July 29th, 2009 | by Patrick Copeland | published in Google Testing
by Juergen Allgayer, Conference ChairTesting for the Web is the theme of the 4th Google Test Automation Conference (GTAC), to be held in Zurich, October 21-22. We are happy to announce that we are now accepting applications for attendance. The success …
July 29th, 2009 | by James Whittaker | published in Google Testing
By James A. WhittakerAnd now for the last plague in this series. I hope you enjoyed them (the posts …not the plagues!)Imagine playing a video game blindfolded or even with the heads up display turned off. You cannot monitor your character’s health, y…
July 29th, 2009 | by api.rboyd | published in Google OpenSocial
Avatars United is pleased to announce the launch of the Avatars United Developer Platform and its OpenSocial container! The Developer Platform was initially made available to selected developers two months ago, but is now open to everyone.BackgroundAva…
July 29th, 2009 | by Trevor Claiborne | published in Google Website Optimizer
When I talk with users of Website Optimizer, they often tell me how exciting it is watching a test unfold and seeing the final results. That feeling you have after realizing that the new call to action section just sextupled your conversion rate is not…
July 29th, 2009 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps
The following updates have been made to Google Apps Directory Sync:– Google Apps Directory Sync can now help synchronize contact information for non-employees (as well as employees) that are listed in the central LDAP directory, so that employees ca…
July 29th, 2009 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
The Design It: Shelter Competition launched about six weeks ago, and the response so far has been phenomenal. You owe it to yourself to visit the Guggenheim website to check out the projects that have been submitted so far – almost 100 and counting.B…
July 29th, 2009 | by miriam | published in Google Student Blog
Robert, a rising senior at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, is interning with the Search Marketing team on iGoogle in Mountain View this summer. Growing up in the 80’s and 90’s, I’ve always been a fan of comics. I remember collecti…
Invite groups and print tasks in Google Calendar
July 29th, 2009 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps
The following updates have been made to Google Calendar:– Groups can now be added to calendar invitations in Google Calendar– Tasks can now be printedEditions included:Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner EditionsLanguages included:All …
July 29th, 2009 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps
Google Calendar now supports a special calendar that shows your contacts’ birthdays and events.Editions included:Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner EditionsLanguages included:US EnglishHow to access what’s new:To add the birthday and event …
July 29th, 2009 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps
The following updates have been made in Google Sites:– Now when you paste embeddings that use object, embed, or iframe tags they will be auto-wrapped in a gadget rather than get stripped out as unsafe HTML.– In manual mode sidebar navigation now …
July 29th, 2009 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
The folks at Go-2-School just launched a new way to get trained on SketchUp – an online service called Pro Accounts. A Pro Account gives members online access to Go-2-School’s entire video library, which includes their DVDs and webinars, as well as acc…
July 29th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media CounselEarlier this month Google and the New America Foundation announced a special Google Moderator page where users can submit and vote on ideas for how to make high-speed Internet access more ava…
July 29th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Johanna Shelton, Policy Counsel & Legislative StrategistI’m here at Howard University this morning for our Google Book Search event, but I came across this New York Times editorial today about the settlement that I wanted to share. We may no…
July 29th, 2009 | by Jamie Yood | published in Google.org
Recently I was in Cambodia with a group of Googlers for “Gcamp” at the Royal University of Phnom Penh when the country’s first H1N1 (swine flu) case was discovered – a 16-year old American girl on an exchange student visit. The pandemic had traveled th…
July 28th, 2009 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps
Google Apps now offers an OpenID API that allows end users to securely sign in to OpenID-enabled third party web sites using their Google Apps user account.Editions included:Premier and Education EditionsLanguages included:All supported languagesHow to…