Like puzzles? Get ready for the Day in the Cloud Challenge on June 24th
June 11th, 2009 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Corey Anderson, Software Engineer (and puzzle creator) Flying 500 miles per hour at a cruising altitude of 35,000 feet, it always seemed odd that I could use approved electronic devices, but I couldn’t get online to chat or send an email. Luc…
June 11th, 2009 | by miriam | published in Google Student Blog
Are you free for an hour on Wednesday, June 24th?Last week, we announced that Google Apps and Virgin America are teaming up to host the first-ever in-flight and on the ground online scavenger hunt on June 24th. Thousands of people flying Virgin America…
June 11th, 2009 | by Inside AdWords Group | published in Google Adwords
By now you probably know that we’ve been working on a new interface for AdWords to help you save time managing your account and get even better results from your campaigns. We’ve built a number of new features that make managing your campaigns faster a…
June 11th, 2009 | by Sebastian Tonkin | published in Google Analytics
On Monday June 8, we released Urchin 6.6, a significant upgrade to our “run-it-yourself” web analytics package. This release brings some serious enterprise-level heft to the table, and also advances Urchin’s marketing-analysis capabilities in a big wa…
June 11th, 2009 | by Jason Toff | published in Google Chrome
A few weeks ago, a few of us on the Google Chrome team decided to experiment with creating the Google Chrome icon out of different objects. We started off simple, using things like spoons and balloons, and eventually progressed to more elaborate creat…
Get creative with the Google Chrome icon
June 11th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Two years ago, we invited people around the world to participate in a video project imagining how Gmail messages travel around the world. The response was overwhelming, with 971 video submissions in total — many of which were really, absurdly cool.T…
Serena Software on switching from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps
June 11th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Editor’s Note: We’re pleased to welcome Ron Brister, Senior Manager of Global IT Operations, and Arron Privatsky, System Administrator, of Serena Software as our guest bloggers today. Serena Software, a leading provider of software to accelerate applic…
June 11th, 2009 | by Ben Lisbakken | published in Google Ajax API
Recently, the guys over at Ext JS released ext-core under an MIT license, which was a big win for open source! Today, they released a stable (non-beta) version of this library and we are proud to be part of that announcement by hosting the new version…
June 11th, 2009 | by Ben Lisbakken | published in Google Ajax API
Recently, the guys over at Ext JS released ext-core under an MIT license, which was a big win for open source! Today, they released a stable (non-beta) version of this library and we are proud to be part of that announcement by hosting the new version…
June 11th, 2009 | by John Mueller | published in Google Webmaster Central
Did you know that the number of website hosts that have been submitting Sitemap files has almost tripled over the last year? It’s no wonder: the secret is out – as a recent research study showed, Sitemaps helps search engines to find new and changed co…
Share YouTube Videos on Facebook, Twitter and Google Reader
June 11th, 2009 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
As we learned in kindergarten, sharing is good. We want you to be able to do more of it with your videos. With a simple one-time log-in on our upload page, you can now have your YouTube account automatically update your Facebook friends, Twitter follow…
Land of the Rising Sun in 3D
June 10th, 2009 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Earlier this week we released tens of thousands of new 3D buildings in Japan. Major Japanese cities such as Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto have joined the growing list of cities and towns prominently displayed in Google Earth’s 3D buildings layer.The hi…
Changing Quotas To Keep Most Apps Serving Free
June 10th, 2009 | by The App Engine Team | published in Google App Engine
Since App Engine launched, our goal has been to offer substantial free hosting resources to as many developers as possible. As previously announced, we are changing our free resource quota levels, effective on June 22nd. Our target level of free suppor…
Out with the old, in with the new
June 10th, 2009 | by Sagar Kamdar | published in Google Webmaster Central
Webmaster Level: AllWe launched a preview of our new Webmaster Tools interface three weeks ago, and received a lot of valuable feedback. Most of you liked the update, appreciating features such as the one-stop dashboard, more top search query data, and…
Improvements to Picasa Web Albums make sharing your summer photos a breeze
June 10th, 2009 | by miriam | published in Google Student Blog
Summer’s here. Chances are, you’re already packing your bags for destinations a bit more scenic and exciting than the lecture-hall circuit.A couple tips for your summer travels: (1) Don’t forget your camera, and (2) while you’re on the road, share you…