, and say what you’re looking for. That’s it. Just talk. Once the App is on, you don’t hav…
November 17th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Some of my earliest memories are of spreading National Geographic maps out on the floor of my living room, picking a faraway place on the planet, and imagining myself on a different continent. Fast forward a couple of decades to 2008, and National Geog…
November 17th, 2008 | by Google Finance Team | published in Google Finance
Posted by R.J. Pittman, Director, Product ManagementWe’ve introduced something new to Google Finance. You will notice we are now displaying small, targeted advertisements on some pages of Google Finance. The ads are visible on the homepage next to the …
November 17th, 2008 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Enterprise
Last week, a web hosting service that was a significant source of spam was taken offline by the combined efforts of Security Fix and several Internet providers. Google would like to congratulate Security Fix for leading this effort and striking another…
November 17th, 2008 | by Jeff Gillis | published in Google Analytics
Image of Analytics Flash Visual Component in Flash CS3Today, at the Adobe MAX Conference in San Francisco, in a joint collaboration with our friends at Adobe and a few ace third party developers, we announced a simplified solution for tracking Fla…