November 17th, 2009 | by Aaron Stein | published in Google SketchUp
When we launched Building Maker a few short weeks ago we were unsure how everyone would respond. Given the massive influx of models we’ve received since it launched, one thing is clear – you like making buildings for Google Earth! If t…
November 17th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Back in 2001, to give people a new, quicker way to find images, we launched Image Search. When you do a search for [eiffel tower] you’ll find an array of images of the tower in the daytime, in black and white, at sunset and more. With Similar Images, w…
November 17th, 2009 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
Earlier this year, we introduced the Google Ad Planner Publisher Center to help you showcase your site to advertisers. Now we’ve enhanced the Publisher Center to give you even more ways to promote and manage your Ad Planner site profile. As a reminder,…
November 17th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
The new orkut was launched and it seems like people are really enjoying it! We’re handing out more invitations so you can enjoy what’s new in this version, but in the meantime we also created a video summing up the key changes: If you can’t access the …
November 17th, 2009 | by Aaron Stein | published in Google Earth
For the last three years I’ve been friends with the author of the Google Earth Blog, Frank Taylor. Besides being a Google Earth enthusiast, Frank is also quite the thrill-seeker; he didn’t hesitate to let me fly his plane while he shot photos of the 2…
November 17th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Vint Cerf, Chief Internet EvangelistDelegates from around the world are in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, this week for the annual Internet Governance Forum. This is the fourth year of the IGF, meetings started by the United Nations, the mandate of …
November 17th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
As many of us recall from our civics lessons in school, the United States is a common law country. That means when judges issue opinions in legal cases, they often establish precedents that will guide the rulings of other judges in similar cases and ju…
November 17th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Google usually shows a green web address, or URL, at the bottom of each search result to let you know where you’re headed. Today we’re rolling out an improvement that replaces the URL in some search results with a hierarchy showing the precise location…
November 17th, 2009 | by Jeffrey Posnick | published in Youtube API
Today we announced the launch of YouTube Direct, a new tool built on top of YouTube’s public APIs that enables any developer to solicit video submissions on their website, powered by YouTube.Users upload their videos directly on the developer’s website…
November 17th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
(Cross-posted from the YouTube Blog)Every day, people with video cameras are changing the ways we get our news. We see it during elections. We see it during earthquakes, fires and other natural disasters. We see it on our freeways, in our schools and i…
Site templates launched in Google Sites
November 17th, 2009 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps
New feature launched that enables users at a domain to access a gallery of site templates so that page layouts, navigation links, embedded gadgets, content, themes and other site attributes are already done.Administrators also have the ability to uploa…
November 17th, 2009 | by Misko | published in Google Testing
By Miško HeveryBest way to learn TDD is to have someone show you while pairing with you. Short of that, I have set up an eclipse project for you where you can give it a try:hg clone https://bitbucket.org/misko/misko-hevery-blog/Open project blog/tdd/0…
November 17th, 2009 | by Pamela Fox | published in Google Maps
Hi, I’m John Clegg of ProjectX. We build a range of map applications such as journeyplanners and addressing tools in Wellington, New Zealand. We have been working on a library to add more functionality to Street View called Mapsicle.
Ever since the rel…
November 17th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
I’m pleased to announce we just added a stocked gallery of site templates in Google Sites. Anyone can browse the public template gallery, and businesses using Google Apps each have a private area where employees can share site templates with coworkers….
November 17th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Nearly two years ago, we launched Google Sites to make it easier, faster and more affordable for employees to create and collaborate in rich, dynamic sites, even without any technical background. We’re seeing companies large and small gravitate to Go…