Be Crowned "Best Dunker on YouTube"
March 23rd, 2009 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
The dunk is one of the most exciting plays in sports — it represents athleticism, elevation, creativity and power combined in one moment. Incredible dunk videos are always popular on YouTube, and in many cases, amateur dunkers have view counts that …
Water, Water Everywhere But Not a Drop to Drink
March 22nd, 2009 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
Currently, 1.1 billion people don’t have access to clean drinking water — that’s one out of every six people on the planet. Today, to commemorate World Water Day, we’re featuring three videos on the home page that highlight the urgency and importance …
Experience SXSW Through YouTube
March 21st, 2009 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
South by Southwest (SXSW) is an annual music, film and interactive conference and festival in Austin, Texas, and they’ve just launched a robust YouTube channel that offers a peek into the panels, screenings and music showcases that define the 10-day ev…
March 20th, 2009 | by Mike Marchak | published in Google Checkout, Google Code
At Google Checkout, we’re constantly striving to improve our usability. That’s why we’ve recently simplified and improved the installation and configuration process for the osCommerce Google Checkout module. osCommerce is a popular open-source e-commer…
March 20th, 2009 | by Vincent Paquet | published in Google Voice
Among the GrandCentral features that we have carried over to Google Voice, is the ability to tag a caller as spam. This means that future calls from that number will not ring your phones, will not be in your messages when you check voicemails from your…
Introducing inline photo comments in your activity streams
March 20th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
Reading the latest comments on your friend’s photos in your activity stream, but not sure how to reply? We’ve just made this easier for you do by letting you make comments directly in your activity stream.Now, whenever a friend’s comment on a photo pop…
An MBA student who stays sane with Apps
March 20th, 2009 | by miriam | published in Google Student Blog
Another Friday, another “App to School” video. This week we’re hearing from an MBA student at Arizona State University who uses the entire Apps suite to manage her daily life:If you have a story to share about using Google Apps on campus please upload …
Doing more with gadgets
March 20th, 2009 | by Google Data | published in Google Apps
Gadgets allow you to easily add dynamic content to your Google Sites web pages, and are available from the “Insert” menu when you are editing a page. Some of the more basic gadgets, like the “Recent posts” or “Recent files” gadgets give you…
March 20th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Thousands of developers have created gadgets since we first released the gadgets API four years ago, and millions of people use gadgets every week in Google Apps. Gadgets aggregate content from around the web and perform simple tasks like managing a to…
March 20th, 2009 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
The API sandbox is open to anyone who wants to test code during development, and it’s completely free. We recommend using the sandbox as much as possible to catch your bugs during development so they won’t hit your production account later. Here a…
March 20th, 2009 | by Trevor Claiborne | published in Google Website Optimizer
Are you coming to Search Engine Strategies in New York next week? The Website Optimizer team and friends will be there.There are a lot of great sessions about how to improve your website. Here are some we think you should attend:Survival of the Fittest…
Security enhancement for gadgets in Google Sites
March 20th, 2009 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps
Now encryption for gadgets matches the encryption of the site itself. If a Google Site is encrypted, then your embedded gadget data will be encrypted from the source code to the browser.Editions included:Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner E…
New YouTube App for Windows Mobile and Nokia S60 phones
March 20th, 2009 | by Heaven | published in Google Mobile
We’ve been working hard to support more devices and to offer better speed, quality, and robustness in the YouTube app. So we’re excited to announce a new version of our mobile YouTube application that’s optimized for most Window Mobile and Symbian Seri…
Two new features for gadgets in Google Sites
March 20th, 2009 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps
The following new features are available in Google Sites to make gadgets more useful:– The new ‘User Start Page’ page type allows users to add and organize their own collection of gadgets to create a personalized start page experience for themselves….
What policymakers should know about "cloud computing"
March 20th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Bob Boorstin, Director, Corporate and Policy CommunicationsMost technology observers see “cloud computing” — the movement of computer applications and data storage from the desktop to remote servers — as the next big thing in computing. We…