November 18th, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Two months ago, we released the beta version of Google Earth 5.1. The 5.1 release focused on one of our most important features: performance. The power of Google Earth is the seamless, immersive 3D fly-throughs that give you a sense of …
November 18th, 2009 | by Scott Knaster | published in Google Mac Blog
By Scott Knaster, Google Mac TeamThere’s a nice update to Google Earth for iPhone and iPod touch available now. You can read all about it in the Google Mobile Blog and you can grab the update in the App Store.
November 18th, 2009 | by Mike Marchak | published in Google Code
A couple days ago, Google welcomed Don Dodge to our Developer Relations team, where he joins us as a Developer Advocate working with developers, startups, and other Google Apps partners. We’re expecting Don to be a fantastic addition to our team. He’…
November 18th, 2009 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Chad Yoshikawa, Software EngineerGmail chat status (those green, orange, and red bubbles) indicates if your friends are online or not. But sometimes my buddies appear green when they’re not really “online online” — they just have chat o…
Curator of the Month: Michael Wesch
November 18th, 2009 | by Mia | published in Youtube
Anthropology professor Michael Wesch has the awesome job of studying YouTube and thinking about what it all means. We asked him to curate a playlist of his favorite videos, and he came back with an impressive list of clips that exemplify how the “wonde…
November 18th, 2009 | by Vincent Paquet | published in Google Voice
When someone sends you an SMS to your Google Voice number, that message not only goes into your inbox online, but we also forward it out to all of your mobile phones (assuming you told us you wanted to receive SMS messages on those phones). When you r…
November 18th, 2009 | by Jessica Bagley | published in Google Student Blog
We are pleased to announce the 2nd year of the Google RISE Awards!Google RISE (Roots in Science and Engineering) Awards are designed to promote and support science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and computer science (CS) education initiat…
Virtual Vint in Egypt
November 18th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Susan Pointer, Director of Public Policy and Government Relations, and Maximilian Senges, Policy Analyst(Cross-posted from the European Public Policy Blog)It’s been an exciting week here in sunny Sharm El Sheikh at the Internet Governance For…
Introducing Google Sites templates
November 17th, 2009 | by miriam | published in Google Student Blog
We’re excited to announce the launch of Google Sites site templates. Site templates are pre-packaged sites that anyone can use to make creating your own website even easier. This is especially valuable for students so that when you’re making your site …
An Integration With Feedburner
November 17th, 2009 | by Jeff Gillis | published in Google Analytics
The FeedBurner team has just announced an integration with Google Analytics. We know what many of you are saying. “About time!” We’ll take it.If you are using both Google Analytics and FeedBurner, you will automatically see campaign attribution for ite…
November 17th, 2009 | by Aaron Stein | published in Google Earth
Did you know that deforestation and forest degradation account for almost 20% of global warming emissions? That is more than all of the emissions from global transportation combined! Yet, it has historically been difficult to integrate avoided defore…
Think2010: Recap of the Four Winning Moves webinar
November 17th, 2009 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Last week, Google’s US Managing Director Bonita Stewart hosted the 2nd webinar in the Think2010 series, entitled “Think2010: Four Winning Moves for 2010.” She discussed tools and strategies that you can use to differentiate your offerings, increa…
New cities, features added to Building Maker
November 17th, 2009 | by Aaron Stein | published in Google Earth
A few weeks ago, we launched Building Maker, a new way to model buildings in 3D for Google Earth. Since then, we’ve been excited by the community’s enthusiastic response and today, we’re announcing that eight new cities can now be modeled with Buildin…
From Microsoft Exchange 2007 to Google Apps: the Delta Hotels and Resorts story
November 17th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Editor’s note: Please welcome today’s guest blogger, Michael Rodger, Director of Digital Innovation for Delta Hotels and Resorts. Mike oversees technology strategy, development and operations and is based in Toronto, Canada.Delta boasts a diversified…
Pros and cons of watermarked images
November 17th, 2009 | by Maile Ohye | published in Google Webmaster Central
Webmaster Level: AllWhat’s our take on watermarked images for Image Search? It’s a complicated topic. I talked with Peter Linsley—my friend at the ‘plex, video star, and Product Manager for Image Search—to hear his thoughts.Maile: So, Peter… “wat…