January 31st, 2009 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Brad Taylor, Software EngineerThis morning there was a problem with the implementation of Google’s malware filters. Gmail’s spam engine uses those filters (among hundreds of other signals) to help protect our users from malware, and so betwee…
January 31st, 2009 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
Today marks the beginning of Black History Month and, with the recent inauguration of Barack Obama, it is a particularly appropriate time to celebrate the achievements of African-Americans. To contribute to the celebration, we’re partnering with Grey …
January 30th, 2009 | by Jason Morrison | published in Google Webmaster Central
No one wants malware or spammy URLs inserted onto their domain, which is why we all try to follow good security practices. But what if there were a way for spammers to take advantage of your site, without ever setting a virtual foot in your server?Ther…
January 30th, 2009 | by api.rboyd | published in Google OpenSocial
Mahatma Gandhi once observed that “man is a social being,” that “without inter-relation with society, he cannot realize his oneness with the universe.” While, of course, the universe is much bigger than OpenSocial, one way to realize your “oneness” w…
January 30th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Jens Meiert, WebmasterWe posted a small update to our privacy policy beginning on January 27th. The change lets users know that Google collects limited information about their interaction with our services in order to detect and combat securi…
January 30th, 2009 | by The App Engine Team | published in Google App Engine
Posted by Bartholomew Furrow and Sebastian Kanthak, Google Code Jam Team
At Google, we like to use our own projects for internal development. Following that philosophy, one of the first apps ever made for Google App Engine was the contest platform for …
January 30th, 2009 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
Over the last few months, thousands of you joined the Davos Debates at youtube.com/davos, and answered the four big questions the World Economic Forum posed to the YouTube community:• Economy: Are you confident that global growth will be restored …
January 30th, 2009 | by Mihai Parparita | published in Google Reader
After our big launch of the new look and feel, the Reader team took a breather and worked on tying up loose ends (don’t worry, we also took some time off). We’ve just pushed a new release that includes the following set of fixes and tweaks:
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January 29th, 2009 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
Today, we are making it easier to add annotations directly to your YouTube videos. Simply login to YouTube, watch your video on the watch page and click on the video to start adding annotations. But don’t worry – for those who need more control, you’ll…
January 29th, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Gathering the imagery for Street View requires quite a bit of driving; as such, we take safety very seriously. Unfortunately, accidents do happen — as some people have noticed, one of our Street View cars hit a deer while driving on a rural road in up…
January 29th, 2009 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps
Offline Gmail is now available as an optional, experimental feature in Gmail Labs. Gmail Labs are unsupported features that may break or behave unexpectedly, so use your discretion before enabling this feature.Editions included:Standard, Premier, and …
January 29th, 2009 | by Ali Pasha | published in Google Code
By Mike Parent, Google CodeWe love to create building blocks that fuel user’s imaginations. Today we are announcing Post-Commit Web Hooks for Project Hosting on Google Code, to allow web services to receive repository commit notifications. Projects can…
January 29th, 2009 | by Stephanie Liu | published in Youtube API
Posted by Stephanie Liu, YouTube APIs and Tools TeamLast week, we had a grand ol’ time troubleshooting some issues, chatting about the player, making some new friends, and salivating over a Dark Chocolate Bacon Cupcakes recipe. So, we’ll be holding of…
January 29th, 2009 | by Pamela Fox | published in Google Maps
Posted by Nick Rabinowitz, UC Berkeley
Hi, I’m Nick Rabinowitz, guest poster. I’m a grad student at the UC Berkeley School of Information and the creator of TimeMap, a Javascript library that helps the Google Maps API play nicely with the SIMILE Time…
January 29th, 2009 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
If you are looking for more site information to help plan your display advertising campaigns and understand audiences on the web, Google Ad Planner can help. Our goal is to provide you with the most accurate site information for better planning and dec…