January 14th, 2009 | by Anne Espiritu | published in Google Notebook
Posted by Raj Krishnan, Product Manager, Google NotebookAt Google, we’re constantly working to innovate and improve our products so people can easily find and manage information. At times though, we have to decide where to focus our efforts and which t…
January 14th, 2009 | by Sapna | published in Google Video
Posted by Michael Cohen, Product Manager At Google, we like to launch early, launch often, and to iterate our products. Occasionally, this means we have to re-evaluate our efforts and make difficult decisions to be sure we focus on products that make…
January 14th, 2009 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Punit Soni, Product ManagerIn 2001, we launched Google Catalog Search as a demonstration of a new technology (called OCR if you’re interested) that made it possible to search the full text of hundreds and soon thousands of product catalogs. I…
Recent KML and Earth Developments
January 14th, 2009 | by Mano Marks | published in Google Maps
Posted by Mano Marks, Geo APIs team
Recently, we released three new resources for KML and the Google Earth API:
Roman Nurik released a new article summarizing the use of KML in the Earth API.
Roman also released a embedded KML gadget for embedding a …
Inspiring Youth Through Robotics
January 14th, 2009 | by Google Docs | published in Google Docs
We continue our non-profit series in the state of Connecticut, where the temperatures today are below freezing and there’s a good chance of snow tomorrow. The cold weather didn’t stop Michael Sperber, Chair of Connecticut FIRST, from contacting us to t…
January 14th, 2009 | by Reid Yokoyama | published in Google Webmaster Central
Note: Verification of Blogger blogs in Webmaster Tools has changed significantly. Please see the more recent blog post “Verifying a Blogger blog in Webmaster Tools” for more details.Verifying that you own a site is the first step towards accessing all …
The Globus Alliance’s First Google Summer of Code
January 14th, 2009 | by Leslie Hawthorn | published in Google Open Source
By Borja Sotomayor, Ph.D. Student, University of Chicago and Summer of Code MentorThe Globus Alliance is a community of organizations and individuals developing fundamental technologies behind the “Grid,” which lets people share computing power, databa…
New ACLs on social features
January 14th, 2009 | by Dan Holevoet | published in iGoogle
Up until today, gadgets installed in the iGoogle developer sandbox had implicit access to social data, with no way for users to opt-out without uninstalling the gadget. We’ve added a feature to give more finely-grained control to users and allow users…
January 14th, 2009 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Checkout
Since we started Google Checkout for Non-Profits in late 2007, we have been excited by the enthusiastic response we’ve received from the non-profit community. Over the past year, we’ve made donation processing simpler and more convenient for thousands …
Google Apps Authorized Reseller program launched
January 14th, 2009 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps
Technology solution providers worldwide can now to sell, customize and support Google Apps Premier Edition for customers of all sizes.Editions included:Premier EditionHow to access what’s new:Visit the reseller program website to learn more about the o…
50 user limit for new Standard Edition customers
January 14th, 2009 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps
Starting today, Standard Edition will support a maximum of 50 users for new customers. Existing Standard Edition customers with more than 50 users can continue their current service at no charge, and schools and non-profits of all sizes still have acc…
January 14th, 2009 | by Stephanie Liu | published in Youtube API
Posted by Stephanie Liu, YouTube APIs and Tools TeamStarting next week, we’ll be hosting live office hours on IRC (irc.freenode.net channel #youtube-api). Come ask your questions, give feedback, gossip about the latest Atom Pub news, share best practic…
How a Google Grantee uses Website Optimizer
January 14th, 2009 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
We’ve been talking about Website Optimizer a lot recently, so we thought we would share a grantee’s experience working with the tool, as well as some actual results.Team In Training is the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s sport training program whic…
New in Labs: Send & Archive
January 14th, 2009 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Pal Takacsi, Engineering ManagerIn addition to having two cappuccinos, my morning routine includes processing new mail that’s arrived in my inbox overnight. More often than not, as I reply to a message I also want to archive it so I can enjoy…
A new place to find help
January 14th, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Our Google Map Help Group now has a new home! You may have already heard of (or tried out) the new Google Help Forums. Today, our Google Maps Help Group will be moving to this new platform.The help forum is still an area for users to come together…