February 5th, 2009 | by Kuan Yong | published in Youtube API
Posted by Kuan Yong, YouTube APIs and Tools TeamThe YouTube APIs Terms of Service permits commercial use of the APIs under certain conditions, and in most cases, as long as you play fair, you are free (and highly encouraged) to develop great iPhone app…
New! Caption files for Google Developer Videos
February 5th, 2009 | by Mike Marchak | published in Google Code
by Naomi Bilodeau, Google Code TeamLast year, YouTube launched a Captions and Subtitles feature. In addition to launching a new playlist for captioned Developer Videos, we’re also kicking off an Open Source project to host caption files that anyone can…
Launching the Website Optimizer YouTube Channel
February 5th, 2009 | by Trevor Claiborne | published in Google Website Optimizer
Today we’re launching the Google Website Optimizer YouTube Channel, which will be the home for videos about Website Optimizer and website testing. You’ll find helpful videos like the Always Be Testing webinar series with Bryan Eisenberg, as well as sim…
Taking in the view: Introducing Google’s Imagery Partner Program
February 5th, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
When people think about Google Earth, they often think satellite imagery. Yet, since the early days of Google Earth, we’ve been working with local governments and other public sector organizations to add their aerial imagery as well. Thanks to t…
Recently Implemented Ideas for Google Mobile: Latitude and Tasks
February 5th, 2009 | by The Product Ideas Team | published in Google Product Ideas
When we launched Product Ideas, we asked you to submit your best ideas for Google Mobile. Lana from New York, NY, said she wanted to “see my friends on maps on my phone,” and over 1,200 of you agreed. We’ve had many other great ideas come from mobile e…
Why Google Grants?
February 5th, 2009 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
I am part of the Google Grants team, here, in Australia. As with most of us involved, it is a multifaceted role – all hands on deck to get things done. Therefore I work with the initial screening process, account set up, as well as account optimizati…
Offline access to Google Calendar now available
February 5th, 2009 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps
Google Calendar is now available offline. Read-only access allows you to view your account even when you don’t have an internet connection.Editions included:Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner EditionsLanguages included:US EnglishHow to acc…
Event Tracking Best Practices
February 5th, 2009 | by Sebastian Tonkin | published in Google Analytics
Event Tracking is a feature of Google Analytics you use to track different actions visitors take on your website, such as clicking a button or downloading a file. It is useful for tracking actions on your website that don’t take the user to a new page…
Finding that dream volunteer gig abroad
February 5th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Galen Panger, Google for Non-ProfitsOn Tuesday night we had the pleasure of hosting Idealist’s Global Volunteering Fair here at our D.C. office, where over 600 students, young professionals and others came to learn about and discuss opportuni…
Google Earth’s flying tour bus
February 5th, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
How often have you flown around Google Earth and thought to yourself, “Man! This looks so cool… I wish I could share this with my friends”? For me, it’s been every day for almost four years. You see, I started using Google Earth years ago to plan and…
February 5th, 2009 | by dastels | published in Google Testing
With all the sport drug scandals of late, it’s difficult to find good role models these days. However, when your role model is a Domain Model (object model of the business entities), you don’t need to cheat to be an MVP–Use Model-View-Presenter!MVP is…
February 5th, 2009 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Viresh Ratnakar, Guillaume Poncin, Brandon Badger, and Frances Haugen, Book Search Mobile TeamOne of the great things about an iPhone or Android phone is being able to play Pacman while stuck in line at the post office. Sometimes though, we y…
Offline also available in Google Calendar
February 5th, 2009 | by Joyce | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Following up on last week’s announcement of offline access in Gmail Labs, we’re happy to let you know that read-only offline access is now an option in Calendar for Google Apps customers.So on top of organizing your Gmail inbox while you’re traveling o…
Doritos Wins Top Super Bowl Ad on YouTube
February 5th, 2009 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
Our annual Ad Blitz program showcasing the best Super Bowl advertisements came to an end yesterday. There were over 2.6 million votes on ads in the program; you chose “Free Doritos!” as the top spot:The ad was created by Joe and Dave Herbert, two unemp…
Show Me the Money
February 4th, 2009 | by Kuan Yong | published in Youtube API
Posted by Kuan Yong, YouTube APIs Product ManagerMoney: it’s on everyone’s mind lately, and we know developers are no different. We understand that developers aren’t just satisfied with creating the coolest YouTube mashup out there. They also want a wa…