Bringing "fiber to the library"
May 21st, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media CounselBy many measures, much of the United States continues to lag behind other developed countries in terms of broadband penetration and speed — but it’s not for a lack of good ideas. Take Don Me…
Cropping photos and models in LayOut
May 21st, 2009 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
When working with photos and models in LayOut documents, occasionally, you’ll need to trim out unwanted information. Fortunately, LayOut provides a simple process for trimming, or ‘cropping’, images. The way to crop in LayOut is to use clipping masks. …
Analytics Webinar with Avinash Kaushik
May 21st, 2009 | by Jenny Liu, Industry Marketing Manager, CPG | published in Google CPG
Little Changes, Large Results: 5 Things Marketers Can Do NowIn today’s tough economic climate, it’s increasing important for marketers to utilize resources effectively – in particular, media dollars – in order to maximize ROI. But often times, market…
The U.S. Government Comes to YouTube
May 21st, 2009 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
Spacemen floating through the international space station. World leaders sending messages across borders. A life-sized slice of pizza explaining how to apply for a passport. Sound like outtakes from the latest Hollywood movies? Actually, these videos a…
Web app acceptance test survival techniques, Part 3: Musings
May 21st, 2009 | by niceredfrog | published in Google Testing
By Julian HartyPart 1 and Part 2 of this series provided how-tos and usefulness tips for creating acceptance tests for Web apps. This final post reflects on some of the broader topics for our acceptance tests.Aims and drivers of our testsIn my experien…
Faster is better on Google Suggest
May 20th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
As we prepared to write this post, we discovered a common childhood passion for fast things: high-speed trains, roller coasters, firetrucks, and more. That may be a key part of why we’re so excited to be working on Google Suggest, since it saves time b…
May 20th, 2009 | by Aly Makishima | published in Google TV Ads Blog
Our final installment of the TV Viewership Insights Series looks into viewers’ television consumption behavior and how viewers are loyal to certain networks and specific programming on those networks.Each graph takes a single network over the course of…
May 20th, 2009 | by Brandon Bilinski | published in Google Code
The OAuth Playground has proven to be an invaluable tool for developers. For one, it’s handy for experimenting with the Google Data APIs, but more importantly, it gives developers the ability to debug their own OAuth implementations. Anyone who tinke…
May 20th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
1. Timis County shares its name with a tributary of the Danube and is located in the western part of which European country?2. Name this eastern European capital city, where a flight from the southeast would approach the city by flying over the Rhod…
May 20th, 2009 | by Google Base Blog | published in Google Merchant
We’re excited to announce that Google Product Search for Mobile recently launched barcode scanning on Android devices. In order for your product offer to be listed when a user searches using their barcode scanner, you need to include a unique product …
May 20th, 2009 | by Google Base Blog | published in Google Merchant
We’re excited to announce that Google Product Search for Mobile recently launched barcode scanning on Android devices. In order for your product offer to be listed when a user searches using their barcode scanner, you need to include a unique product …
May 20th, 2009 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
In mid-2007, six hours of video were uploaded to YouTube every minute. Then it grew to eight hours per minute, then 10, then 13. In January of this year, it became 15 hours of video uploaded every minute, the equivalent of Hollywood releasing over 86,0…
May 20th, 2009 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Last quarter you gave us feedback on what you’d like to see on the blog, and many of you asked for more case studies on how other advertisers have succesfully used AdWords. Google has a site devoted to AdWords Success Stories, and today we’d like to hi…
May 20th, 2009 | by Sebastian Tonkin | published in Google Analytics
Today we’re excited to announce a new feature in Google Analytics, tracking for YouTube brand channels. YouTube brand channels allow partners and advertisers to have a hub of content on YouTube, where they can collect videos, publish playlists, and get…
May 20th, 2009 | by Roman Nurik, Android Developer Relations | published in Google Maps
From simple GPS tracks to rich KML documents to collaborative maps, the geo developer community has continually redefined and enriched the geoweb, giving rise to better canvases for geographic participatory culture. Notably, the Google Maps API and ot…