Diablo Cody Curates Today’s Homepage
December 21st, 2009 | by Mia | published in Youtube
Entertainment Weekly columnist Diablo Cody stopped writing for a minute (she’s also a scribe on Showtime’s The United States of Tara and penned Juno) to share her favorite YouTube videos with the world. Here she reveals which videos make her laugh, cry…
Found something interesting on the internet? Share it on orkut!
December 21st, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
We’re happy to announce the launch of a great new way for you to share with your friends interesting content that you read on the web — the ‘orkut share’ bookmarklet for internet browsers.
To quickly install this bookmarklet in any browser, just visit the ‘orkut share’ installation page. In a few seconds you’ll be all set.
Then, when you find something cool on the internet, just click the bookmarklet and share a snippet and a link to the webpage with your friends on orkut. You’ll also have an option to create a promotion (using ‘orkut promote‘) to better spread the word about that content.
Your friends will see a link to the page you shared and your comments about it in their ‘friends updates’ section. They’ll also be able to comment on it:
Web publishers and bloggers can also post ‘orkut share’ buttons (like the one at the end of this post) on their pages to enable their visitors to share content they find interesting on the site with their friends on orkut. If you run a blog or a website, try our code generator or visit the API documentation for more details.
So spread the word and have fun sharing!
Posted by Rajiv Mathews and Jayesh Sharma, software engineers
Happy Solstice!
December 21st, 2009 | by Mia | published in Youtube
In honor of the shortest day of the year (at least here in the northern hemisphere), we’ve changed our homepage logo today to have a wintry feel. Happy holidays!The YouTube Team
Reflections on our Africa Adventures
December 18th, 2009 | by Aaron Stein | published in Google Earth
[Cross-posted from the Official Google Africa Blog]From late October to early November, the Google Earth Outreach team, along with Googlers from our Africa and Geo teams, participated in several events in East Africa.During the AfricaGIS 2009 conferenc…
December 18th, 2009 | by miriam | published in Google Student Blog
The Google Docs team is celebrating the holidays in big ways this year. With nine launches in the last two weeks – and a gallery full of festive templates – there will be no shortage of cheer!
Holiday Templates:There are a lot of great holiday template…
December 18th, 2009 | by Roman Nurik, Android Developer Relations | published in Google Android
Over the past year, an Android presence has been growing on a relatively new technical Q&A web site called Stack Overflow. The site was designed specifically for programmers, with features like syntax highlighting, tagging, user reputation, and com…
Facebook Feeds Begin Showing Up on YouTube’s Homepage
December 18th, 2009 | by Mia | published in Youtube
You might have noticed that YouTube’s been getting a lot more social lately. We’ve launched several features in the last few months that let you better connect with the platforms that matter most to you (and discover new videos you’re likely to love in…
This week in search 12/18/09
December 18th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
This is part of a regular series of posts on search experience updates that runs on Fridays. Look for the label This week in search and subscribe to the series. – Ed.For Google, the quality of search has always been about getting you the exact, most re…
December 18th, 2009 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
As the end of the year approaches, you may be thinking about how to drive more traffic to your AdWords campaigns and in turn, to your website.Millions of people use Google each day to find products and services by searching on various keywords. This me…
December 18th, 2009 | by Leslie Hawthorn | published in Google Open Source
On the 3rd of December we held the latest (and greatest) Google London Open Source Jam at our offices near Victoria. The Jam is a way to get like-minded Open Source contributors and users together and give them a chance to give a 5 minute talk on somet…
New blocks available in Building Maker
December 18th, 2009 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
The Google Building Maker geometry team has been busy adding a few more freeform blocks to enable you to model more complex roofs and generally non-rectangular shapes. This is a result of our plan to continuously enhance the capabilities of this new we…
December 18th, 2009 | by acd | published in Google Wave
We love getting messages like these:”Just thought I’d share a quick story. Was out with a friend last night who is looking for a new apartment with another friend of ours who lives in San Diego. I’d invited both of them to try Google Wave and they said…
Tips and tricks on deploying Google Apps
December 18th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
The process of going Google doesn’t end with making the decision to migrate to Google Apps. That’s why our Google Apps Deployment team is here to ensure that the millions of Google Apps users – from large businesses and schools to small community org…
Coradiant/Urchin Analytics In A Box Launched
December 18th, 2009 | by Jeff Gillis | published in Google Analytics
Urchin analytics software has a long tradition of integrating with other software/hardware platforms, and today we are pleased to announce the latest such collaboration: Coradiant’s new Analytics In A Box (AIB). AIB is an appliance that sits behind yo…
Tips and tricks for deploying Google Apps
December 18th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Has your company, school or organization decided to “go Google” — but not yet fully “gone?” Perhaps you’d like more guidance on the technical, marketing or training details? Or maybe you could use some resources to help you deploy? Making the decisio…