July 21st, 2009 | by James Whittaker | published in Google Testing
By James A. Whittaker “Testing is boring.” Don’t pretend for a moment that you’ve never heard a developer, designer or other non tester express that sentiment and take a moment to search your own soul for the truth. Even the most bigoted tester wou…
Video Quality Goes Up, Up, Up
July 21st, 2009 | by Mia | published in Youtube
When just $200 purchases a high-definition (HD) camera, you know the world is changing, and YouTube has changed with it. Thanks to more affordable equipment on the market, increasing bandwidth available to consumers, and better video codec support in w…
Gmail for Mobile HTML5 Series: Autogrowing Textareas
July 21st, 2009 | by Christine Songco | published in Google Code
On April 7th, Google launched a new version of Gmail for mobile for iPhone and Android-powered devices. We shared the behind-the-scenes story through this blog and decided to share more of what we’ve learned in a brief series of follow-up blog posts. T…
July 21st, 2009 | by Jason Toff | published in Google Chrome
We recently showcased how the address bar (also affectionately known as the Omnibox) doubles as a search box: simply type a search term in the box and press Enter to see results from your default search engine. Here’s another fun fact about the address…
Upcoming Seminars for Success: Learn Website Optimizer & Google Analytics
July 21st, 2009 | by Trevor Claiborne | published in Google Website Optimizer
Website Optimizer and Google Analytics are both tools that can help you increase your ROI on your website. Like any tool, you can get more out of it with training, such as our Seminars for Success.Seminars for Success are all-day, in-person trainings o…
Expanding availability of local currency reports
July 21st, 2009 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
We’ve been working to enable local currency reporting in more countries, and are happy to announce that this feature is now available for publishers located in Denmark and Norway. As a reminder, switching to these new reports means that all earnings ge…
Making presentations better with tables and auto-play
July 21st, 2009 | by Google Docs | published in Google Docs
The Google Docs team pays close attention to what users say on our forums, and we’ve heard one issue loud and clear: You want tables. Actually, we really wanted tables too. Well, we’re pleased to announce that we now have tables in presentations, which…
Welcoming Google Earth Enterprise users
July 21st, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Enterprise
Today, we’re thrilled to host more than 150 Enterprise customers and partners at Google headquarters for the second annual Google Earth Enterprise user forum. This event is an opportunity to hear the latest news about the 3.2 release of Google Earth En…
July 21st, 2009 | by Roman Nurik, Android Developer Relations | published in Google Maps
This Monday, at the Newseum in Washington D.C., we unveiled Moon in Google Earth as the newest 3D-navigable celestial sphere, after Mars and Sky. Users can now explore some fantastic 3D terrain and imagery of the moon’s surface, as well as exciting int…
SketchUp goes to the Moon
July 21st, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
[Cross-posted from the SketchUp Blog]With the launch of Moon in Google Earth today, you can now explore our nearest celestial neighbor from within Google Earth. Beginning in 1959, we began to send probes and landers to the lunar surface, and most of th…
YouTube Animator Directs U2 Premiere
July 21st, 2009 | by Michele Flannery | published in Youtube
There’s something extra special about the U2 global premiere on the homepage today: it was directed by David O’Reilly of Octocat fame, which spawned thousands of tribute videos on YouTube. Since then, O’Reilly has gone on to win animation festivals wit…
Streaming charts and other updates this week
July 20th, 2009 | by Google Finance Team | published in Google Finance
Posted by Dion Loy, Software EngineerA number of small features and fixes have been rolled out to everyone:Streaming charts. We have had streaming real-time prices for quite some time, and now the charts have caught up to the rest of the page. The pric…
Streaming charts and other updates this week
July 20th, 2009 | by Google Finance Team | published in Google Finance, Uncategorized
Posted by Dion Loy, Software EngineerA number of small features and fixes have been rolled out to everyone:Streaming charts. We have had streaming real-time prices for quite some time, and now the charts have caught up to the rest of the page. The pric…
July 20th, 2009 | by Adam Feldman | published in Google Ajax API
We enjoy featuring real-world applications that show how versatile the AJAX APIs can be. Below we’re highlighting two very different apps and the developers who built them:AroundMeAroundMe is an iPhone application where the AJAX APIs are central to the…
July 20th, 2009 | by Adam Feldman | published in Google Ajax API
We enjoy featuring real-world applications that show how versatile the AJAX APIs can be. Below we’re highlighting two very different apps and the developers who built them:AroundMeAroundMe is an iPhone application where the AJAX APIs are central to the…