June 4th, 2009 | by Jason Toff | published in Google Chrome
Looking at usage statistics, we’ve noticed that many users don’t take full advantage of the search capabilities of the Omnibox, our combined search and address bar. So we decided to make the following short video to show you the basics of how it works…
Google Wave @ Google I/O
June 4th, 2009 | by Mike Marchak | published in Google Code
The high point of presenting Google Wave at I/O? The joy of seeing crazy smart developers react to the product and technology as we showed it publicly for the first time. The low point? Typing twephanie’s Twitter password in clear text on the big scr…
Android: Now beaming I/O videos and presentations to the world
June 4th, 2009 | by Mike Marchak | published in Google Code
Google I/O was one of Android’s biggest events of the year, with a Mobile track that focused primarily on all things Android, and 22 developers showcasing some of their great Android applications at the Google I/O developer sandbox.For those of you who…
Introducing smart navigation in Street View: double-click to go (anywhere!)
June 4th, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Street View is a great way to see panoramas of streets from all over the world. We’ve launched some great improvements to this tool, including most recently overlaying user photos and the ability to view Street View in fullscreen. Until now though, t…
Google D.C. Talk next Friday: National Security and Web 2.0
June 4th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Dan Martin, Global Communications and Public AffairsAn explosion in Web 2.0 tools over the past decade has changed the way the U.S. military and intelligence community operate. Soldiers use Web-based, collaborative technologies to aid combat …
June 4th, 2009 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
For gaming fans, E3 is the place to see the industry’s most-anticipated new properties. If you can’t make it to Los Angeles for the convention, E3 Spotlight is the place to check out the highlights of the show.E3 Spotlight brings together some of YouTu…
Just how popular is it?
June 4th, 2009 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Since last year, the Google 3D Warehouse has shown the number of recent 7-day views and downloads for every 3D model. Today (tweeted), we expanded this feature to show graphs of views and downloads over time. To see this, go to any 3D model details pag…
Your country on Google
June 3rd, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
You’ve heard it before: Google is interested in partnering with government agencies to include specific types of mapping data in Google Maps and Earth. We’ve recently been focusing this partnership effort on national governments of developing world c…
June 3rd, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Some information is easy to find. If you want to learn the rules of golf, you can search Google for [golf rules] and we’ll return a list of relevant web sites right at the top. But not all your information needs are that simple. Some questions can be m…
June 3rd, 2009 | by Sebastian Tonkin | published in Google Analytics
We are offering Seminars in 4 cities this month. That’s right.. down under in Sydney, Australia and then one on each coast (Miami and San Diego) and north/south (Dallas and Washington DC) just to balance it out.These are great in person trainings and w…
June 3rd, 2009 | by Mike Marchak | published in Google Code
The Google Client Team had an exciting and inspiring two days last week at Google I/O. We had the opportunity to talk to developers and have insightful conversations on what we’re doing in the realm of HTML 5, Chrome, V8, Native Client, and 3D graphics…
Activities and Tasks Design Guidelines
June 3rd, 2009 | by Doug Kramer | published in Google Android
For our third post in the series of Android UI, we’re releasing Activity and Task Design Guidelines. This section of our guidelines aims to help you understand basic concepts of activities and tasks, how they work, and how to enrich the user experience…
June 3rd, 2009 | by Niels Provos | published in Google Online Security
Posted by Niels Provos, Security TeamA recent surge in compromised web servers has generated many interesting discussions in online forums and blogs. We thought we would join the conversation by sharing what we found to be the most popular malware sit…
June 3rd, 2009 | by Ryan Pollock | published in Google Mobile
As a user experience designer I like to take every opportunity to better understand the issues that get in the way of people making the most of their mobile phones. The development of Google Mobile App for Nokia S60 smartphones, which launched today, h…
Our condolences
June 3rd, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
The orkut team was deeply saddened to learn of the recent accident involving Air France Flight 447. We would like to offer our heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of all of the victims.As we know that many of you are also troubled by this…