REST and RPC support in the developer sandbox
December 19th, 2008 | by Dan Holevoet | published in iGoogle
If you’ve got Firebug installed on your iGoogle page, you may have noticed how requests to fetch people, friends, or persistent data are formatted. These requests follow the RPC specification that’s part of OpenSocial, and, while they’ve been part of t…
Administrative management of non-employee contacts now available
December 19th, 2008 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps
Premier Edition administrators can now add contacts that aren’t employees of their own company to the contact list that each user can access in the new standalone contact manager. These shared contacts are managed with the Shared Contacts API.Editions…
A Toast from the Host
December 19th, 2008 | by Leslie Hawthorn | published in Google Open Source
By Jason Robbins, Open Source TeamIt’s been an amazing year for Google Code’s Open Source project hosting service. In 2008, our team improved the service by adding source code browsing, project feeds, project updates, a code review tool, content licens…
Googlers Beta
December 19th, 2008 | by Jessica Bagley | published in Google Student Blog
The Student Has Become the TeacherDuring a Google internship PhD student Sam Slee discovered the openness of the Google culture and found a way to become part of it. Name: Sam Slee Department: Google Analysis Products Background: PhD candidate from D…
Standalone contact manager available
December 19th, 2008 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps
Administrators of all editions can now allow users to access their contacts outside of Gmail with the new standalone contact manager. Premier Edition is required for the standalone contact manager to include shared contacts from outside of the organiz…
December 19th, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop
We just released a neat little gadget that helps you find and open your Google Docs documents. And if you want to upload files to Google Docs, just drag them into the gadget. Please check out the announcement on the Google Docs blog.This gadget has bee…
December 19th, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop
We just released a neat little gadget that helps you find and open your Google Docs documents. And if you want to upload files to Google Docs, just drag them into the gadget. Please check out the announcement on the Google Docs blog.This gadget has bee…
Driving Attendance with Google Audio Ads
December 19th, 2008 | by Aly Makishima | published in Google TV Ads Blog
Google Audio Ads provides real value for Traditional Media agencies buying air time for their clients. We recently published a case study about Motor Trend Auto Shows and their agency, AdStrategies, on their success with using Google Audio Ads for supp…
December 19th, 2008 | by Google Docs | published in Google Docs
If you often work with Google Docs, you probably want more ways to access your docs quickly. A recent example is the handy Docs gadget in Gmail that shows a list of your recently accessed Google Docs right from within Gmail. Today, we’d like to introdu…
December 19th, 2008 | by Katy Bacon | published in Google.org
In early 2008, Google.org announced its initiatives to the world and made clear how the company would leverage its people, money, and creativity to address some of the world’s most pressing and difficult problems. Among them were climate change/renew…
December 19th, 2008 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
The final videos are in for the third and last round of Project: Report, the journalism contest YouTube is holding in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. Now is your chance to view the five finalists’ submissions and vote to determine which of these …
YouTube Symphony Orchestra : plus que 40 jours pour envoyer vos vidéos !
December 19th, 2008 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
Avis aux musiciens : il vous reste désormais 40 jours pour vous préparer et passer à la postérité en participant au tout premier orchestre symphonique en ligne, le YouTube Symphony Orchestra (YTSO pour les intimes).Vous trouverez les réponses à …
We’ve launched a new Google Docs Help Forum
December 18th, 2008 | by Google Docs | published in Google Docs
As some of you may have already noticed, the Google Docs Help Forum (in English) has undergone a makeover. Here’s what we’ve added:Question & answer format to help you find answered threads quicklyProfiles that allow you to associate a picture with…
Hi-Definition Rollout and New Landing Pages on YouTube
December 18th, 2008 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
We have two developments that we would like to share with you: the expansion of our HD player and a test of three new landing pages designed to help you find the news, music and movies on YouTube that matter most to you.HD on YouTubeStarting today, if …
December 18th, 2008 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
Do you use Western Union as your payment method? If so, we’ve just made a couple minor updates that we’d like to let you know about. Expiration date extendedWe’ve now extended the deadline to pick up your Western Union payments from 35 days to 60 days….